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Catawissa Missouri Map

Explore Catawissa, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Catawissa, Missouri

How to Use This Catawissa, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Catawissa, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Catawissa.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Catawissa
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Franklin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.424775
Longitude	-90.782632
Population	380
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	63015
Area Code	314
County Seat	Union

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About Catawissa, Missouri

Catawissa is a locality in Franklin County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 380. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Catawissa is located at 38.4248°N, 90.7826°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63015.

Catawissa occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, muddy pulse of Winch Creek carves a path through the dense, deciduous woodland. It lies 9.9 miles west-southwest of Eureka, MO (from Eureka, MO: bearing 237°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south-southwest of Pacific. The air here holds the heavy, damp scent of limestone and wet earth, rising from the limestone bluffs that define the local topography. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the landscape rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Lost Hill, creating a horizon that feels both protective and confining. A mile away, the wooded expanse of Robertsville State Park offers a sanctuary of unmanaged thickets and quiet trails, while three miles to the south, the deep, shadowed depression of Catawissa Hollow traps the afternoon light, turning the late-day sun into a bruised, golden haze that lingers over the timber.

Catawissa maintains a measured, industrious pace, shaped by a history of rail lines and the steady extraction of mineral wealth that once drew laborers to its limestone deposits. The economy remains tethered to the land and the modest logistical demands of the surrounding Missouri geography, far removed from the clamor of the state’s larger metropolitan hubs. Residents navigate a life defined by the seasonal shifts in the canopy and the three-mile proximity to the still, dark waters of Lynch Lake, a place where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the rhythmic clicking of crickets or the distant, muffled vibration of a passing train. It is a place of plain-spoken persistence, where the identity of Catawissa is etched not in monuments, but in the enduring, quiet cycle of the seasons and the slow, deliberate work of those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Robertsville State Park (State Park) — 0.9 mi, 254° W
Catawissa Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 019° N
Mobot Shaw Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 335° NW
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 331° NW
Indian Teepee (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 327° NW
Sod House (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 326° NW
Labarque Creek Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 103° E
Pacific City Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 025° NE
Big Foot (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 009° N
Battle of Pacific (Registered Battlefield) — 4.6 mi, 027° NE
Chouteau Claim Access (State Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 253° W
Smith's Hill Stone (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 016° N
Log Flume (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 043° NE
Hurricane Bay (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 044° NE
Six Flags St. Louis (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 044° NE
Greensfelder (Local Park) — 8.5 mi, 034° NE
Wildwood History Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 025° NE
Green Meadow Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 232° SW
Castlewood State Park (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 047° NE
9-11 Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 277° W
Benjamin Franklin (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 277° W
Veterans Memoria (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 277° W
Caldwell Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 298° NW
B&B Theaters Wildwood (Cinema) — 13.6 mi, 037° NE
B&B Wildwood 10 Theatre (Cinema) — 13.6 mi, 037° NE
Wolf Sanctuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.1 mi, 059° NE
Machine Shop Gallery (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 307° NW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.9 mi, 023° NE · 32k acres
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.7 mi, 111° E · 16k acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 29.6 mi, 195° S · 1.5M acres

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