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Cliff Missouri Map

Explore Cliff, 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 Cliff, Missouri

How to Use This Cliff, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cliff, 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 Cliff.

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	Cliff
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Cape Girardeau County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.168663
Longitude	-89.788425
Population	40
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	63740, 63744
Area Code	816
County Seat	Jackson

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About Cliff, Missouri

Cliff is a locality in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 40. Cliff is located at 37.1687°N, 89.7884°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 63740, 63744.

Cliff reveals itself through the heavy, humid air of the Missouri interior, where the land rises in stubborn, limestone-streaked elevations toward Hickory Ridge. It lies 16.2 miles south-southwest of Jackson, MO (from Jackson, MO: bearing 205°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west of Chaffee. The horizon here is defined by the sharp, verdant lines of this ridge just a mile to the west, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields as the sun dips low. Water carves the earth with a quiet persistence, most notably in the form of Upper Whitewater Creek, which meanders through the landscape a mere mile away, its banks thick with willow and silt. In the stillness of late afternoon, the light turns the color of pale honey, catching the dust motes that hang suspended above the dry, cracked rows of fallow earth, marking a geography shaped by gravity and the patient flow of runoff into the depths of Block Hole.

Cliff survives on the steady, rhythmic pulse of agricultural labor and the quiet industry of those who have worked these stubborn acres for generations. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the sturdy, weathered barns and the plain-spoken habits of people who measure time by the harvest rather than the clock. While the local economy remains tethered to the soil, the presence of Unknown Park seven miles distant offers a necessary respite, drawing those who seek the silence of the woods away from the main thoroughfares. Life in Cliff moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, far removed from the bustle of the larger world, finding its rare, quiet beauty in the way the silver haze of evening settles over the landscape, blurring the boundary between the darkening fields and the sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 083° E
Lake Girardeau Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 341° N
General Watkins Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 130° SE
(former Site) Terrace Inn (Historic Ruins) — 14.0 mi, 063° NE
World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 055° NE
Maple Flats Access (State Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 266° W
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 042° NE
Fort D (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 060° NE
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.5 mi, 246° SW · 43k acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 19.7 mi, 074° E · 274k acres
HWY 51 Overlook (Viewpoint) — 22.7 mi, 235° SW
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.8 mi, 246° SW · 7,890 acres
Malco (Cinema) — 23.2 mi, 149° SE
Trail Of Tears State Park (State Park) — 24.8 mi, 042° NE
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 25.0 mi, 313° NW · 1.5M acres
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 25.8 mi, 099° E
Caboose (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 200° S
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.3 mi, 089° E · 33k acres
Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 29.8 mi, 042° NE
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 31.3 mi, 036° NE · 1,959 acres
La Rue Swamp Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 31.6 mi, 037° NE
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 33.0 mi, 042° NE · 5,830 acres
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 34.9 mi, 140° SE
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 36.0 mi, 108° E
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 36.2 mi, 109° E
Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 042° NE
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 38.7 mi, 049° NE
Ceremonial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 40.7 mi, 109° E
Malden Army Airfield Museum (Museum) — 40.9 mi, 196° S
Shawnee Cave Amphitheater (Theatre) — 42.1 mi, 037° NE

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