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Cobalt Missouri Map

Explore Cobalt, 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 Cobalt, Missouri

How to Use This Cobalt, Missouri Map

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

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	Cobalt
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Madison County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.5454
Longitude	-90.2876
Population	264
Density	684.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	63645
Area Code	816
County Seat	Fredericktown
School District	Fredericktown R-I School District

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About Cobalt, Missouri

Cobalt is a locality in Madison County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 264. The population density is 684.1 people per km². Cobalt is located at 37.5454°N, 90.2876°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cobalt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63645.

Cobalt emerges from the landscape where the Tollar Branch carves a quiet, persistent path through the limestone earth. It lies 17.8 miles south-southeast of Farmington, MO (from Farmington, MO: bearing 156°T), and is situated 1.1 miles south-southeast of Fredericktown. The terrain around Cobalt is defined by the heavy, mineral-rich soil of the Ozark foothills, where the light at dusk turns the dusty ground to the color of bruised plums. To the west, the distant outline of Grainer Ridge provides a jagged edge to the horizon, a constant reminder of the geological pressure that shaped these low, uneven elevations. A mile away, the stillness of Tailings Lake reflects the sky in a mirror of dark, unmoving water, while the nearby Memorial Park offers a modest expanse of green where the wind moves through the grass with a dry, rhythmic sigh.

Cobalt remains tethered to the legacy of the earth beneath it, a place where the economy was long dictated by the extraction of what lay hidden in the deep seams of the ground. The history of the region is written in the silence of abandoned shafts and the steady, slow reclamation of the land by the hardwood trees migrating from the direction of the Fredericktown Ranger District. Residents often spend their afternoons walking the Silver Mine Trail, tracing the paths once trodden by those who sought fortune in the valley of Martin Hollow. Life in Cobalt moves with a deliberate, plain-spoken gravity, indifferent to the haste of the world beyond its borders, satisfied instead by the simple, enduring cycle of the seasons and the slow return of the wild into the spaces left behind by industry.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 323° NW
Azalea Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 346° N
Jaycee Soccer Field (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 338° N
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 3.4 mi, 172° S · 1.5M acres
Thompson Ford Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 282° W
Amidon Memorial Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 094° E
Huck's Cove (Theme Park) — 6.7 mi, 339° N
Castor River Shut-Ins Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 077° E
Council Ring (Theatre) — 8.0 mi, 339° N
Rockpile Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.2 mi, 225° SW · 4,281 acres
Pine Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.5 mi, 280° W
Hawn State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 001° N
Saint Joe State Park (State Park) — 18.6 mi, 324° NW
Old Time Flea Market (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 334° NW
Fine Arts Theater (Theatre) — 23.4 mi, 333° NW
Mina Sauk Falls (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 273° W
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 057° NE
Perry Park Center (Cinema) — 26.8 mi, 062° NE
Taum Sauk Nature Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 267° W
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.7 mi, 038° NE · 16k acres
Bell Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.8 mi, 283° W · 9,183 acres
Bonne Terre Mine (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 331° NW
Jesse James 1st train robbery (Monument) — 30.9 mi, 227° SW
Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 024° NE
Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 37.8 mi, 019° N
Ozark Trail Northern John Roth Memorial (Monument) — 38.5 mi, 286° W
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 40.7 mi, 110° E
Swayne Hollow SNA (Nature Reserve) — 42.2 mi, 056° NE
Mill Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 42.5 mi, 055° NE
Pertoglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 42.7 mi, 330° NW

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