Explore Crane, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Crane, 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 Crane.
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 | Crane |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Stone County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.905336 |
| Longitude | -93.571584 |
| Population | 1,495 |
| Density | 379.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 65633 |
| Area Code | 417 |
| County Seat | Galena |
| School District | Crane R-III School District |
Crane maintains a quiet presence where the limestone earth yields to the steady, meandering path of Crane Creek. It lies 15.7 miles south-southwest of Republic, MO (from Republic, MO: bearing 199°T), and is situated 9.3 miles east-southeast of Aurora. The landscape here is defined by the deep, sheltered depressions of Dodge Hollow, where the shadows lengthen early against the slopes and the air holds a cool, damp scent of turned soil and damp stone. Beyond the immediate terrain, the horizon is marked by the distant, hazy silhouette of Bloody Hill, a reminder of the rugged, ancient topography that defines the surrounding region. Light at dusk filters through the dense canopy of the nearby Wire Road Conservation Area, casting long, amber bars of illumination across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped below the jagged tree line.
Crane evolved from the iron-willed expansion of the railroad, which once served as the primary artery for the timber and agricultural goods harvested from these hills. While the bustling freight days have receded into a more measured pace, the influence of that era remains in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the plain-spoken character of those who reside here. Local industry continues to look toward the land, with small-scale agriculture and regional trade grounding the economy in the practical realities of the Ozark plateau. Residents often look toward the waters of Table Rock Lake for recreation, yet the true pulse of the locality remains anchored to the immediate creek beds and the quiet, persistent work of maintaining a life in the interior of the continent.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crane, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.905336, -93.571584. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Crane includes the ZIP code (65633), telephone area code (417), county seat of Stone County (Galena), and school district assignment (Crane R-III School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |