Explore Doolittle, 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 Doolittle, 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 Doolittle.
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 | Doolittle |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Phelps County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.940319 |
| Longitude | -91.880994 |
| Population | 564 |
| Density | 78.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 65550 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| County Seat | Rolla |
| School District | Newburg R-II School District |
Doolittle occupies a quiet stretch of limestone-rich earth where the Missouri landscape shifts from open horizon into the dense, shadowed timber of the Mark Twain National Forest. It lies 6.0 miles west of Rolla, MO (from Rolla, MO: bearing 263°T), and is situated 17.9 miles east-northeast of Saint Robert. The terrain here is defined by a rugged, uneven topography, with Tick Creek carving a shallow, winding path through the limestone bedrock just a mile from the center of Doolittle. Sunlight at dusk catches the jagged outcroppings and the deep, verdant folds of Poole Hollow, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the scrub oaks and dry, silty soil. The air carries a heavy, terrestrial scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, a persistent reminder of the dense woodland that presses in on all sides of the clearings.
Doolittle emerged as a product of the mid-century expansion along the highway, its economy historically tethered to the movement of travelers and the modest needs of the surrounding rural residents. While the local pace remains dictated by the slow seasonal changes of the nearby forest, the identity of the place is marked by a plain-spoken endurance, a refusal to be anything other than what the geography allows. Residents look toward the distant Pilot Knob as a fixed point in their navigation, while those seeking recreation often venture toward the Kaintuck Trail or the quiet shores of Boyd Lake. Life here unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned simplicity, grounded in the practicalities of a region that has long balanced the quiet isolation of the woods with the persistent hum of the passing road.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Doolittle, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.940319, -91.880994. 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 Doolittle includes the ZIP code (65550), telephone area code (573), county seat of Phelps County (Rolla), and school district assignment (Newburg R-II 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. |