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Downing Missouri Map

Explore Downing, 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 Downing, Missouri

How to Use This Downing, Missouri Map

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

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

Latitude	40.487532
Longitude	-92.369352
Population	300
Density	175.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	63536
Area Code	816
County Seat	Lancaster
School District	Schuyler County R-I School District

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About Downing, Missouri

Downing is a locality in Schuyler County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 300. The population density is 175.8 people per km². Downing is located at 40.4875°N, 92.3694°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Downing is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63536.

Downing emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of northern Missouri as a quiet convergence of prairie soil and the steady, unassuming presence of the North Fork Middle Fabius River. It lies 23.2 miles north-northeast of Kirksville, MO (from Kirksville, MO: bearing 29°T), and is situated 18.4 miles south of Bloomfield. The landscape here is defined by an understated geometry, where the sky claims a vast portion of the visual field, pressing down upon the tall grasses and the modest, low-slung architecture of the streets. Light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the fields into a monochromatic expanse of umber and slate, while the river carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth nearby, indifferent to the passage of seasons. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the land rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells that suggest a deep, ancient geological composure, occasionally punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Spillman Mound standing watch over the terrain.

Downing traces its lineage to the iron pulse of the railroad era, a time when the labor of the track dictated the growth and spirit of the local economy. Agriculture remains the quiet anchor of daily life, with the cycles of planting and harvest dictating a pace that resists the frantic acceleration of the modern world. Residents often look toward Memphis Lake or the recreational grounds at Memphis (Lake Showme) for a respite from the toil of the fields, finding in those spaces a mirror to the stillness of their own backyards. The character of Downing is formed by this Show-Me pragmatism, a plain-spoken endurance that values the utility of a fence line or the reliability of a harvest as much as any grander ambition. In the evenings, the hum of machinery gives way to the settling of the plains, leaving Downing to exist in a state of suspended, honest productivity, anchored by the soil that has sustained its inhabitants for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Indian Hills Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 152° SE
Barnette Statue (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 102° E
Gorin Schoolhouse Bell (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 102° E
Pheasant Aircraft Mural (Public Artwork) — 10.7 mi, 100° E
Rebel's Cove Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.4 mi, 287° W
McGowen Recreation & Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 17.0 mi, 356° N
Lake Fisher Park (Local Park) — 18.1 mi, 348° N
Davis County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 353° N
Moulton Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 311° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 209° SW
Ray Klinginsmith Amphitheater (Theatre) — 22.4 mi, 209° SW
Gallery 104 (Gallery) — 23.1 mi, 209° SW
University Theatre (Theatre) — 23.4 mi, 208° SW
Truman State Art Gallery (Gallery) — 23.4 mi, 208° SW
Thousand Hills State Park (State Park) — 24.3 mi, 212° SW
Lacey-Keosauqua State Park (State Park) — 24.7 mi, 053° NE
South Crawford School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 28.8 mi, 237° SW
Historical and Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 303° NW
Appanoose County Museum and Old Jail (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 303° NW
Pioneer Historical Museum (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 072° E
Bessie's Barn (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 298° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.2 mi, 173° S · 3,906 acres
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.8 mi, 103° E · 10k acres
Canton CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 51.3 mi, 118° SE
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 52.1 mi, 097° E
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 52.3 mi, 097° E

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