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Gerster Missouri Map

Explore Gerster, 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 Gerster, Missouri

How to Use This Gerster, Missouri Map

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

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	Gerster
State	Missouri (MO)
County	St. Clair County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.953366
Longitude	-93.575761
Population	21
Density	100.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	64776
Area Code	816
County Seat	Osceola
School District	Osceola School District

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About Gerster, Missouri

Gerster is a locality in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 21. The population density is 100.1 people per km². Gerster is located at 37.9534°N, 93.5758°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gerster is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64776.

Gerster occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri landscape where the earth settles into a series of modest, grass-covered undulations. It lies 25.1 miles north-northwest of Bolivar, MO (from Bolivar, MO: bearing 339°T), and is situated 30.7 miles south-southeast of Clinton. Weaubleau Creek carves a thin, reflective ribbon through the local topography, its path marked by the persistent, rhythmic shifting of silt and stone. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Tick Ridge, which traces a jagged line against the western sky. To the north, the land dips into the shadowed, bowl-like depression of Big Hollow, where the morning mist lingers long after the sun has climbed above the horizon. The air here holds a particular, heavy stillness at dusk, a quality of light that turns the surrounding fields into shades of deep amber and bruised violet before the stars emerge in the unpolluted dark.

Gerster maintains a character defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of agricultural life and the enduring legacy of the regional rail heritage that once dictated the movement of goods through these plains. Local industry remains tied to the soil, with the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest serving as the primary clock for those who work the surrounding acreage. Residents often look toward the nearby Kings Prairie Access for a reprieve from the labor of the day, finding a quiet solitude in the managed woodlands that contrasts with the open expanses of the working farms. While modern commerce has shifted away from the original depots, the memory of that earlier, industrious era persists in the architecture of the older structures that face the tracks. Even now, the proximity to the expansive waters of Harry S Truman Reservoir exerts a subtle pull on the local imagination, reminding those who live in Gerster that the landscape is defined as much by the containment of water as it is by the persistence of the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kings Prairie Access (State Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 336° NW
Harry Truman Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 336° NW
Harry S. Truman Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 339° N
Birdsong Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 228° SW
KIrkland’s Fishing Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 004° N
Modlin’s Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 9.2 mi, 006° N
A Friend (Public Artwork) — 9.4 mi, 004° N
Murphy (John F.) Memorial State Forest And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 091° E
Blackjack Access (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 242° SW
Piercing Arrow (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 005° N
Eagle Spirit (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 005° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.7 mi, 244° SW · 3,906 acres
Pomme De Terre State Park (State Park) — 14.5 mi, 111° E
Harry S Truman State Park (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 017° N
Opera House (Cinema) — 24.9 mi, 258° W
War Memorial (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 339° N
Buffalo Historic Society (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 131° SE
Fewel Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 36.8 mi, 349° N
Bridal Cave (Attraction) — 43.0 mi, 083° E
Whispering Dell Overlook (Viewpoint) — 44.2 mi, 088° E
Wommack Mill (Museum) — 45.8 mi, 149° SE
Fantastic Caverns (Attraction) — 47.5 mi, 165° S
Ozark Distillery (Attraction) — 48.9 mi, 075° E
Fort Africa (Toothman Farm) (Historic Castle / Fort) — 50.9 mi, 293° NW
Air & Military Museum (Museum) — 52.4 mi, 160° S
Wilhoit Theatre (Theatre) — 53.3 mi, 163° S
Spencer's Gas Station (Attraction) — 53.6 mi, 187° S
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.8 mi, 287° W · 15k acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 74.0 mi, 160° S · 1.5M acres

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