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Ginger Blue Missouri Map

Explore Ginger Blue, 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 Ginger Blue, Missouri

How to Use This Ginger Blue, Missouri Map

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

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.

CityGinger Blue
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyMcDonald County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude36.588684
Longitude-94.460772
Population37
Density54.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code64854
Area Code816
County SeatPineville
School DistrictMcDonald County R-I School District

About Ginger Blue, Missouri

Ginger Blue is a locality in McDonald County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 37. The population density is 54.7 people per km². Ginger Blue is located at 36.5887°N, 94.4608°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ginger Blue is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64854.

Ginger Blue occupies a quiet bend in the landscape where the Elk River carves a limestone path through the Missouri countryside. It lies 20.0 miles south-southwest of Neosho, MO (from Neosho, MO: bearing 195°T), and is situated 4.4 miles south-southwest of Anderson. The terrain around Ginger Blue rises into the rugged, wooded elevations of the Ozarks, where the earth is layered with chert and the air carries the sharp, clean scent of damp moss and cedar. To the west, the gentle depression of Happy Hollow offers a seasonal respite for migratory birds, while the slopes of Tatum Hill stand as a silent, weathered sentinel over the horizon. Light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the river’s surface into a sheet of hammered pewter that reflects the darkening hardwoods.

Ginger Blue exists as a legacy of the region's early reliance on the timber and milling industries that once thrived along the waterways. While the economic pulse has slowed since the era of bustling river commerce, the local character remains defined by a plain-spoken independence and a deep, quiet connection to the surrounding topography. Residents often look toward the nearby Mount Shira Access for recreation, finding a communal stillness in the woods that is absent from more frantic locales. Though Lake O the Cherokees lies eleven miles away and Huckleberry Ridge State Forest sits eight miles to the east, the life of Ginger Blue remains anchored firmly to the immediate rhythms of the Elk River, which continues to shape the character of the land just as it has for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Mount Shira Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 190° S
  • Lanagan Towersite (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 339° N
  • Kansas CIty Southern RR Noel Depot (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 205° SW
  • KCS Anderson Depot (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 011° N
  • Huckleberry Ridge Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 084° E
  • Deep Ford Access (State Recreation Area) — 6.2 mi, 073° E
  • Big Sugar Creek State Park (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 076° E
  • OKARMO Corner (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 235° SW
  • KCS Caboose Number 383 (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 178° S
  • Cinema 6 of Grove (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 273° W
  • Longwell Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 018° N
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 130° SE
  • Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.8 mi, 292° W · 8,813 acres
  • Green Bike Tower (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 131° SE
  • Honey Creek State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 267° W
  • WWII ruin (Historic Ruins) — 18.3 mi, 018° N
  • Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.7 mi, 016° N · 82 acres
  • Crystal Bridges Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.1 mi, 135° SE
  • Wild Wilderness Drive Thru Safari (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.3 mi, 186° S
  • Founding of Benton County (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 134° SE
  • Helen’s Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.6 mi, 136° SE
  • Bentonville Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 21.9 mi, 138° SE
  • Donald E. White Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.6 mi, 135° SE
  • Leetown Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 24.7 mi, 114° SE
  • Rogers Experimental House (Arts Centre) — 26.0 mi, 133° SE
  • George Washington Carver National Monument (National Monument) — 27.7 mi, 012° N · 241 acres
  • Exeter Corn Maze (Theme Park) — 27.9 mi, 083° E
  • Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 28.7 mi, 179° S · 1.1M acres
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 31.6 mi, 100° E · 1.5M acres
  • Piney Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.3 mi, 083° E · 8,184 acres

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About This Ginger Blue Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ginger Blue, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.588684, -94.460772. 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 Ginger Blue includes the ZIP code (64854), telephone area code (816), county seat of McDonald County (Pineville), and school district assignment (McDonald County R-I 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.