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Grayson Missouri Map

Explore Grayson, 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 Grayson, Missouri

How to Use This Grayson, Missouri Map

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

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.

CityGrayson
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyClinton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude39.533331
Longitude-94.564398
Population61
Density56.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code64492
Area Code816
County SeatPlattsburg
School DistrictEast Buchanan County C-1 School District

About Grayson, Missouri

Grayson is a locality in Clinton County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 61. The population density is 56.2 people per km². Grayson is located at 39.5333°N, 94.5644°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64492.

Grayson occupies a quiet intersection of the Midwestern plains where the earth settles into a slow, deliberate cadence. It lies 10.2 miles north of Smithville, MO (from Smithville, MO: bearing 5°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-southwest of Plattsburg. The Linn Branch carves a narrow, winding path through the local soil, its waters moving with a persistent, low hum that defines the drainage of the immediate landscape. Beyond the town limits, the ground rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Yankee Ridge, which anchors the horizon in a permanent, muted violet. Morse Lake catches the shifting light of the afternoon, acting as a glass-still mirror for the clouds that drift across the expansive, unhindered sky. During the transition of dusk, the air grows heavy with the scent of drying stalks and damp earth, a sensory sharpness that signals the evening’s approach across the flat, open expanse.

Grayson operates with a steady, pragmatic economy rooted firmly in the productivity of the surrounding fields and the quiet endurance of its residents. The local rhythm remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest, a tradition that has persisted since the settlement of these plains. Visitors often find their way to the Smithville Recreation Area, where the land is preserved in a state of wilder, untamed growth that offers a stark contrast to the orderly lines of nearby farmland. While the influence of larger trade centers exerts a faint gravitational pull on the commerce of the region, the character of Grayson remains distinct, defined by a plain-spoken independence that ignores the frantic pace of the modern world. The history of the locality is written in the modest, well-kept architecture of its streets, where the past is not a museum piece but a practical foundation for the daily work of the present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Smithville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 2.2 mi, 160° S
  • Smithville Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 162° S
  • Kendzora (Anthony And Beatrice) Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 272° W
  • Ringgold Access (State Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 225° SW
  • Lathrop Bridge Access (State Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 075° E
  • Trice-Dedman Memorial Woods (Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 074° E
  • Belcher Branch Lake Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 291° W
  • Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 000° N
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.1 mi, 185° S
  • Remembrance Memorial (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 185° S
  • Anchor Memorial (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 226° SW
  • Molten Swing (Public Artwork) — 18.2 mi, 207° SW
  • Observation Area/History Area (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 207° SW
  • Weston Bend State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 240° SW
  • Wallace State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 065° NE
  • Bella Company (Gallery) — 19.8 mi, 245° SW
  • Northland Artists' Gallery (Gallery) — 19.8 mi, 245° SW
  • The National Silk Art Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 245° SW
  • Back Roads Art (Gallery) — 19.9 mi, 245° SW
  • Funny Bone Comedy Club (Theatre) — 20.2 mi, 195° S
  • Black Archives Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 322° NW
  • Glore Psychiatric Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 322° NW
  • Jesse James Bank Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 159° S
  • Corbin Theatre Co. (Theatre) — 21.3 mi, 159° S
  • CB&Q Locomotive 5614 (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 316° NW
  • Fort Smtih (Historic Castle / Fort) — 22.9 mi, 316° NW
  • 155 Mm Gun M1 (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 173° S
  • Fury of the Nile (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 170° S
  • Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.1 mi, 138° SE · 32k acres
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.4 mi, 339° N · 3,906 acres

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About This Grayson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grayson, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.533331, -94.564398. 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 Grayson includes the ZIP code (64492), telephone area code (816), county seat of Clinton County (Plattsburg), and school district assignment (East Buchanan County C-1 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.