Lake Timberline Missouri Map

About Lake Timberline, Missouri

Lake Timberline is a locality in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 726. The population density is 117.9 people per km². Lake Timberline is located at 37.9995°N, 90.5513°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63628.

Lake Timberline emerges from the dense, hardwood canopy of the Missouri landscape as a quiet intersection of water and earth. It lies 16.7 miles north-northwest of Farmington, MO (from Farmington, MO: bearing 335°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north of Bonne Terre. Primrose Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the local topography, its cool waters fed by the subterranean rhythms of the surrounding soil. To the west, the elevation rises sharply toward the weathered limestone of Vinegar Hill, casting long, violet shadows across the residential lots as the sun dips below the horizon. The air here carries the scent of damp moss and decaying leaves, a heavy, grounded fragrance that clings to the skin during the humid afternoons. Sunlight catches the surface of the water in fractured, metallic glints, turning the quiet pools into mirrors that capture the shifting amber of the autumn woods.

Lake Timberline retains a character defined by its proximity to the vast, protected expanse of Saint Francois State Park, where the forest remains largely undisturbed by the steady pulse of human progress. While Sunrise Lake lies only three miles distant, the local identity remains anchored to the smaller, private waters that define the residential character of the property. Economic life moves at a deliberate pace, relying on the maintenance of these communal lands and the slow, seasonal ebb of the regional timber and recreation trades. Residents often look toward the distant terrain of Jim Coon Hollow to gauge the coming weather, watching for the dark, bruised clouds that frequently roll across the plains to settle over the hills. There is a profound stillness in the way the morning mist clings to the tree line, a silence that demands a certain patience from those who choose to make a life among the oaks and the limestone ridges.

About This Lake Timberline Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Timberline, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.999537, -90.551278. 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 Lake Timberline includes the ZIP code (63628), telephone area code (816), county seat of St. Francois County (Farmington), and school district assignment (North St. Francis County R-I School District).

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.