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Paynesville Missouri Map

Explore Paynesville, 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 Paynesville, Missouri

How to Use This Paynesville, Missouri Map

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

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.

CityPaynesville
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyPike County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude39.262547
Longitude-90.900409
Population60
Density88.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code63336
Area Code314
County SeatBowling Green
School DistrictPike County R-III School District

About Paynesville, Missouri

Paynesville is a locality in Pike County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 60. The population density is 88.1 people per km². Paynesville is located at 39.2625°N, 90.9004°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Paynesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63336.

Paynesville emerges from the Missouri landscape as a quiet assembly of fields and frame houses, defined by the slow, deliberate work of the seasons upon the soil. It lies 20.0 miles north-northeast of Troy, MO (from Troy, MO: bearing 12°T), and is situated 16.7 miles east-southeast of Bowling Green. The land here leans into a modest topography, where the earth yields to the subtle depression of Liles Hollow and the distant, hazy silhouette of Parse Mackey Ridge breaks the monotony of the horizon. Nearby, the moisture of the region gathers in the quiet stillness of Keeven Lake, while the persistent, thin thread of Little Ramsey Creek carves its way through the undergrowth, providing a constant, low-frequency hum to the countryside. When the afternoon light slants low over the swaying grasses, it renders the common fences and weathered barns in shades of amber and deep, bruised violet, grounding the sight in a stillness that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Paynesville carries the marks of a history rooted in the stubborn cultivation of the plains, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of harvest and the patient stewardship of the land. The spirit of the place is shaped by the proximity of the Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary that reminds the inhabitants of the wilder, unmanaged life that persists just beyond the property lines. Here, the pace of the day is dictated by the sun and the shared, plain-spoken habits of a community that values the weight of a handshake over the noise of modern commerce. Life in Paynesville moves with a measured cadence, reflecting the steady, unadorned character of a people who have learned to measure their prosperity by the health of the crops and the enduring clarity of the sky above the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.9 mi, 091° E · 7,659 acres
  • Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.8 mi, 054° NE · 10k acres
  • Carrol Island Boat Ramp (State Recreation Area) — 6.8 mi, 033° NE
  • Riprap Landing Woods (Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 057° NE
  • White (Wm. G. And E. P.) Memorial Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 224° SW
  • Alton Wood River Sportsmens Club (Park) — 7.7 mi, 012° N
  • Leach (B.K.) Memorial Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 124° SE
  • Senate Theatre (Cinema) — 9.2 mi, 137° SE
  • Hamburg Ferry Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 103° E
  • Cuivre River State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 187° S
  • Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.0 mi, 083° E
  • Karl's Movies (Cinema) — 15.1 mi, 328° NW
  • John Stoeckley's Reflections of Missouri Gallery (Gallery) — 15.1 mi, 327° NW
  • Southern Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.3 mi, 089° E
  • Center for American Archeology Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 081° E
  • Kamp Mound Site (Historic Ruins) — 15.7 mi, 072° E
  • Koster Site (Historic Ruins) — 19.1 mi, 101° E
  • Pool No. 26 - Stump Lake (State Park) — 22.9 mi, 130° SE
  • New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk (Monument) — 30.3 mi, 354° N
  • Vandalia Historical Center (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 276° W
  • Winneberge Wheel (Public Artwork) — 31.8 mi, 147° SE
  • Michelle's Arts and Crafts (Gallery) — 32.1 mi, 147° SE
  • 217 Terror Haunted House (Attraction) — 32.1 mi, 061° NE
  • Raging Rivers Water Park (Attraction) — 33.2 mi, 128° SE
  • Memorial Tree (Monument) — 33.8 mi, 202° S
  • Veterans Momorial (Monument) — 33.9 mi, 203° SW
  • Missouri Wing (Museum) — 34.1 mi, 133° SE
  • New Town Amphitheater (Theatre) — 36.6 mi, 143° SE
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 68.3 mi, 239° SW · 1.5M acres

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About This Paynesville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Paynesville, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.262547, -90.900409. 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 Paynesville includes the ZIP code (63336), telephone area code (314), county seat of Pike County (Bowling Green), and school district assignment (Pike County R-III 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.