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Prairie Hill Missouri Map

Explore Prairie Hill, 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 Prairie Hill, Missouri

How to Use This Prairie Hill, Missouri Map

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

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.

CityPrairie Hill
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyChariton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude39.51864
Longitude-92.737966
Population50
Density42.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code65281
Area Code573
County SeatKeytesville
School DistrictSalisbury R-IV School District

About Prairie Hill, Missouri

Prairie Hill is a locality in Chariton County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 50. The population density is 42.2 people per km². Prairie Hill is located at 39.5186°N, 92.7380°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 65281.

Prairie Hill marks the horizon where the flat, fertile plains of the north begin to yield to the subtle, rugged character of the Ozark foothills. It lies 17.4 miles west-northwest of Moberly, MO (from Moberly, MO: bearing 294°T), and is situated 17.4 miles southeast of Marceline. Sunlight pulls long, amber shadows across the fields at dusk, casting a golden clarity over the grasses that ripple like a slow-moving tide toward the distant silhouette of Hog Ridge. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Grove Branch carve a serpentine path through the loam, providing a constant, low-frequency hum to the landscape. To the west, the depressions of Sleepy Hollow offer a cool respite from the heat of the afternoon, while the expanse of Big Lake remains a mirror for the vast, unencumbered sky four miles to the east.

Prairie Hill emerged from the hard-won labor of settlers who recognized the value in the deep, dark soil and the steady commerce of the interior. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with the town functioning as a deliberate center for agricultural exchange and regional trade. Residents often travel nine miles to reach the trails and quietude of Salisbury (Pine Ridge Lake), an area that preserves the quiet solitude of the Missouri woods. Life in Prairie Hill moves with a plain-spoken consistency, defined by the seasonal cycles of planting and the steady, enduring patience of those who work the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sterling Price Conservation Land (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 212° SW
  • Price Bridge Access (State Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 229° SW
  • Mussel Fork Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 338° N
  • Lion Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.0 mi, 116° SE
  • ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 321° NW
  • Walt Disney Hometown Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 321° NW
  • Dalton Bottoms Access (State Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 220° SW
  • Long Branch Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 035° NE
  • Long Branch State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 035° NE
  • Long Branch Lake (Recreation Area) — 20.0 mi, 036° NE
  • First Methodist Church (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 336° NW
  • Antique Tractor Display (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 337° NW
  • Time Capsule Stone (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 337° NW
  • Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.4 mi, 209° SW · 32k acres
  • Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.7 mi, 286° W · 22k acres
  • Yellow Creek Rna (Research Natural Area) — 21.7 mi, 286° W
  • Swan Lake Amphitheater (Theatre) — 26.9 mi, 284° W
  • Pershing State Park (State Park) — 29.3 mi, 301° NW
  • Jim the Wonder Dog Museum (Museum) — 36.8 mi, 222° SW
  • Old MKT Railroad Bridge (Attraction) — 37.4 mi, 181° S
  • Kemper Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 181° S
  • Harley Park Lookout (Viewpoint) — 37.7 mi, 182° S
  • Access Arts (Arts Centre) — 42.1 mi, 152° SE
  • Old Fountain (Historic Ruins) — 42.2 mi, 255° W
  • Launer Auditorium (Theatre) — 44.6 mi, 150° SE
  • Courthouse Columns (Historic Ruins) — 44.8 mi, 151° SE
  • Resident Arts (Arts Centre) — 44.9 mi, 150° SE
  • Sager Reeves Gallery (Gallery) — 44.9 mi, 150° SE
  • Ragtag Cinema (Cinema) — 45.0 mi, 150° SE
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 52.7 mi, 145° SE · 1.5M acres

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About This Prairie Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Prairie Hill, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.51864, -92.737966. 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 Prairie Hill includes the ZIP code (65281), telephone area code (573), county seat of Chariton County (Keytesville), and school district assignment (Salisbury R-IV 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.