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Ridgeway Missouri Map

Explore Ridgeway, 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 Ridgeway, Missouri

How to Use This Ridgeway, Missouri Map

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

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.

CityRidgeway
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyHarrison County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.378058
Longitude-93.936895
Population372
Density118.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code64481
Area Code816
County SeatBethany
School DistrictRidgeway R-V School District

About Ridgeway, Missouri

Ridgeway is a locality in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 372. The population density is 118.0 people per km². Ridgeway is located at 40.3781°N, 93.9369°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ridgeway is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64481.

Ridgeway sits firmly upon the undulating prairie of northern Missouri, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts a vast, unyielding presence over the fields. It lies 49.3 miles east of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 87°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-northeast of Bethany. The landscape consists of fertile, working earth shaped by the persistent movement of wind and the seasonal cycles of the Midwest, punctuated only by the quiet flow of Trail Creek just a mile from the center. D Buis Lake rests nearby, its still waters reflecting the expansive clouds that drift across the plains, while the distance to Mount Waller keeps the jagged edges of distant peaks far from the immediate, soft-contoured view. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a particular clarity, a pale gold quality that sharpens the stalks of corn and makes the shadows of the silos stretch long and thin across the gravel shoulders of the roads.

Ridgeway holds the steady, deliberate character of a place built upon agriculture and the quiet persistence of those who work the soil. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of harvest and the maintenance of local land, a legacy that respects the endurance of the early settlers who first broke this ground. Beyond the immediate fields, the proximity of the Grand Trace State Forest offers a glimpse of the older, wilder Missouri, while the Bethany (North Bethany City Reservoir) serves as a necessary anchor for the local ecosystem. Life moves in a measured, predictable cadence, defined more by the shifting colors of the changing seasons than by the rapid pace of the outside world, ensuring that the identity of the place remains firmly rooted in its own distinct, plain-spoken soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Memorial Park (Local Park) — 8.3 mi, 211° SW
  • Grand Trace Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 255° W
  • Dunn Ranch Prairie (Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 314° NW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 213° SW
  • Bethany Fairgrounds Facility (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 215° SW
  • Helton (The Wayne) Mem Wa (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 147° SE
  • Little Creek Farm (Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 307° NW
  • Nine Eagles State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 029° NE
  • Mercer County Armed Forces Memorial (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 086° E
  • Slip Bluff Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.6 mi, 013° N
  • Echo-Walk: Recalling the Past in Decatur County (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 013° N
  • The Mormon Trail / Utopian Experiments in Southern Iowa (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 013° N
  • Sowards Ford Access (State Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 272° W
  • Crowder State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 143° SE
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.3 mi, 189° S · 3,906 acres
  • Lyman and Harriet Wight Home Site (Historic Ruins) — 28.2 mi, 185° S
  • Wayne County Museum Library (Museum) — 42.0 mi, 051° NE
  • Prairie Trails Museum (Museum) — 42.0 mi, 051° NE
  • Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 43.5 mi, 152° SE
  • J.C. Penney Museum (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 184° S
  • Taylor County Historical Museum (Museum) — 45.8 mi, 296° NW
  • Osceola Statue (Attraction) — 45.8 mi, 010° N
  • The Rose Theatre (Theatre) — 49.4 mi, 268° W
  • Saint Francis (Public Artwork) — 49.4 mi, 267° W
  • Union County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 51.6 mi, 333° NW
  • Lucas County Museum (Museum) — 54.6 mi, 036° NE
  • Bessie's Barn (Attraction) — 55.8 mi, 063° NE
  • South Crawford School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 58.9 mi, 097° E
  • Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.0 mi, 144° SE · 22k acres
  • Fort Smtih (Historic Castle / Fort) — 64.4 mi, 230° SW

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About This Ridgeway Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ridgeway, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.378058, -93.936895. 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 Ridgeway includes the ZIP code (64481), telephone area code (816), county seat of Harrison County (Bethany), and school district assignment (Ridgeway R-V 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.