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Scott City Missouri Map

Explore Scott City, 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 Scott City, Missouri

How to Use This Scott City, Missouri Map

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

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.

City	Scott City
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Scott County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.22453
Longitude	-89.537647
Population	4,346
Density	347.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	63780
Area Code	816
County Seat	Benton
School District	Scott City R-I School District

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About Scott City, Missouri

Scott City is a locality in Scott County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,346. The population density is 347.3 people per km². Scott City is located at 37.2245°N, 89.5376°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Scott City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63780.

Scott City occupies a flat, industrious expanse of the Missouri bootheel where the landscape stretches toward the horizon with a quiet, unyielding persistence. It lies 6.2 miles south of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 183°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east-northeast of Chaffee. The Illmo Branch cuts a narrow, purposeful path through the earth here, its waters reflecting the heavy, golden light that settles over the fields at dusk. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Santa Fe Hills offer a faint, jagged contrast to the otherwise level prairie, while the Ramsey Creek Diversion Channel maintains a steady, silent presence just a mile from the center of town. Visitors often find solace in Shady Grove Park, where the trees provide a reprieve from the heat and the open sky feels vast enough to swallow the day.

History in Scott City remains tethered to the iron and steam that once defined the regional transit, as the echoes of the rail yards continue to inform the pace of local life. Agriculture and logistics sustain the economy, grounding the residents in a cycle of planting, harvest, and the steady movement of goods across the inland plains. The atmosphere carries the weight of Sawmill Hollow’s proximity, a reminder of the rugged terrain that exists just beyond the reach of the town’s orderly grid. Life in Scott City follows the rhythms of a plain-spoken society, where the work of the day is measured by the clarity of the air and the endurance of the land beneath one’s feet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Scott City Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 082° E
Shady Grove Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 138° SE
Big Bucks Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 093° E
Cape Lacroix Bluffs Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 047° NE
Headwaters Access (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 314° NW
(former Site) Terrace Inn (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 333° NW
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 060° NE
Fort D (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 008° N
World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 338° N
Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 5.2 mi, 049° NE · 3,877 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 5.4 mi, 072° E · 274k acres
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 341° N
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.1 mi, 125° SE
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.5 mi, 092° E · 33k acres
Trail Of Tears State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 012° N
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.0 mi, 012° N
Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 019° N
Ozark Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.8 mi, 030° NE
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.0 mi, 023° NE · 5,830 acres
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.4 mi, 018° N · 4,739 acres
Malco (Cinema) — 23.9 mi, 185° S
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 25.4 mi, 127° SE
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 25.6 mi, 127° SE
Caboose (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 127° SE
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 036° NE
Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 026° NE
Ceremonial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 30.1 mi, 125° SE
Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 020° N
Shawnee Cave Amphitheater (Theatre) — 31.8 mi, 022° N
Amplitheatre (Theatre) — 37.9 mi, 027° NE

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