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Shoal Creek Drive Missouri Map

Explore Shoal Creek Drive, 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 Shoal Creek Drive, Missouri

How to Use This Shoal Creek Drive, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shoal Creek Drive, 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 Shoal Creek Drive.

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.

CityShoal Creek Drive
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyNewton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude37.040895
Longitude-94.519391
Population356
Density293.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code64804
Area Code816
County SeatNeosho
School DistrictJoplin School District

About Shoal Creek Drive, Missouri

Shoal Creek Drive is a locality in Newton County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 356. The population density is 293.1 people per km². Shoal Creek Drive is located at 37.0409°N, 94.5194°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shoal Creek Drive is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64804.

Shoal Creek Drive cuts a winding path through the limestone-rich terrain of Missouri, where the earth gives way to the dense, green-shadowed woodlands that define the local topography. It lies 3.0 miles south of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 186°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-southwest of Webb City. The air here holds a consistent, damp coolness, heavy with the scent of damp soil and ancient cedar, while the topography slopes downward into the quiet depression of Tanyard Hollow. A mile away, the persistent rush of Shoal Creek Falls provides a constant, rhythmic pulse to the landscape, its white water spilling over rock shelves that have been smoothed by centuries of steady flow. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge breaks the horizon, anchoring the otherwise level expanse of the prairie landscape in a firm, geological permanence.

Shoal Creek Drive serves as a narrow artery connecting residents to the rugged wilderness found in Mcindoe Park, where the local economy leans toward the preservation of these natural assets and the quiet industry of a regional center. Historically, the area grew from the necessity of harnessing the power of Shoal Creek, which once turned the wheels of small mills before the modern transition toward trade and light commerce took hold. Life along this stretch maintains a measured, deliberate pace, far removed from the clamor of the state’s larger metropolitan hubs. On summer evenings, the light catches the limestone outcroppings in a pale, dusty gold, illuminating a life that values the simple proximity of the wilder, wooded reaches over the artificial sprawl of urban development.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Mcindoe Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 205° SW
  • The house of Bonnie and Clyde (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 011° N
  • Wildcat Glades Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 191° S
  • Mcclelland Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 268° W
  • Bluff Trail Park (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 178° S
  • Butterfly Mural (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 340° N
  • Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cross (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 359° N
  • Murphy Boulevard Park (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 022° N
  • Walter Woods Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 174° S
  • Schifferdecker home (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 359° N
  • National Historical Cookie Cutter Exhibit (Gallery) — 3.6 mi, 332° NW
  • Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 332° NW
  • Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 332° NW
  • Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 006° N
  • Tipton Ford Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 131° SE
  • Tristate Marker (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 242° SW
  • Apple Park Water Tower (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 067° NE
  • Tow Mater (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 293° NW
  • Galena Mining & Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 289° W
  • Mining Days Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 024° NE
  • Praying Hands (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 023° NE
  • George Washington Carver National Monument (National Monument) — 9.4 mi, 111° E · 241 acres
  • Samuel J. Butcher Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 063° NE
  • Baxter Springs Heritage Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 266° W
  • Brush Creek Bridge (Viewpoint) — 12.4 mi, 281° W
  • Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.0 mi, 145° SE · 82 acres
  • WWII ruin (Historic Ruins) — 16.4 mi, 147° SE
  • Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.7 mi, 207° SW · 8,813 acres
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 44.5 mi, 125° SE · 1.5M acres

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About This Shoal Creek Drive Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shoal Creek Drive, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.040895, -94.519391. 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 Shoal Creek Drive includes the ZIP code (64804), telephone area code (816), county seat of Newton County (Neosho), and school district assignment (Joplin 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.