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Sturgeon Missouri Map

Explore Sturgeon, 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 Sturgeon, Missouri

How to Use This Sturgeon, Missouri Map

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

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

Latitude	39.234207
Longitude	-92.280733
Population	907
Density	424.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	65284
Area Code	573
County Seat	Columbia
School District	Sturgeon R-V School District

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About Sturgeon, Missouri

Sturgeon is a locality in Boone County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 907. The population density is 424.5 people per km². Sturgeon is located at 39.2342°N, 92.2807°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sturgeon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65284.

Sturgeon marks the horizon where the flat, fertile stretch of the northern plains begins to yield to the subtle, earth-toned lift of the Missouri landscape. It lies 15.3 miles south-southeast of Moberly, MO (from Moberly, MO: bearing 146°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west-northwest of Centralia. Saling Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its banks lined with the tangled, muted greens of willow and sycamore that catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. To the south, the terrain hardens into the rugged limestone expressions of The Pinnacles, rising seven miles away like silent, jagged sentinels above the timber. The air here holds a persistent, honest weight, carrying the scent of damp soil and dried stalks, while the wide sky settles over the fields in shades of slate and bruised violet, grounding the earth in a quiet, unadorned permanence.

Sturgeon grew from the iron-willed expansion of the railroads, a history still visible in the grain of the older storefronts and the lingering rhythm of a place built on the transit of goods and the steady labor of the harvest. Today, the economy remains tethered to the pulse of the surrounding farmland, where the seasonal work of the plow and the combine dictates the pace of the day. Residents find a quiet reprieve at the Tri-City Conservation Land, a five-mile sanctuary that preserves the native grasses and quiet woods of the region, offering a stillness that contrasts with the distant hum of the modern thoroughfares. Beyond the town limits, the water at Scott Lake sits mirror-still under the heavy summer heat, reflecting a landscape that values the plain-spoken endurance of its people over the flash of transient trends.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tri-City Conservation Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 125° SE
Bennitt (Rudolf) Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 280° W
Nathan A. Toalson Bicentennial Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 106° E
Centralia Recreation Park (Local Park) — 8.3 mi, 101° E
Finger Lakes State Park (State Park) — 9.1 mi, 191° S
Lion Statue (Public Artwork) — 15.2 mi, 323° NW
Wienermobile 1988 (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 177° S
Rhett Walters Rock (Monument) — 18.0 mi, 194° S
Access Arts (Arts Centre) — 18.3 mi, 195° S
Cedar Bluff Access (State Recreation Area) — 18.4 mi, 041° NE
Launer Auditorium (Theatre) — 19.3 mi, 187° S
Talking Horse Productions (Theatre) — 19.5 mi, 187° S
Resident Arts (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 187° S
Sager Reeves Gallery (Gallery) — 19.6 mi, 187° S
WWI Memorial (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 188° S
Courthouse Columns (Historic Ruins) — 19.6 mi, 188° S
Historic Costume Gallery (Gallery) — 19.6 mi, 186° S
Ragtag Cinema (Cinema) — 19.7 mi, 187° S
Bingham Gallery (Gallery) — 20.1 mi, 187° S
Museum of Art & Archaeology (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 187° S
Museum of Anthropology (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 187° S
Audrain County School (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 102° E
3m Wetlands Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.4 mi, 191° S
Graceland - Audrain County Historical Society, American Saddle Horse Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 102° E
Mark Twain Lake (Recreation Area) — 22.9 mi, 055° NE
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.1 mi, 212° SW · 32k acres
Rock Bridge Memorial State Park (State Park) — 24.2 mi, 182° S
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 24.4 mi, 167° S · 1.5M acres
Cedar Creek Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 31.1 mi, 170° S · 42 acres
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.0 mi, 300° NW · 22k acres

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