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Sugar Creek Missouri Map

Explore Sugar Creek, 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 Sugar Creek, Missouri

How to Use This Sugar Creek, Missouri Map

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

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	Sugar Creek
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Jackson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.139505
Longitude	-94.408507
Population	3,271
Density	114.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	64054, 64058
Area Code	816
County Seat	Independence
School District	Fort Osage R-I School District

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About Sugar Creek, Missouri

Sugar Creek is a locality in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,271. The population density is 114.9 people per km². Sugar Creek is located at 39.1395°N, 94.4085°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sugar Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 64054, 64058.

Sugar Creek occupies a landscape where the heavy, humid air of the Missouri plains settles against the limestone bluffs that trace the path of the river. It lies 2.0 miles northwest of Independence, MO (from Independence, MO: bearing 309°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east of Kansas City. The terrain holds a rugged, industrial character, defined by the steady, dark flow of Sugar Creek as it carves through the earth toward the larger river systems of the region. At Mcadams Park, the land offers a quiet respite, a green space where the grass grows thick and wild, contrasting with the hard, geometric lines of the infrastructure that has long dominated the horizon. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of Badger Ridge serves as a reminder of the rising elevations that define the wider territory beyond the immediate basin. The light here at dusk possesses a bruised, copper quality, reflecting off the metal surfaces of storage tanks and the persistent, low-hanging haze that clings to the valley floor.

Sugar Creek carries the weight of a century shaped by the labor of refineries and the movement of heavy rail, a history etched into the very dirt that residents walk upon. The economy remains tethered to this legacy of production, where the echoes of shifting shifts and the smell of coal and oil have long defined the daily rhythm of the streets. While the proximity to the distant French Bottom provides a geographic anchor for the region’s agricultural roots, the local focus remains squarely on the grit and resilience of a working-class identity. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Number 168 Reservoir to find a stillness that the industrial landscape lacks. It is a place of plain-spoken people, where the cultural threads of early laborers have smoothed into a singular, durable character that persists even as the machinery of the past slows to a hum.

Nearby Outdoor Places

River Bluff Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 051° NE
Vaile Mansion (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 191° S
Liberty Bend Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 042° NE
Indep Athletic Complex (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 131° SE
Pearl Harbor Memorial (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 195° S
Sugar Creek Historical Society (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 228° SW
Liberty Bell (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 195° S
Harry S Truman National Historic Site Visitor Center (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 187° S
National Frontier Trails Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 192° S
Bertoldie Memorial (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 191° S
The Peace Pavilion (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 193° S
Live Art Aquatics (Arts Centre) — 4.2 mi, 211° SW
Pottery Art (Gallery) — 4.2 mi, 211° SW
Winner Road Gallery (Gallery) — 4.2 mi, 211° SW
Engelwood Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 4.2 mi, 211° SW
Fountain Bluffs Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.4 mi, 014° N
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 144° SE
Fury of the Nile (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 299° NW
PEANUTS Showplace (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 298° NW
International Plaza Stage (Theatre) — 4.9 mi, 301° NW
Hidden Valley Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 283° W
Indian Mound (Historic Ruins) — 5.6 mi, 255° W
155 Mm Gun M1 (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 301° NW
Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 138° SE
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.0 mi, 066° NE · 32k acres
Weston Bend State Park (State Park) — 29.6 mi, 304° NW
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.2 mi, 192° S · 15k acres

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