Valles Mines Missouri Map

About Valles Mines, Missouri

Valles Mines is a locality in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Valles Mines is located at 38.0420°N, 90.4998°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 63020, 63087.

Valles Mines reveals its character through the steady, low-slung rhythm of Valles Mines Creek as it carves a path through the quiet Missouri landscape. It lies 13.6 miles south-southwest of Festus, MO (from Festus, MO: bearing 205°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-northeast of Bonne Terre. The terrain here is defined by a subtle, ancient topography where the earth rises into the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Pike Run Hills. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of hardwoods, casting long, bruised-purple shadows across the uneven ground that slopes toward the low dampness of Furnace Hollow. Only a mile away, the surface of Valle Lake remains a flat, reflective mirror, holding the sky in a stillness that contrasts with the restless, earthy scent of damp soil and decaying leaves that rises whenever the wind shifts across the fields.

Valles Mines carries the weight of a subterranean history, once sustained by the extraction of lead that drew men deep into the limestone veins beneath the surface. The landscape is still marked by the remnants of this industrious past, where the scars of old diggings have been reclaimed by brush and vine, returning the ground to a state of wild, unbothered growth. Life here moves with a deliberate, plain-spoken gravity, far removed from the bustle of the river cities to the north. Residents often look toward the nearby expanse of Saint Francois State Park, where the protected woods offer a glimpse of the region as it existed long before the pickaxes arrived. The economy has long since shifted from the urgency of the mines to the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding countryside, leaving Valles Mines as a place where the days are measured more by the changing light than by the clock.

About This Valles Mines Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Valles Mines, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.041997, -90.499848. 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 Valles Mines includes the ZIP code (63020, 63087), telephone area code (314), county seat of Jefferson County (Hillsboro), and school district assignment.

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.