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Wardell Missouri Map

Explore Wardell, 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 Wardell, Missouri

How to Use This Wardell, Missouri Map

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

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.

CityWardell
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyPemiscot County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude36.351453
Longitude-89.817863
Population310
Density424.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code63879
Area Code816
County SeatCaruthersville
School DistrictNorth Pemiscot County R-I School District

About Wardell, Missouri

Wardell is a locality in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 310. The population density is 424.4 people per km². Wardell is located at 36.3515°N, 89.8179°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wardell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63879.

Wardell occupies a flat expanse of the Bootheel, where the Little River snakes through the dark, alluvial soil like a slow, deliberate pulse. It lies 15.5 miles east-northeast of Kennett, MO (from Kennett, MO: bearing 59°T), and is situated 8.3 miles southwest of Portageville. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, allowing the late afternoon sun to flatten the shadows of silos and power lines against the vast, tilled fields. Twelve miles to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Barnes Ridge rises against the sky, a distant reminder of a more rugged terrain, while the land closer to Wardell remains defined by the rhythmic labor of the seasonal harvest. The air here holds the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, a heavy, grounded stillness that settles over the plains long before the stars emerge.

History in Wardell is written in the rows of cotton and soybeans that define the local economy, a legacy of agricultural endurance that keeps the pulse of the community steady. Life moves in cadence with the changing seasons, supported by the proximity of the Black Island Ca (Stephen C Bradford Unit), where the wilder, wooded edges of the landscape offer a quiet refuge from the open expanse of the surrounding farms. While the waters of Big Bayou remain seven miles distant, their presence influences the moisture in the breeze, cooling the summer heat that rises off the black dirt. Men and women here share a plain-spoken resilience, their daily existence tied to the cycles of the land and the quiet, persistent flow of the nearby riverbed.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Black Island Ca (Stephen C Bradford Unit) (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 127° SE
  • Hayti Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 159° S
  • Little River Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 231° SW
  • Frisbee Cutoff Access (State Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 268° W
  • Jones outdoor Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 238° SW
  • Morris State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 318° NW
  • Veterans Wall of Honor (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 332° NW
  • Malden Army Airfield Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 331° NW
  • Caboose (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 085° E
  • Battle of Island 10 (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 071° E
  • Reelfoot (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 084° E
  • Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 276° W
  • Pfeiffer Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 277° W
  • Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.6 mi, 100° E · 3,626 acres
  • Cooter Auxillary Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 21.9 mi, 175° S
  • Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.9 mi, 085° E · 16k acres
  • Lee Morris Memorial (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 125° SE
  • Big Lake (State Recreation Area) — 27.8 mi, 209° SW
  • Burgess Chapel School (Historic Ruins) — 30.2 mi, 134° SE
  • Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 30.5 mi, 213° SW · 2,280 acres
  • Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 132° SE
  • John Sappington Marmaduke Memorial Sign (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 250° W
  • Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 38.2 mi, 039° NE
  • Malco (Cinema) — 39.0 mi, 020° N
  • Abraham Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 42.0 mi, 082° E
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 42.3 mi, 322° NW · 1.5M acres
  • The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 42.6 mi, 083° E
  • Lookout/Ob Deck (Viewpoint) — 46.6 mi, 337° NW
  • Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 46.8 mi, 336° NW · 7,890 acres
  • Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 51.9 mi, 079° E

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About This Wardell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wardell, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.351453, -89.817863. 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 Wardell includes the ZIP code (63879), telephone area code (816), county seat of Pemiscot County (Caruthersville), and school district assignment (North Pemiscot County R-I 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.