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Westphalia Missouri Map

Explore Westphalia, 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 Westphalia, Missouri

How to Use This Westphalia, Missouri Map

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

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.

CityWestphalia
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyOsage County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude38.441984
Longitude-91.999343
Population378
Density274.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code65085
Area Code573
County SeatLinn
School DistrictOsage County R-III School District

About Westphalia, Missouri

Westphalia is a locality in Osage County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 378. The population density is 274.9 people per km². Westphalia is located at 38.4420°N, 91.9993°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Westphalia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65085.

Westphalia commands a sturdy prominence over the limestone bluffs that rise above the winding, silt-heavy path of the Maries River. It lies 13.2 miles southeast of Jefferson City, MO (from Jefferson City, MO: bearing 135°T), and is situated 15.2 miles south-southeast of Holts Summit. The landscape here is defined by the deep, shadowed creases of Brush Creek Hollow and the distant, hazy blue outline of Pea Ridge marking the horizon. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain softens into dense, timbered thickets that lead toward the rugged expanse of Painted Rock State Forest. At dusk, the light catches the limestone outcroppings, turning the pale rock to a bruised violet hue, while the air carries the cool, damp scent of deep earth and moving water. Two miles away, the quiet surface of Pinnell Lake remains undisturbed, reflecting the heavy canopy of oak and hickory that characterizes this stretch of the Missouri interior.

Westphalia preserves the quiet, industrious spirit of the nineteenth-century German immigrants who cleared these slopes to build limestone foundations and steep-roofed homes. The local economy persists in a slow, deliberate cadence, anchored by family-run farms and a long-standing reverence for the craftsmanship of earlier generations. Residents maintain a connection to the land through the nearby Bruns (Dr. Bernard) Access, a space that invites a quiet walk or an afternoon of stillness away from the main roads. Life in Westphalia is marked by the recurring rhythm of the seasons, from the hard frost that silences the woods to the humid, golden heat that ripens the corn. Here, the legacy of its founders remains evident in the careful stonework and the plain, honest architecture that defines the village skyline against the vast, open sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bruns (Dr. Bernard) Access (State Recreation Area) — 1.6 mi, 060° NE
  • Mari-Osa Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.5 mi, 350° N
  • Painted Rock Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 252° W
  • Smoky Waters Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 358° N
  • Museum of Missouri Military History (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 332° NW
  • Cote Sans Dessin (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 002° N
  • Katy Trail (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 350° N
  • Soldiers' Memorial Plaza (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 313° NW
  • Sonny Liston Portrait (Public Artwork) — 12.5 mi, 316° NW
  • Missouri State Penitentiary Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 315° NW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.7 mi, 314° NW
  • Cole County War Memorial (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 315° NW
  • Capitol Remnants (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 316° NW
  • Missouri Governor's Mansion Tours (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 316° NW
  • Scene One Theatre (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 315° NW
  • Elizabeth Rozier Gallery (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 316° NW
  • Lohman Building (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 316° NW
  • Lewis and Clark Monument (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 315° NW
  • Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.2 mi, 024° NE · 32k acres
  • Bluff Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.9 mi, 025° NE
  • GQT Capital 8 (Cinema) — 16.8 mi, 307° NW
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 19.4 mi, 000° N · 1.5M acres
  • Cedar Creek Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 25.7 mi, 338° N · 42 acres
  • Veterans Memorial & Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 005° N
  • Westminster Women's History Museum (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 005° N
  • Boathenge (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 321° NW
  • Stark Caverns (Attraction) — 33.9 mi, 251° W
  • Lake Of The Ozarks State Park (State Park) — 35.7 mi, 233° SW
  • Paddy Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 60.3 mi, 183° S · 7,080 acres

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About This Westphalia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Westphalia, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.441984, -91.999343. 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 Westphalia includes the ZIP code (65085), telephone area code (573), county seat of Osage County (Linn), and school district assignment (Osage County R-III 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.