Wildwood Missouri Map

About Wildwood, Missouri

Wildwood is a locality in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of 35,417. The population density is 205.2 people per km². Wildwood is located at 38.5771°N, 90.6678°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wildwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 63038, 64424, 63025.

Wildwood reveals itself through a landscape defined by the persistent, winding presence of Big Creek, which carves a path through the limestone-rich terrain of the Missouri interior. It lies 42.9 miles east-southeast of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 105°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south-southwest of Bethany. The topography here avoids the dramatic verticality of distant peaks, favoring instead a vast, undulating expanse of deciduous woodland that transitions into open fields as the light fades to a muted, dusty gold. During the humid shift of late afternoon, the air takes on a heavy, earthen stillness that settles over the low-lying basins, grounding the senses in the quiet, unadorned reality of the Midwestern interior. While Nelson Lake remains a silent, reflective presence four miles away, the immediate geography is anchored by this slow-moving water and the dense, shadowed canopy that defines the local horizon.

Wildwood occupies a space where the legacy of early agricultural settlement has gradually yielded to a contemporary life of planned suburban expansion and conserved natural buffers. The local economy and daily commerce revolve around this transition, maintaining a deliberate pace that feels removed from the industrial clamor of the larger regional hubs. Residents often look toward the Bethany Fairgrounds Facility as a focal point for community gathering, a place where the cultural character of the region—plain-spoken and deeply rooted in the Missouri tradition—finds space to breathe. Though the proximity to Grand Trace State Forest provides a permanent, verdant backdrop to daily life, the spirit of Wildwood remains tethered to the steady, pragmatic rhythm of a populace that values the quietude of its sprawling, green-edged borders.

About This Wildwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wildwood, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.577073, -90.667807. 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 Wildwood includes the ZIP code (63038, 64424, 63025), telephone area code (816, 314), county seat of Harrison County (Bethany), and school district assignment (Rockwood R-VI School District).

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.