Wood Heights Missouri Map

About Wood Heights, Missouri

Wood Heights is a locality in Ray County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 784. The population density is 132.6 people per km². Wood Heights is located at 39.3395°N, 94.1627°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64024.

Wood Heights unfolds across rolling terrain, a gentle swell and dip in the Missouri landscape where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by distance. It lies 15.2 miles east-north-east of Liberty, MO (from Liberty, MO: bearing 65°T), and is situated 3.4 miles east of Excelsior Springs. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy sweetness, a blend of tilled soil and the distant breath of livestock. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching with a quiet stubbornness, punctuate the open spaces, offering slivers of shade that shift and lengthen as the sun descends. Roads, mostly gravel and a muted grey, wind through the undulations, leading past farmhouses whose paint, weathered by countless seasons, tells a silent story of endurance. This corner of Ray County, though unassuming, holds the quiet persistence of agrarian life, a history rooted in the fertile soil that has sustained generations of farmers. The local economy, as it has for decades, draws its lifeblood from the bounty of the land – crops that feed and livestock that are raised with a practiced hand. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling commercial centers, but a steady, unobtrusive character that speaks of a community built on hard work and the slow turning of seasons. Wood Heights remains a place where the rhythm of the day is still largely dictated by the needs of the farm and the fickle moods of the weather, a testament to a way of life that values continuity.

About This Wood Heights Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wood Heights, Missouri — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.339451, -94.162722. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Wood Heights and Ray County.

Detailed location data for Wood Heights includes the ZIP code (64024), telephone area code (816), county seat of Ray County (Richmond), and school district assignment (Excelsior Springs 40 School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Wood Heights is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.