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 757. The population density is 128.2 people per km². Wood Heights is located at 39.3395°N, 94.1627°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wood Heights is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64024.

Wood Heights occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat, expansive character of the northern plains begins to yield to the more broken, timbered terrain of the interior. It lies 3.4 miles east of Excelsior Springs, MO (from Excelsior Springs, MO: bearing 90°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-southeast of Lawson. Woods Lake sits at the center of the local topography, its surface often mirroring the heavy, slate-colored clouds that drift across the Missouri sky during the transition between seasons. To the south, the landscape gains a subtle elevation, hinting at the ruggedness of the Ozark hills that define the wider region, while the horizon to the west is punctuated by the faint, jagged silhouette of Yankee Ridge. The air here holds a distinct stillness, particularly at dusk, when the light catches the tall grasses and turns the fields into a muted palette of copper and gray.

Gold Mine Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the landscape just a mile from the residential core, acting as a quiet artery for the surrounding rural acreage. The economy of Wood Heights remains deeply rooted in the agricultural traditions of the Midwest, reflecting a pragmatic, plain-spoken resilience that has persisted since the early settlers first broke the soil. Residents often find recreation in the nearby Siloam Mtn Park, where the dense canopy offers a reprieve from the summer heat and a place to observe the local wildlife. The rhythm of life in Wood Heights moves with the deliberate pace of the harvests, favoring the steady, predictable cycles of a community that understands its place within the vast, changing expanse of the interior plains.

About This Wood Heights Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wood Heights, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.339451, -94.162722. 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 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).

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.