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Altamont Tennessee Map

Explore Altamont, Tennessee, 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 Altamont, Tennessee

How to Use This Altamont, Tennessee Map

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

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.

City	Altamont
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Grundy County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.432486
Longitude	-85.74331
Population	1,117
Density	20.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	37301
Area Code	615
County Seat	Altamont
School District	Grundy County School District

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About Altamont, Tennessee

Altamont is a locality in Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,117. The population density is 20.9 people per km². Altamont is located at 35.4325°N, 85.7433°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Altamont is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 37301.

Altamont occupies a high, quiet plateau where the air grows thin and crisp, defined by the persistent, rhythmic passage of Rock Creek as it carves through the local limestone. It lies 2.9 miles northwest of Grundy, TN (from Grundy, TN: bearing 312°T), and is situated 18.7 miles east of Coffee. The landscape here is one of vast, open horizons and dense, encroaching woodlands that mirror the wilder, distant reaches of the Appalachian Mountains visible only as faint, violet bruises against the western sky. Light settles heavily upon the fields at dusk, casting long, amber shadows that stretch across the grasses toward the deeper, shadowed folds of Boyd Hollow. Beyond the immediate periphery, the earth drops away into rugged, uneven terrain, providing a stark contrast to the level, wind-swept stretches that characterize the center of the plateau.

Altamont serves as a stoic anchor for the surrounding region, its history deeply rooted in the slow, deliberate work of those who first cleared these stubborn, rocky soils. While the local economy has transitioned away from the intensive coal mining that once defined the broader Grundy County, the spirit of the place remains tethered to the land, evidenced by the steady, modest commerce of those who still work the timber and the fields. Residents often look toward the nearby Hubbard's Cave Fee for a sense of the geological depth beneath their feet, a silent reminder of the cavernous, hidden world beneath the surface. Life here moves at the cadence of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of the state’s larger hubs, finding its own equilibrium in the stillness of a landscape that demands both patience and a quiet, enduring resilience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alum Gap Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.3 mi, 091° E
Hubbard'S Cave Fee (Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 026° NE
Rock Island (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 319° NW
Bark Camp Barrens Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 287° W
Grundy Forest Designated State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 183° S
South Cumberland (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 178° S
Hickory Flat Woods WMA (Nature Reserve) — 15.8 mi, 279° W
May Prairie Designated State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.9 mi, 275° W
Cumberland Caverns (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 012° N
Old Shelter (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 17.0 mi, 012° N
The Park Theater (Theatre) — 17.3 mi, 354° N
Rebel's Rest (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 213° SW
Manchester Arts Center (Theatre) — 19.7 mi, 280° W
Memorial Cross (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 213° SW
Danny Cove (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 173° S
B.H. Goethert Memorial Garden (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 249° W
Suck Creek Mountain Cherokee Village (Historic Ruins) — 24.1 mi, 136° SE
Tullahoma Art Center (Gallery) — 26.7 mi, 259° W
Tullahoma History Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 259° W
Burritt Alumni Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 036° NE
Dinah Shore Murals (Public Artwork) — 26.9 mi, 231° SW
Whale Face Rock (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 053° NE
George Hole (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 055° NE
Russell Cave National Monument (National Monument) — 31.4 mi, 187° S · 308 acres
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 35.6 mi, 175° S · 16k acres
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 55.6 mi, 142° SE · 752k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 65.4 mi, 117° SE · 662k acres
Cohutta Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 69.8 mi, 116° SE · 37k acres

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