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Big Sandy Tennessee Map

Explore Big Sandy, 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 Big Sandy, Tennessee

How to Use This Big Sandy, Tennessee Map

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

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	Big Sandy
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.232675
Longitude	-88.085022
Population	486
Density	294.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	37690, 38221
Area Code	731, 901
County Seat	Jonesborough
School District	Benton County School District

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About Big Sandy, Tennessee

Big Sandy is a locality in Washington County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 486. The population density is 294.6 people per km². Big Sandy is located at 36.2327°N, 88.0850°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Big Sandy is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 37690, 38221.

Big Sandy anchors itself firmly where the land shifts from the flat, stubborn clay of the west into the subtle, persistent swells of the mid-state interior. It lies 4.1 miles west-southwest of Washington, TN (from Washington, TN: bearing 247°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west of Jonesborough. Blackley Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth here, its banks lined with the dense, dark green of thickets that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed high. To the west, the quiet waters of Painter Pond catch the shifting light, reflecting the heavy, humid sky, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the eastern horizon like a jagged promise of greater elevations. The air in Big Sandy carries the distinct, earthy scent of damp loam and pine, a persistent reminder of the dense forests that press in from the edges of the fields and define the horizon line.

History in Big Sandy moves at the pace of the seasons, rooted in the hard-won yields of the surrounding soil and the quiet industry of those who have worked the land for generations. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, where agriculture and local trade dictate the slow, steady pulse of daily affairs. Just a few miles away, the Henderson Swamp Public Hunting Area serves as a sprawling sanctuary of wilderness, a place where the landscape remains largely untamed and indifferent to the encroaching modern world. Nearby, the quiet depression of Tilson Hollow serves as a natural basin, collecting the runoff of heavy rains and sheltering a quiet, secluded biodiversity. Life here is defined by this proximity to the wild, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the low murmur of the wind through the timber or the distant, rhythmic work of a tractor turning the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Sandy Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 347° N
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.5 mi, 350° N · 22k acres
West Sandy Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 318° NW
Bailey Fork Public Hunting Area (State Resource Management Area) — 9.6 mi, 294° NW
Nathan Bedford Forrest (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 140° SE
Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 139° SE
Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Randy Hughes Crash Site (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 200° S
WTPR Fish (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 290° W
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 008° N · 171k acres
Land Between the Lakes Other (National Forest) — 15.0 mi, 008° N · 171k acres
Kentucky Lake Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 18.4 mi, 005° N · 7,899 acres
Stewart State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 18.7 mi, 058° NE
Barkley Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 20.8 mi, 033° NE
Confederate War Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 035° NE
Cannon Monument (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 037° NE
Fort Donelson Cumberland Battery (Viewpoint) — 22.1 mi, 035° NE
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.4 mi, 040° NE · 13k acres
Turner Recital Hall (Theatre) — 24.9 mi, 255° W
Bear Spring Iron Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 25.0 mi, 048° NE
Bouldin Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 255° W
Murray, Kentucky (Public Artwork) — 28.8 mi, 335° NW
Homeplace 1850s Working Farm at Land Between The Lakes (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 012° N
Hilltop Chimney (Attraction) — 37.8 mi, 358° N
Steam Engine (Attraction) — 40.5 mi, 106° E
Lonesome Pine Cabin - City Park (Historic Ruins) — 44.5 mi, 106° E
Wickham Hall Pratt Museum (Museum) — 44.8 mi, 051° NE
APSU CECA Downtown Gallery (Arts Centre) — 45.2 mi, 063° NE
Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 48.9 mi, 292° W
Water Park for kids (Theme Park) — 50.7 mi, 343° N
Trenton Teapot Museum (Museum) — 50.9 mi, 250° W

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