Birchwood Tennessee Map
Explore Birchwood, 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 Birchwood, Tennessee
How to Use This Birchwood, Tennessee Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birchwood, 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 Birchwood.
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 | Birchwood |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Hamilton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.628381 |
| Longitude | -87.42501 |
| Population | 2,400 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 37042, 37308 |
| Area Code | 615, 629 |
| County Seat | Chattanooga |
About Birchwood, Tennessee
Birchwood is a locality in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,400. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Birchwood is located at 36.6284°N, 87.4250°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 37042, 37308.Birchwood reveals itself through the persistent, quiet carving of the Dry Branch, which traces a path through the low-slung, fertile terrain. It lies 13.9 miles north-northwest of Bradley, TN (from Bradley, TN: bearing 327°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south of Dayton. Sunlight catches the silt-heavy water of the creek as it moves toward the nearby basin of Horner Hollow, where the shadows lengthen early against the rising floor of the land. Judd Slough lies a mere mile away, its still surface providing a mirror for the changing canopy, while the Cumberland Mountains appear as a faint, jagged charcoal line against the distant western sky. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp earth and cooling limestone, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate.
Birchwood maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal shifts of the land, drawing sustenance from the quiet productivity of its surrounding acreage. Just a mile from the center, the Hiwassee Refuge acts as a sanctuary for migratory life, marking the intersection of human stewardship and the wilder, unmanaged pulse of the region. Local industry remains tied to the soil and the modest commerce of the valley, favoring a pace that eschews the frantic movement of more urbanized corridors. Residents move with the steady, practiced grace of those who understand the temperament of the seasons, finding a quiet satisfaction in the persistence of the fields and the reliable, slow-turning cycles of the local harvest.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Cole Park G.C (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 213° SW
- Ft. Campbell (Old) G.C (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 226° SW
- Wickham Hall Pratt Museum (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 292° W
- Gander Memorial (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 288° W
- World War 2 Monument (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 344° N
- World War 1 Monument (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 343° N
- Barkley Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 158° S
- Lake Barkley (Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 140° SE
- Green Man (Public Artwork) — 7.7 mi, 149° SE
- APSU CECA Downtown Gallery (Arts Centre) — 7.8 mi, 152° SE
- Dunbar Cave (State Park) — 8.2 mi, 128° SE
- Long Pond Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 180° S
- Haynes Bottom Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 193° S
- Guthrie Transportation Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 085° E
- Alhambra Theatre (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 348° N
- Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.3 mi, 239° SW · 13k acres
- Historic Bell Witch Cave (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 097° E
- Bear Spring Iron Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 21.0 mi, 240° SW
- Fort Donelson Cumberland Battery (Viewpoint) — 25.6 mi, 249° W
- Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 26.2 mi, 253° W · 171k acres
- Land Between the Lakes Other (National Forest) — 26.2 mi, 253° W · 171k acres
- Lake Barkley State Resort Park (State Park) — 29.4 mi, 297° NW
- Homeplace 1850s Working Farm at Land Between The Lakes (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 274° W
- Coopertoen Drive-In Theater (Cinema) — 32.6 mi, 116° SE
- Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.3 mi, 240° SW · 22k acres
- Mound Bottom State Archaeology Area (Historic Ruins) — 38.3 mi, 152° SE
- Steam Engine (Attraction) — 38.5 mi, 177° S
- Center Furnace Trail (Attraction) — 38.9 mi, 299° NW
- Adsmore Museum (Museum) — 41.8 mi, 323° NW
- Caldwell County Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 43.8 mi, 324° NW
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About This Birchwood Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Birchwood, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.628381, -87.42501. 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 Birchwood includes the ZIP code (37042, 37308), telephone area code (615, 629), county seat of Hamilton County (Chattanooga), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
