Explore Boiling Springs, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Boiling Springs, 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 Boiling Springs.
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 | Boiling Springs |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Putnam County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.072284 |
| Longitude | -85.591646 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 38544, 37370 |
| Area Code | 423, 615 |
| County Seat | Cookeville |
Boiling Springs emerges from the quiet, undulating landscape of the Tennessee plateau where the earth wears a mantle of dense, hardwood timber and heavy, moisture-laden air. It lies 3.2 miles west-southwest of Campbell, TN (from Campbell, TN: bearing 258°T), and is situated 7.6 miles southwest of Putnam. The light here clings to the limestone outcrops, turning the gray stone a soft, bruised violet as evening approaches. A mile away, the waters of Cane Creek carve their persistent path through the limestone, while the nearby Burgess Falls Lake holds the sky in a mirror of still, dark glass. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains defines the horizon, a hazy reminder of the rugged spine that separates this basin from the eastern heights. Three miles out, the land dips into the quietude of Tibbs Hollow, where shadows gather early and the wind loses its strength against the thickets of oak and hickory.
Boiling Springs retains the steady, unassuming pulse of a place shaped by the slow accumulation of agricultural life and the persistent labor of the soil. While the economy has shifted from the agrarian rhythms of the past, the heritage of the land remains etched in the quiet operations that sustain the day-to-day existence of those who remain. The presence of Burgess Falls as a nearby state park draws a seasonal flow of visitors who come to witness the descent of the water, yet the town itself remains indifferent to the fanfare, preferring the muted cadence of its own chores. Life here moves in alignment with the turning of the seasons, a quiet endurance that finds its expression in the maintenance of fences and the cultivation of small plots. Even as the modern world presses against the perimeter, Boiling Springs persists in its own deliberate, singular fashion, rooted firmly in the clay of the plateau.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boiling Springs, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.072284, -85.591646. 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 Boiling Springs includes the ZIP code (38544, 37370), telephone area code (423, 615), county seat of Putnam County (Cookeville), 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. |