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Braden Tennessee Map

Explore Braden, 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 Braden, Tennessee

How to Use This Braden, Tennessee Map

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

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	Braden
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Union County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.368471
Longitude	-89.571791
Population	255
Density	26.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	37870, 38049
Area Code	865, 901
County Seat	Maynardville
School District	Fayette County School District

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About Braden, Tennessee

Braden is a locality in Union County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 255. The population density is 26.8 people per km². Braden is located at 35.3685°N, 89.5718°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Braden is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 37870, 38049.

Braden exists as a quiet accumulation of earth and sky where the land slants toward the low-lying moisture of Blue Spring Hollow. It lies 7.5 miles northwest of Union, TN (from Union, TN: bearing 309°T), and is situated 14.1 miles west-southwest of Claiborne. The soil here holds a stubborn, clay-heavy patience, supporting patches of woodland that thin out into open fields before yielding to the tangled, shadowed thickets of the Chuck Swan State Forest. In the late afternoon, the light loses its sharp edge, casting long, bruised shadows across the terrain and muting the vibrant greens of the meadow grasses. Straight Branch carves a narrow, persistent path through the limestone-laced ground, its waters moving with a deliberate, rhythmic clarity that defines the local topography. Far to the east, the silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a permanent, hazy boundary against the horizon, reminding those who dwell in Braden that they occupy a space caught between the flatter western expanse and the rising, ancient weight of the high country.

Agriculture and the slow, seasonal pulse of the land have long dictated the pace of life for those who call Braden home. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the maintenance of the surrounding acreage, where the labor of the day is often measured by the sun’s arc rather than the clock. While the proximity to Norris Lake offers a shift in the landscape, the daily existence here is marked by the quiet industry of property upkeep and the careful stewardship of the timbered plots that dot the countryside. There is a particular, unforced stillness in the way the residents navigate their work, a habit of observation born from years of watching the weather move across the hollows. It is a place that demands a certain level of endurance, where the history of the families who settled these tracts is written not in monuments, but in the enduring layout of the fence lines and the persistent, unhurried maintenance of the homesteads.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Forrest Park (Local Recreation) — 6.7 mi, 225° SW
Mary Alice Neighborhood Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 226° SW
The Crossing Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 225° SW
Arlington Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 225° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 313° NW
Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.8 mi, 342° N · 25k acres
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.3 mi, 058° NE · 23k acres
Wolf River Wildlife Management Area Unit 2 (State Conservation Area) — 19.8 mi, 184° S
Shelby Farms (Local Conservation Area) — 20.5 mi, 218° SW
Elvis Car (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 218° SW
Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters (Nature Reserve) — 21.1 mi, 219° SW
Harrell Theater (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 196° S
Morton Museum of Collierville History (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 193° S
The Ring of Peace (Public Artwork) — 23.0 mi, 225° SW
Memphis and Charleston Railroad (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 193° S
Billy Tripp's Mindfield (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 048° NE
Fort Pillow (State Park) — 23.3 mi, 322° NW
John Tully Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.1 mi, 339° N
Vietnam Memorial Tree Trail (Monument) — 26.6 mi, 250° W
Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Gallery) — 27.0 mi, 231° SW
Zebra (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 238° SW
Ostrich (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 238° SW
Margaret Polk Statue (Monument) — 28.3 mi, 237° SW
Crosstown Arts (Gallery) — 29.0 mi, 239° SW
National Bird Dog Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 136° SE
Field Trial Hall of Fame (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 136° SE
Ducks Unlimited Waterfowling Heritage Center (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 242° SW
Sky High Ride & Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 30.8 mi, 242° SW
Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 37.8 mi, 158° S · 156k acres
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 47.2 mi, 322° NW · 2,280 acres

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