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Claxton Tennessee Map

Explore Claxton, 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 Claxton, Tennessee

How to Use This Claxton, Tennessee Map

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

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	Claxton
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Anderson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.303962
Longitude	-84.64438
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	37849, 37370, 37745
Area Code	615, 865
County Seat	Clinton

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About Claxton, Tennessee

Claxton is a locality in Anderson County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Claxton is located at 35.3040°N, 84.6444°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 37849, 37370, 37745.

Claxton emerges from the landscape where the steady, silver-threaded path of Nelson Branch carves a quiet passage through the earth. It lies 4.4 miles south-southeast of Clinton, TN (from Clinton, TN: bearing 164°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-northeast of Oak Ridge. The terrain surrounding Claxton is defined by the gentle, persistent rise of land that leads the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains, which stand as silent sentinels on the horizon. To the north, the earth settles into the low, fertile expanse of Brushy Valley, a basin that holds the morning mist long after the sun has begun to warm the high ridges. Nearby, the presence of Melton Hill Lake offers a wide, reflective stillness to the air, while the dense, shadowed greenery of the Norris Forestry Research Area provides a deep reservoir of cooling shade that stretches across the surrounding countryside.

Claxton maintains a pace of life governed by the changing light upon the fields and the quiet industry of those who steward the land. The local character is shaped by a history of agrarian resilience, long before the modern reach of suburban growth touched the edges of the woods near Bull Run Park. Economic vitality here is less a matter of grand commerce and more a quiet accumulation of effort, as the rhythms of the seasons dictate the flow of daily tasks. It is a place where the air carries the scent of damp earth and coming rain, and the quality of dusk—that brief, amber interval when the heat of the day finally relents—reveals a profound, unadorned beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the valley floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 122° SE
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 6.6 mi, 122° SE · 662k acres
Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 078° E
Company A (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 079° E
Etowah Arts Commission (Arts Centre) — 6.9 mi, 078° E
World War I Memorial (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 079° E
Hiwassee/Ocoee (State Park) — 6.9 mi, 132° SE
Gee Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.4 mi, 121° SE · 2,580 acres
Chickamauga Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 271° W
Athens Regional Park (Local Recreation) — 10.2 mi, 001° N
Gazebo Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.0 mi, 173° S
Cherokee Game Refuge #1 National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 160° S · 9,863 acres
Little Frog Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.4 mi, 141° SE · 5,635 acres
Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 20.7 mi, 105° E · 533k acres
Salt & Light (Arts Centre) — 21.8 mi, 025° NE
Rhea County Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 303° NW
Prayer Mountain (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 119° SE
Arise and Shine Marker (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 119° SE
Garden Tomb (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 119° SE
Golgotha Hill (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 119° SE
Wolftever Creek Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 27.2 mi, 245° SW
Goliath Wall (Theatre) — 28.8 mi, 232° SW
Brotherton Mill (Historic Ruins) — 28.8 mi, 234° SW
Cumberland Trail (State Park) — 29.3 mi, 330° NW
Little Debbie (Public Artwork) — 29.5 mi, 235° SW
Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 336° NW
Tennessee Valley Theatre (Theatre) — 29.6 mi, 336° NW
Site #4 - Incline Control House (Historic Ruins) — 30.6 mi, 267° W
Tellico Lake Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 31.1 mi, 045° NE · 7,749 acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 38.7 mi, 068° E · 521k acres

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