Explore Copperhill, 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 Copperhill, 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 Copperhill.
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 | Copperhill |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Polk County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.998971 |
| Longitude | -84.391339 |
| Population | 443 |
| Density | 96.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 37317 |
| Area Code | 615 |
| County Seat | Benton |
| School District | Polk County School District |
Copperhill claims the rugged southern reaches of the state, where the land rises into a landscape defined by deep, shadowed basins and the steady, insistent pull of the Toccoa River. It lies 30.9 miles east-southeast of Bradley, TN (from Bradley, TN: bearing 117°T), and is situated 30.9 miles east-southeast of Cleveland. The earth here holds a stubborn, mineral-heavy weight, sloping away from the higher elevations of the Appalachian Mountains that loom faintly against the horizon like a bruised purple hem. At the edge of the residential grid, the ground drops into the quiet depths of Chain Gang Hollow, while the calm, glassy surface of Gypsum Pond offers a brief, reflective pause in the terrain just two miles away. The air often carries a cool, damp clarity, especially when the afternoon light catches the red-tinged soil, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the broken topography of the region.
Copperhill grew from the hard, subterranean labor of mining, an industry that once dictated the very rhythm of the clock and the color of the local water. While the heavy machinery of the past has largely fallen silent, the scars left upon the landscape remain visible as a stark ledger of a time when the extraction of ore sustained every household. Today, the pace of Copperhill slows to the quiet drift of the Toccoa River, moving past the nearby green spaces of Horseshoe Bend Park where the current whispers against the riverbanks. Residents move with the steady, practiced grace of those who have seen the land transformed by both industry and the slow, persistent return of the forest, finding a modern equilibrium in the quietude of these hills and the occasional trek toward the distant Rock Creek Trail.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Copperhill, Tennessee. Coordinates: 34.998971, -84.391339. 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 Copperhill includes the ZIP code (37317), telephone area code (615), county seat of Polk County (Benton), and school district assignment (Polk County School District).
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. |