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Dowelltown Tennessee Map

Explore Dowelltown, 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 Dowelltown, Tennessee

How to Use This Dowelltown, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	36.015061
Longitude	-85.943599
Population	342
Density	175.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	37059
Area Code	615, 629
County Seat	Smithville
School District	DeKalb County School District

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About Dowelltown, Tennessee

Dowelltown is a locality in DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 342. The population density is 175.6 people per km². Dowelltown is located at 36.0151°N, 85.9436°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dowelltown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 37059.

Dowelltown occupies a quiet portion of the Middle Tennessee landscape, defined by the winding presence of Dry Creek as it carves a path through the limestone earth. It lies 8.1 miles west-northwest of DeKalb, TN (from DeKalb, TN: bearing 291°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-northwest of Smithville. Barger Hollow cradles the settlement, creating a deep, verdant basin where the sun lingers in the mornings before climbing over the ridge lines. The air here holds a distinct dampness, heavy with the scent of damp soil and ancient rock, while the light at dusk turns the surrounding foliage into muted shades of copper and slate. Only a few miles away, the expansive waters of Center Hill Lake offer a vast, still contrast to the narrow, active flow of the creek, and the nearby trails of Edgar Evins provide a rugged expanse of wilderness that feels worlds apart from the human scale of the valley floor.

Dowelltown carries the weight of a slow-turning history, having long served as a point of congregation for those whose lives were tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the local harvest. While the economic pulse of the region has shifted away from the agrarian focus of its founding, the physical footprint of the place remains anchored to the land, with small-scale commerce and local trade sustaining the daily motion of its residents. The transition of seasons dictates the pace of life here, moving from the quiet, frost-bitten stillness of winter to the humid, vibrant growth of summer. Far to the east, the silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally haunts the horizon on exceptionally clear days, a distant reminder of the vast, varied terrain that defines this inland geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Edgar Evins (State Park) — 3.3 mi, 071° E
Center Hill Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 069° E
Edgar Evins State Park & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 070° E
Center Hill Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.6 mi, 083° E
Pea Ridge Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 177° S
Evins Ridge Trail (Viewpoint) — 7.3 mi, 057° NE
Long Branch Public Hunting Area (State Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 048° NE
Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 048° NE
Carthage Junction Depot (Gallery) — 14.0 mi, 358° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 14.5 mi, 209° SW
The Eads Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 358° N
Cannon County Playhouse (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 212° SW
Smith County Heritage Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 359° N
Cedars Of Lebanon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 17.8 mi, 277° W
Long Hunter (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 303° NW
Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 284° W
General Hatton (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 305° NW
Capitol Theater (Cinema) — 23.6 mi, 305° NW
Flynn Creek Impact Crater marker (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 040° NE
The Park Theater (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 158° S
The Pink Elephant (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 069° E
The Munkey Wrench (Gallery) — 26.4 mi, 067° NE
Blue Horseshoe (Public Artwork) — 26.5 mi, 244° SW
Sandra Bos (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 067° NE
Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 281° W
Old Shelter (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 27.9 mi, 148° SE
Cumberland Caverns (Attraction) — 28.2 mi, 149° SE
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 68.7 mi, 063° NE · 114k acres
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 72.1 mi, 055° NE · 564k acres
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 75.1 mi, 355° N · 51k acres

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