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Dresden Tennessee Map

Explore Dresden, 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 Dresden, Tennessee

How to Use This Dresden, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	36.279924
Longitude	-88.6991
Population	3,019
Density	196.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38225
Area Code	901
County Seat	Dresden
School District	Weakley County School District

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About Dresden, Tennessee

Dresden is a locality in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,019. The population density is 196.2 people per km². Dresden is located at 36.2799°N, 88.6991°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dresden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38225.

Dresden endures as a quiet center of gravity amidst the expansive, fertile plains of West Tennessee, where the land stretches out in long, uncomplicated lines of earth and sky. It lies 8.7 miles east-southeast of Martin, TN (from Martin, TN: bearing 114°T), and is situated 18.6 miles east of Crockett. Mud Creek carves a patient, winding path through the outskirts, its low-lying channel marking the rhythmic transition from cultivated field to thick, tangled woodland. The air here holds a distinct, heavy stillness, especially in the late afternoon when the sun catches the dust rising from the backroads and turns the horizon into a muted amber haze. A mile away, Edward Pond offers a glassy, reflective stillness, its surface undisturbed by the reach of the distant Pea Ridge, which manifests only as a faint, jagged suggestion of violet against the far western sky.

Dresden serves as the administrative core for the surrounding agricultural expanse, a place where the economy remains deeply tethered to the seasonal cycles of the soil and the steady commerce of the county seat. The legacy of the region is written in the architecture of the courthouse square and the weathered faces of the brick storefronts that have watched the decades pass with a stoic, unchanging composure. Residents often find their way toward the quiet acreage of the Bean Switch Refuge, a sanctuary that preserves a sliver of the wilder, untamed landscape that predates the grid of modern fence lines and highways. Life in Dresden follows the slow, deliberate cadence of a place that understands its own boundaries, valuing the continuity of its traditions over the frantic pace of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bean Switch Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 221° SW
Garrett Lake State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 066° NE
Martin Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.3 mi, 282° W
Obion River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 237° SW
"friends" Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.1 mi, 295° NW
The Angry Axe (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 295° NW
Big Cypress Tree (State Park) — 11.4 mi, 244° SW
Time Capsul (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 134° SE
Turner Recital Hall (Theatre) — 14.1 mi, 134° SE
Bouldin Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.1 mi, 134° SE
Laughlin Hall Sign (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 134° SE
Korean Missionary Memorial Bell (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 134° SE
Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 18.7 mi, 323° NW
WTPR Fish (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 085° E
The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 297° NW
Trenton Teapot Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 213° SW
Reelfoot (State Park) — 28.8 mi, 289° W
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.3 mi, 080° E · 22k acres
Kentucky Lake Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 34.6 mi, 058° NE · 7,899 acres
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.1 mi, 289° W · 16k acres
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 38.1 mi, 072° E · 171k acres
Land Between the Lakes Other (National Forest) — 38.1 mi, 072° E · 171k acres
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 40.2 mi, 272° W
Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 41.8 mi, 246° SW
Caboose (Attraction) — 43.2 mi, 279° W
Burgess Chapel School (Historic Ruins) — 43.7 mi, 249° W
Art in the Village (Gallery) — 43.7 mi, 192° S
Bison Range Overlook (Viewpoint) — 47.4 mi, 058° NE
Water Park for kids (Theme Park) — 49.3 mi, 023° NE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 61.7 mi, 008° N · 274k acres

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