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Elkton Tennessee Map

Explore Elkton, 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 Elkton, Tennessee

How to Use This Elkton, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	35.062844
Longitude	-86.895811
Population	545
Density	105.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	38477, 38455
Area Code	901
County Seat	Pulaski
School District	Giles County School District

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About Elkton, Tennessee

Elkton is a locality in Giles County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 545. The population density is 105.6 people per km². Elkton is located at 35.0628°N, 86.8958°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elkton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 38477, 38455.

Elkton emerges from the southern landscape where the Elk River carves a slow, deliberate path through the limestone-rich earth of the Tennessee interior. It lies 5.9 miles east-southeast of Giles, TN (from Giles, TN: bearing 116°T), and is situated 17.9 miles north-northeast of Athens. The surrounding terrain is defined by the subtle shifts in elevation that lead toward the distant silhouette of Pisgah Ridge, while the nearby basin of Falls Hollow collects the seasonal rains that feed the fertile lowlands. Sunlight here takes on a heavy, golden weight in the late afternoon, lingering against the weathered limestone outcrops and the dense, green thickets that crowd the riverbanks. Two miles to the north, the quiet surface of Lake Logan offers a stillness that contrasts with the constant, low-frequency pulse of the moving water nearby, grounding the physical character of the land in a cycle of ancient, steady currents.

Elkton maintains a quiet persistence that echoes the agrarian roots of the region, where the economy has long been tethered to the productivity of the soil and the movement of goods through the valley. The patterns of daily life are measured by the shifting seasons of the fields and the slow, industrial hum that occasionally drifts from the transport routes threading through the countryside. Residents often look toward the State-owned Submerged Lands for a sense of untamed space, finding in its protected expanses a continuity that predates the modern layout of the roads. The character of Elkton is found in these intersections of labor and landscape, where the legacy of the nineteenth-century rail era remains etched into the alignment of the streets, and the atmosphere holds a persistent, unhurried gravity that defines the local existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Civil War Hospital (Historic Ruins) — 6.7 mi, 204° SW
Alabama Korean Veterans War Memorial (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 178° S
Vietnam Veterans of America (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 178° S
Staturn 1B Rocket (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 178° S
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 8.2 mi, 230° SW
Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 207° SW
Courthouse Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.8 mi, 321° NW
STAAR theater (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 321° NW
Heritage Landing Entrance Sign (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 144° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 16.5 mi, 152° SE
Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 193° S
Gulf Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 192° S
Trinity School Cistern (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 193° S
The Broken Brush Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 18.5 mi, 193° S
Lincoln Theater (Cinema) — 19.4 mi, 071° E
Lynnville Railroad Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 344° N
Mill Creek Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.7 mi, 163° S
BE-4 Engine (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 153° SE
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 26.2 mi, 192° S · 4,011 acres
State Black Archives Research Center and Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 136° SE
Henry and Nell Lane Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 26.7 mi, 136° SE
Yanahli Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.1 mi, 356° N
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.4 mi, 172° S · 35k acres
Joe Wheeler State Park (State Park) — 28.5 mi, 234° SW
Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 29.3 mi, 205° SW · 2,094 acres
Monte Sano State Park (State Park) — 29.5 mi, 136° SE
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.3 mi, 129° SE · 406 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 48.5 mi, 198° S · 182k acres
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 52.7 mi, 208° SW · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 55.1 mi, 213° SW · 26k acres

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