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Fairmount Tennessee Map

Explore Fairmount, 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 Fairmount, Tennessee

How to Use This Fairmount, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	35.186456
Longitude	-85.330236
Population	2,193
Density	202.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	37620, 37377
Area Code	731, 615
County Seat	Chattanooga
School District	Hamilton County School District

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About Fairmount, Tennessee

Fairmount is a locality in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,193. The population density is 202.1 people per km². Fairmount is located at 35.1865°N, 85.3302°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 37620, 37377.

Fairmount anchors itself upon a high, rugged plateau where the air thins into a crisp, bracing clarity as the sun begins its slow descent behind the western tree line. It lies 5.1 miles north-northwest of Red Bank, TN (from Red Bank, TN: bearing 341°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north of Chattanooga. The earth here is stubborn and rocky, characterized by the deep, shadowed fissures of Pickett Gulf and the dense, tangled canopy of Prentice Cooper State Forest that encroaches on the edges of the clearing. During the humid peak of summer, the low murmur of Fairmount Branch provides a constant, rhythmic pulse to the landscape, its clear waters carving through the limestone bedrock with an indifference that has outlasted generations of human labor.

Fairmount remains defined by its quiet endurance, a place where the local economy has transitioned from the hard-scrabble extraction of early settlement to the slow, deliberate pace of contemporary life centered around the Bachman Community Center. While the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as a faint, violet bruise against the horizon, the focus of the inhabitants remains tethered to the immediate needs of the plateau and the maintenance of their modest properties. The spirit of the locality is found in the stillness of the afternoon, where the light hits the weathered siding of houses with a golden, honest intensity, revealing a history built not on grand monuments, but on the steady, repetitive tasks of those who have chosen to settle in the shadow of the woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bachman Community Center (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 164° S
Cumberland Trail (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 356° N
Mabbitt Springs Park (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 126° SE
Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 201° S
Shackleford Ridge County Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 228° SW
Prentice Cooper State Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 238° SW
Rainbow Lake (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 203° SW
Lawson Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 225° SW
The Suck (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 216° SW
Judge M.M. Allison (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 267° W
Hamilton Memorial Gardens (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 128° SE
Suck Creek Mountain Cherokee Village (Historic Ruins) — 6.4 mi, 268° W
Mining Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 6.5 mi, 042° NE
Denise Heinly Art Center (Gallery) — 7.9 mi, 138° SE
Woodland Tiger (Public Artwork) — 8.5 mi, 171° S
AVA Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 8.7 mi, 172° S
Trail Of Tears (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 173° S
Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 9.1 mi, 171° S
Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 173° S
Tennessee Aquarium Imax 3D Theater (Cinema) — 9.2 mi, 174° S
River Gallery (Arts Centre) — 9.2 mi, 171° S
Tivoli Theatre (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 173° S
Siskin Museum of Religious Artifacts (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 167° S
Central of Georgia 349 (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 168° S
Southern Railway Historical Assoc (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 140° SE
Harrison Bay State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 096° E
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 29.0 mi, 158° S · 752k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 37.2 mi, 111° E · 662k acres

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