Five Points Tennessee Map

About Five Points, Tennessee

Five Points is a locality in Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. Five Points is located at 35.4448°N, 85.0175°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 38366, 38478, 37321.

Five Points occupies a quiet crease of land where the earth settles into the deep, shaded basin of Corvin Hollow. It lies 10.4 miles south of Rhea, TN (from Rhea, TN: bearing 191°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south of Dayton. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp soil and the slow decay of oak leaves that carpet the floor of the surrounding woodlands. A mile away, the quiet waters of Dallas Lake mirror the heavy gray of a winter sky, while the persistent, thin thread of Sexton Branch carves its way through the landscape, feeding the low-lying moisture that defines the local terrain. Far to the east, the hazy, jagged silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains haunts the horizon, serving as a distant reminder of the rugged spine that anchors this inland reach of the state.

Generations have measured the passage of time in Five Points by the seasonal rhythm of the soil and the methodical work of the fields. The economy remains tethered to the land, an inheritance of labor that persists long after the initial clearing of these woods. Nearby, the Hiwassee Refuge offers a sanctuary for the migratory life that passes through the valley, standing as a quiet counterpoint to the human industry that marks the surrounding plots. Those seeking the rugged elevation of the land often travel toward the Laurel-Snow Trail, or further still to the mist-hung descent of Morphy Falls, yet the people of Five Points continue to find their own stillness here. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a long-settled place, where the primary concerns are the harvest, the weather, and the slow, steady endurance of the seasons.

About This Five Points Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Five Points, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.444792, -85.017453. 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 Five Points includes the ZIP code (38366, 38478, 37321), telephone area code (615, 901), county seat of Rhea County (Dayton), and school district assignment.

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.