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Friendship Tennessee Map

Explore Friendship, 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 Friendship, Tennessee

How to Use This Friendship, Tennessee Map

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

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.

CityFriendship
StateTennessee (TN)
CountySullivan County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude35.908436
Longitude-89.241445
Population613
Density179.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes37881, 37620, 38034
Area Code731, 901
County SeatBlountville
School DistrictCrockett County School District

About Friendship, Tennessee

Friendship is a locality in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 613. The population density is 179.4 people per km². Friendship is located at 35.9084°N, 89.2414°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Friendship is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 37881, 37620, 38034.

Friendship occupies a modest expanse of earth where the persistent, winding course of Sharps Creek defines the local topography. It lies 9.9 miles north-northeast of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 21°T), and is situated 14.0 miles east-northeast of Hamilton. The landscape here is characterized by the quiet endurance of the Cherokee National Forest, which blankets the surrounding terrain in a dense, verdant canopy, while the subtle depression of Deep Hole Hollow creates a slight but noticeable variation in the otherwise level horizon. When the light of late afternoon slants across the ground, the air takes on a heavy, golden quality that seems to suspend the very atmosphere, drawing out the scent of damp soil and ancient timber. On the far, hazy edge of the western sky, the distant silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains offers a reminder of the vast, complex geology that anchors this interior stretch of the state.

Friendship sustains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal cycles of the land, reflecting a heritage built upon the steady labor of regional agriculture and small-scale enterprise. The economic pulse of Friendship remains tied to the fertility of the surrounding soil, where the tradition of cultivation persists despite the shifting tides of the modern world. Residents often traverse the nearby Flatwood Trail, a path that invites a slower engagement with the woods and serves as a quiet artery for those seeking the stillness of the canopy. While the presence of South Holston Lake lies in the broader regional geography, the life of the inhabitants here is more immediately shaped by the narrow, persistent flow of local creeks and the collective memory of a place that values continuity over rapid transformation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Tigrett Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 351° N
  • Tennessee Historical Marker 4D 36 (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 207° SW
  • Horns Bluff Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 111° E
  • Crichfield Park (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 253° W
  • Forestry Workbase (State Resource Management Area) — 10.1 mi, 327° NW
  • Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 318° NW
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 317° NW
  • Korean Conflict Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 317° NW
  • Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.0 mi, 277° W · 43k acres
  • Burgess Chapel School (Historic Ruins) — 14.2 mi, 313° NW
  • Trenton Teapot Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 074° E
  • Billy Tripp's Mindfield (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 184° S
  • Tina Turner (Public Artwork) — 21.9 mi, 182° S
  • Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.0 mi, 229° SW · 25k acres
  • Big Cypress Tree (State Park) — 27.6 mi, 045° NE
  • Art in the Village (Gallery) — 27.6 mi, 128° SE
  • Bobby Ross Amphitheater (Theatre) — 28.6 mi, 088° E
  • Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 29.0 mi, 340° N
  • Ayers Hall (Theatre) — 31.2 mi, 125° SE
  • Cooter Auxillary Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 31.6 mi, 286° W
  • Reelfoot (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 350° N
  • Caboose (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 339° N
  • The Angry Axe (Attraction) — 36.4 mi, 034° NE
  • The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 016° N
  • Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 44.8 mi, 025° NE
  • Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 47.8 mi, 271° W · 2,280 acres
  • Dyess Colony Museum (Museum) — 58.8 mi, 248° W
  • Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 65.8 mi, 169° S · 156k acres
  • Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 76.3 mi, 060° NE · 171k acres

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About This Friendship Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Friendship, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.908436, -89.241445. 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 Friendship includes the ZIP code (37881, 37620, 38034), telephone area code (731, 901), county seat of Sullivan County (Blountville), and school district assignment (Crockett County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.