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Gates Tennessee Map

Explore Gates, 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 Gates, Tennessee

How to Use This Gates, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	35.838408
Longitude	-89.406184
Population	664
Density	363.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38037
Area Code	901
County Seat	Ripley
School District	Lauderdale County School District

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About Gates, Tennessee

Gates is a locality in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 664. The population density is 363.6 people per km². Gates is located at 35.8384°N, 89.4062°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gates is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38037.

Gates occupies a quiet expanse of West Tennessee, where the flat, fertile earth stretches toward the horizon in a pattern of straight rows and open sky. It lies 13.6 miles south of Dyersburg, TN (from Dyersburg, TN: bearing 185°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northeast of Ripley. Halls Creek winds through the low-lying terrain near the settlement, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish patience that mirrors the surrounding fields. The light here tends to pool in the shallow depressions of the land, turning the evening air a dusty, bruised violet as it settles over the soil. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape remains largely level, though the distant silhouette of Horns Bluff provides a faint, jagged interruption to the otherwise unbroken skyline. Those who wander two miles toward the outskirts find the quiet perimeter of Crichfield Park, a place where the stillness of the regional woodland is punctuated only by the shift of seasonal winds and the rustle of dry brush.

Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of Gates, defining the rhythm of the work year through the planting and harvesting of crops that have long anchored the local economy. The history of the region is written in the dark, heavy loam of the fields and the persistence of families who have worked this ground for generations. While the pace of life remains slow, the influence of the nearby Happy Hollow provides a natural drainage basin that has dictated the layout of the rural roads for decades. Residents often look toward Moody Lake for a change of scenery, finding in its quiet surface a reflection of the same vast, unhurried sky that looms over the town. There is a singular, functional beauty in the way the architecture of the silos and grain bins stands against the weather, marking the presence of Gates as a point of order amidst the endless, productive plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Crichfield Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 020° N
Gilbert Street Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 008° N
Lake Lauderdale Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 012° N
Tennessee Historical Marker 4D 36 (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 106° E
Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.0 mi, 324° NW · 43k acres
Chickasaw Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 273° W
Fallen Firefighter Memorial (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 004° N
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 005° N
Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 005° N
Burgess Chapel School (Historic Ruins) — 14.6 mi, 355° N
Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.0 mi, 221° SW · 25k acres
Billy Tripp's Mindfield (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 155° SE
Tina Turner (Public Artwork) — 19.1 mi, 154° SE
Cooter Auxillary Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 25.1 mi, 303° NW
Fort Pillow (State Park) — 26.8 mi, 241° SW
Trenton Teapot Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 070° E
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 32.1 mi, 359° N
Art in the Village (Gallery) — 33.2 mi, 112° E
Reelfoot (State Park) — 35.4 mi, 359° N
Ayers Hall (Theatre) — 37.2 mi, 111° E
Caboose (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 355° N
Dodson Science Auditorium (Theatre) — 37.6 mi, 111° E
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 38.9 mi, 277° W · 2,280 acres
The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 45.0 mi, 026° NE
The Angry Axe (Attraction) — 45.8 mi, 040° NE
Dyess Colony Museum (Museum) — 48.5 mi, 250° W
Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 53.4 mi, 032° NE
Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 64.3 mi, 165° S · 156k acres

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