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Griffith Creek Tennessee Map

Explore Griffith Creek, 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 Griffith Creek, Tennessee

How to Use This Griffith Creek, Tennessee Map

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

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	Griffith Creek
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Marion County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.276049
Longitude	-85.53603
Population	465
Density	58.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	37397
Area Code	615
County Seat	Jasper
School District	Marion County School District

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About Griffith Creek, Tennessee

Griffith Creek is a locality in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 465. The population density is 58.1 people per km². Griffith Creek is located at 35.2760°N, 85.5360°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 37397.

Griffith Creek carves a persistent, silver path through the limestone-heavy terrain of the middle Tennessee landscape. It lies 11.1 miles southeast of Grundy, TN (from Grundy, TN: bearing 137°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north-northwest of Whitwell. The water of Griffith Creek moves with a deliberate, quiet patience, gathering runoff from the surrounding slopes before slipping into the low-lying expanse of Dogwood Flat. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into a series of wooded ridges, where the soil is thick with clay and the air holds a persistent, cool dampness even in the height of summer. The vegetation here is dense and deliberate, favoring hardy oaks and poplars that cast long, violet shadows across the fields as the sun retreats behind the western rise. It is a place where the light at dusk seems to thicken, clinging to the trunks of trees and the pale stones of the creek bed, turning the familiar world into a study of muted bronze and charcoal.

History in this region is measured not by grand monuments, but by the slow persistence of the families who first cleared the timber to make room for small-scale agriculture. The local economy remains tethered to the land, defined by the seasonal rhythms of harvest and the quiet maintenance of the woodlots that define the horizon. Though the rugged slopes of the Appalachian Mountains remain distant, their influence is felt in the cool, drafty evenings that settle over the valley. Residents often look toward the conservation efforts at the nearby Chimney's Designated State Natural Area, a protected space that preserves the native character of the woods. Life here maintains a steady, internal focus, indifferent to the pace of the wider world, favoring the sound of water moving over rock and the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chimney's Designated State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 199° S
Prentice Cooper State Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 147° SE
John Griswold Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 8.1 mi, 055° NE
Suck Creek Mountain Cherokee Village (Historic Ruins) — 8.3 mi, 141° SE
Judge M.M. Allison (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 138° SE
Moonshine Still Remnants (Viewpoint) — 9.3 mi, 343° N
South Cumberland (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 230° SW
Cumberland Trail (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 112° E
Dunlap Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 10.7 mi, 051° NE
Danny Cove (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 226° SW
The Suck (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 143° SE
Mining Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 16.0 mi, 095° E
Flat Top Mountain Farm (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 068° E
Hamilton Memorial Gardens (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 121° SE
Woodland Tiger (Public Artwork) — 19.5 mi, 138° SE
AVA Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 139° SE
Industrial Heritage (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 142° SE
Tennessee Aquarium Imax 3D Theater (Cinema) — 19.8 mi, 140° SE
Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 140° SE
Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 20.0 mi, 139° SE
River Gallery (Arts Centre) — 20.1 mi, 140° SE
Tivoli Theatre (Theatre) — 20.3 mi, 141° SE
Lodge Museum of Cast Iron (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 207° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 21.9 mi, 204° SW
Russell Cave National Monument (National Monument) — 25.5 mi, 217° SW · 308 acres
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 26.2 mi, 200° S · 16k acres
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 40.0 mi, 146° SE · 752k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 50.2 mi, 113° SE · 662k acres
Cohutta Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 54.8 mi, 111° E · 37k acres
Big Frog Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 58.1 mi, 108° E · 8,502 acres

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