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Grimsley Tennessee Map

Explore Grimsley, 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 Grimsley, Tennessee

How to Use This Grimsley, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	36.276069
Longitude	-84.996942
Population	1,219
Density	43.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	38556, 38565
Area Code	423
County Seat	Jamestown
School District	Fentress County School District

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About Grimsley, Tennessee

Grimsley is a locality in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,219. The population density is 43.2 people per km². Grimsley is located at 36.2761°N, 84.9969°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 38556, 38565.

Grimsley occupies a quiet portion of the Cumberland Plateau where the land rises in deliberate, ancient swells. It lies 6.8 miles east of Davidson, TN (from Davidson, TN: bearing 96°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-southwest of Fentress. Turner Branch carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the local soil, its waters moving with a steady, unadorned purpose that defines the immediate topography. To the east, the distant silhouettes of the Cumberland Mountains assert their presence against the horizon, providing a permanent, jagged anchor to the sky. The light in Grimsley often settles in the late afternoon with a heavy, golden clarity, illuminating the dense woodland and the shadowed hollows that define the surrounding terrain.

Agriculture and the steady work of the timber industry have long dictated the pace of life in Grimsley, grounding the economy in the raw offerings of the earth. Residents look toward the nearby Alpine Mountains Matrix Conservation Area Fee for a sense of the wilder, protected reaches of the landscape, while the deeper depressions like Lints Cove reveal the limestone character of the bedrock. Though the expanse of Dale Hollow Lake lies fifteen miles away, the daily existence here remains tethered to the immediate woods and the small, persistent creeks that feed the watershed. History persists here not in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of those who cultivate the plateau, maintaining a life that moves in sync with the changing seasons and the slow, deliberate growth of the forest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alpine Mountains Matrix Conservation Area Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 333° NW
Catoosa Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 177° S
Colditz Cove Designated State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 054° NE
Dale Hollow Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.8 mi, 336° NW
Obed Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.9 mi, 145° SE · 3,160 acres
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 019° N
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.0 mi, 074° E · 114k acres
Dale Hollow Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 341° N
East Point Marina (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 330° NW
Pickett (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 022° N
Massengale Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 17.4 mi, 072° E
Frozen Head (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 106° E
Rugby's Hidden History (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 070° E
Pickett State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 18.1 mi, 017° N
Good Landing Beach (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 332° NW
Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 007° N
Morgan's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.0 mi, 141° SE
Standing Stone State Park (Public Artwork) — 19.6 mi, 292° W
Sunset Marina (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 333° NW
Launch Site For Kayak (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 333° NW
Palace Theater (Theatre) — 22.8 mi, 184° S
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 23.8 mi, 016° N · 564k acres
Backdoor Playhouse (Theatre) — 29.1 mi, 256° W
Sandra Bos (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 255° W
The Munkey Wrench (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 255° W
The Pink Elephant (Monument) — 30.3 mi, 253° W
Lake Shore (Historic Ruins) — 37.0 mi, 132° SE
Jane Manley Museum (Museum) — 38.6 mi, 153° SE
Fort Southwest Point (Historic Castle / Fort) — 38.8 mi, 138° SE
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 73.3 mi, 130° SE · 521k acres

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