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Helenwood Tennessee Map

Explore Helenwood, 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 Helenwood, Tennessee

How to Use This Helenwood, Tennessee Map

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

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	Helenwood
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Scott County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.4298
Longitude	-84.544106
Population	635
Density	70.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	37755
Area Code	865
County Seat	Huntsville
School District	Scott County School District

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About Helenwood, Tennessee

Helenwood is a locality in Scott County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 635. The population density is 70.7 people per km². Helenwood is located at 36.4298°N, 84.5441°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 37755.

Helenwood reveals itself through the steady, low-slung passage of Phillips Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain of the Cumberland Plateau. It lies 20.1 miles east-northeast of Fentress, TN (from Fentress, TN: bearing 78°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-southwest of Oneida. The horizon is defined by the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Cumberland Mountains, which stand as silent sentinels over the broken, wooded topography of the region. A short distance away, the quiet stillness of Chambers Hollow offers a deeper, shaded respite from the sprawling canopy, while the nearby Flat Creek Park provides a sanctuary for those who move through these woods with a quiet step. When the light of late afternoon catches the damp stones of Double Falls, the spray creates a fleeting, prismatic brilliance that briefly transforms the rugged face of the earth into something ephemeral and strange.

Helenwood remains tied to the hard-won legacy of the coal and timber industries that once dictated the pulse of the local economy, leaving behind a character defined by persistence and a deliberate, measured pace of life. The daily rhythm here is marked by the passage of trucks on narrow roads and the seasonal shifts in the canopy of the Scott State Forest, where the air holds a permanent, earthy scent of pine and decaying leaves. Residents often look toward W H Swain Lake for a moment of quiet reflection, watching how the surface catches the shifting patterns of the clouds. This is a place where the weight of history is felt not in grand monuments, but in the slow, inevitable reclamation of the land by the forest, keeping the industry of the past in a constant, quiet dialogue with the encroaching wild.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Flat Creek Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 109° E
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 2.6 mi, 276° W · 114k acres
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 114° SE
Winona General Store (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 124° SE
East Rim Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.1 mi, 293° NW
North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 164° S
Scott State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.8 mi, 297° NW
Rugby Designated State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 237° SW
Train Cars (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 138° SE
Rugby's Hidden History (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 243° SW
Massengale Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 10.2 mi, 239° SW
Tackett Homesite & Graves (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 305° NW
Twin Arch South (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 306° NW
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 13.5 mi, 011° N · 564k acres
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.6 mi, 091° E
Frozen Head (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 177° S
Pickett (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 305° NW
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 270° W
Obed Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 24.0 mi, 200° S · 3,160 acres
Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 290° W
Civil War (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 064° NE
Cove Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 25.5 mi, 116° SE · 5,964 acres
Beaver Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.7 mi, 008° N · 4,854 acres
Agee (Historic Ruins) — 29.8 mi, 107° E
Norris Museum (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 121° SE
Museum of Appalachia (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 123° SE
Oak Ridge Children's Museum (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 152° SE
Lulu's Epoxitorium (Gallery) — 32.2 mi, 134° SE
Wayne County Historic Theater (Cinema) — 32.4 mi, 329° NW
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 329° NW

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