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Kelso Tennessee Map

Explore Kelso, 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 Kelso, Tennessee

How to Use This Kelso, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	35.125917
Longitude	-86.468604
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	37348
Area Code	615
County Seat	Fayetteville

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About Kelso, Tennessee

Kelso is a locality in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Kelso is located at 35.1259°N, 86.4686°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 37348.

Kelso defines the quiet threshold of Teal Hollow, where the landscape settles into a series of limestone-heavy slopes and fertile bottomlands that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed high. It lies 8.0 miles north-northeast of Lincoln, TN (from Lincoln, TN: bearing 16°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east-southeast of Fayetteville. The Teal Hollow Creek carves a persistent, silver-threaded path through this basin, its current dictated by the subtle shifts in the terrain and the seasonal rains that feed the low-lying pastures. While the Appalachian Mountains remain a distant, hazy indigo smudge on the furthest horizon, the immediate environment is defined by the intimate scale of dense woodlands and the open, rhythmic expanse of agricultural fields. A peculiar, golden quality of light often descends upon the soil during the late afternoon, catching the turning leaves and the dust kicked up by the passage of time, lending the earth an amber hue that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Kelso persists as a vestige of a slower, more deliberate economy, where the local rhythm is dictated by the cultivation of the land and the quiet demands of rural trade. The nearby Flintville Wildlife Management Area serves as a sanctuary for the local fauna, preserving the integrity of the woods that have long stood as silent observers to the shifts in regional commerce. Life here moves with the gravity of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger world, yet connected by the simple, enduring necessity of the road and the rail. For those who seek the cooling spray of a cascade, the water at Boone Falls drops with a steady, percussive force eight miles away, while the still, dark surface of Oakwood Acres Lake provides a quiet mirror for the sky. The people of Kelso carry on with a stoic grace, their lives anchored to the soil and the persistent, unyielding cycle of the harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Flintville Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 107° E
Stone Bridge Memorial Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 283° W
Lincoln Theater (Cinema) — 6.0 mi, 288° W
Don Davidsonpark (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 281° W
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 9.7 mi, 170° S
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 11.0 mi, 025° NE
Tims Ford (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 054° NE
Jack Daniel (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 028° NE
Tims Ford State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 064° NE
Lost Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.2 mi, 060° NE
Wild Bird Viewing (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.7 mi, 061° NE
Owl Hollow Mill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 056° NE
Franklin County Mural (Public Artwork) — 20.5 mi, 078° E
David Wilson (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 195° S
Tullahoma History Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 043° NE
Tullahoma Art Center (Gallery) — 21.8 mi, 043° NE
Alabama A&M Agribition Center (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 189° S
North Alabama Railroad Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 191° S
State Black Archives Research Center and Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 194° S
Henry and Nell Lane Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 193° S
Statue of William Hooper Councill (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 194° S
Wernher von Braun Planetarium (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 185° S
Hotel Monte Sano (Historic Ruins) — 26.7 mi, 188° S
Staturn 1B Rocket (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 244° SW
The Burger Factory (Historic Ruins) — 27.8 mi, 196° S
Lynx Gallery (Gallery) — 28.0 mi, 196° S
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.1 mi, 164° S · 406 acres
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.8 mi, 194° S · 35k acres
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 36.7 mi, 152° SE · 16k acres
Russell Cave National Monument (National Monument) — 38.0 mi, 106° E · 308 acres

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