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Milton Tennessee Map

Explore Milton, 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 Milton, Tennessee

How to Use This Milton, Tennessee Map

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

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.

CityMilton
StateTennessee (TN)
CountyRutherford County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude35.929786
Longitude-86.181657
Population480
Density12.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code37118
Area Code615
County SeatMurfreesboro

About Milton, Tennessee

Milton is a locality in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Milton is located at 35.9298°N, 86.1817°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 37118.

Milton occupies a quiet expanse of middle Tennessee where the limestone bedrock dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the terrain. It lies 11.1 miles northwest of Cannon, TN (from Cannon, TN: bearing 320°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east of Lascassas. Dry Fork cuts a shallow, meandering path through the earth here, its bed often holding more polished stone than running water during the heat of late summer. To the east, the horizon suggests the distant presence of the Appalachian Mountains, though the immediate world is defined by the thin, rocky soil of the nearby Flat Rock Cedar Barren And Glade Designated State Natural Area. The light at dusk settles heavy and gold over the fields, catching the jagged edges of limestone outcroppings that break through the pasture grass like the backs of sleeping leviathans.

Milton maintains the character of a rural crossroads, shaped by a history of small-scale agriculture that persists even as the surrounding landscape evolves. Farmers continue to work the fields that define the local economy, though the proximity to the Cedars of Lebanon State Forest serves as a reminder of the wilder, wooded character that once blanketed this entire basin. Life here follows the cycle of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock, and the proximity to the deeper, shadowed folds of Bains Hollow provides a sense of enclosure and privacy. Whether one is traveling toward the quiet waters of Mathews Lake or simply watching the shadows lengthen across the gravel roads, Milton remains a place where the land asserts itself over the ambitions of those who walk upon it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Flat Rock Cedar Barren And Glade Designated State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 234° SW
  • Cannon County Playhouse (Theatre) — 8.9 mi, 146° SE
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 138° SE
  • Cedars Of Lebanon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 331° NW
  • J. Percy Priest Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 274° W
  • Percy Priest Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 275° W
  • Geographical Center of Tennessee (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 244° SW
  • Richard Siegel Park (Local Recreation) — 11.2 mi, 268° W
  • Mcknight Park (Local Recreation) — 11.3 mi, 256° W
  • Blue Horseshoe (Public Artwork) — 11.9 mi, 242° SW
  • Cedars Of Lebanon (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 325° NW
  • Church Street Gallery (Gallery) — 13.1 mi, 244° SW
  • Murfreesboro Art League (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 244° SW
  • Redoubt Brannan (Fortress Rosecrans) (Viewpoint) — 13.7 mi, 249° W
  • General Bragg Headquarters (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 252° W
  • Fortress Rosecrans (Historic Castle / Fort) — 14.0 mi, 248° W
  • Artillery Monument (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 258° W
  • Board and Brush (Arts Centre) — 14.0 mi, 250° W
  • Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 322° NW
  • Toll Site (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 255° W
  • AMC Stones River 9 (Cinema) — 14.4 mi, 247° SW
  • J. Percy Priest Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 283° W
  • Cedars Of Lebanon State Forest, Natural Area (State Resource Management Area) — 15.1 mi, 319° NW
  • GO USA Fun Park (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 249° W
  • Thomas Kinkade Art Gallery (Gallery) — 15.7 mi, 253° W
  • Williamson Family Farm (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 254° W
  • Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 310° NW
  • Edgar Evins (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 070° E
  • Capitol Theater (Cinema) — 20.2 mi, 342° N

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About This Milton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Milton, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.929786, -86.181657. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Milton includes the ZIP code (37118), telephone area code (615), county seat of Rutherford County (Murfreesboro), and school district assignment.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.