Explore Mount Carmel, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mount Carmel, 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 Mount Carmel.
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 | Mount Carmel |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Washington County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.564875 |
| Longitude | -82.66777 |
| Population | 5,473 |
| Density | 318.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 38019, 38329, 37641, 37645 |
| Area Code | 731 |
| County Seat | Jonesborough |
| School District | Hawkins County School District |
Mount Carmel occupies a quiet stretch of land where the steady, rhythmic pulse of Cassi Creek defines the local topography. It lies 12.6 miles east of Greene, TN (from Greene, TN: bearing 85°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east of Tusculum. The earth here holds the deep, shadowed silence of the nearby North Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area, while the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the eastern horizon in shades of bruised indigo. To the west, the land dips into the limestone-rich basin of Hoglot Hollow, a place where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp loam and cooling stone. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it clings to the ridges, turning the late afternoon fields into vast, glowing expanses of copper and sage before the long shadows of the timberline reclaim the valley floor.
Mount Carmel grew from the stubborn persistence of families who cleared the dense hardwoods to make space for industry and trade, anchoring their lives to the changing seasons of the Tennessee interior. The economy remains tethered to the land and the modest commerce of the corridor, moving at a tempo dictated by the sun rather than the clock. Residents often look toward the heights of the Blue Ridge Mountains as a constant, unmoving sentinel over their work, while those seeking the solitude of the woods find themselves wandering the Clark Creek Trail, where the ground is carpeted in a thick, organic mulch of pine needles and decaying leaves. Life in Mount Carmel persists with a grounded, unassuming gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger hubs, finding its own meaning in the simple transition from the heat of the day to the sudden, cooling stillness of the night.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Carmel, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.564875, -82.66777. 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 Mount Carmel includes the ZIP code (38019, 38329, 37641), telephone area code (731), county seat of Washington County (Jonesborough), and school district assignment (Hawkins County School District).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |