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Niota Tennessee Map

Explore Niota, 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 Niota, Tennessee

How to Use This Niota, Tennessee Map

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

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.

CityNiota
StateTennessee (TN)
CountyMcMinn County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude35.513407
Longitude-84.54521
Population772
Density129.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code37826
Area Code865
County SeatAthens
School DistrictMcMinn County School District

About Niota, Tennessee

Niota is a locality in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 772. The population density is 129.7 people per km². Niota is located at 35.5134°N, 84.5452°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Niota is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 37826.

Niota rests upon a landscape defined by the modest, purposeful flow of the Little North Mouse Creek, which carves a quiet path through the surrounding fields and woodland. It lies 5.6 miles north-northeast of Athens, TN (from Athens, TN: bearing 29°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northeast of McMinn. The horizon to the east carries the faint, blue-hued suggestion of the distant Cumberland Mountains, grounding the view in the ancient geology of the region. Sunlight here possesses a particular quality during the late afternoon, lengthening the shadows across the pastures and catching the edges of the hardwoods that border the nearby Johns River Hollow. The air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and drying hay, a sensory reminder of the agrarian rhythm that has long dictated the pace of life in this corner of the state.

Niota preserves a character built upon the steady, quiet labor of generations who shaped the local economy through agriculture and the slow expansion of trade along the rail lines. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, the proximity of Prof Park offers a sanctuary for those seeking the quietude of the woods, and the distant, cooling mist of Ozone Falls remains a storied destination for those who wander further afield. Daily life here does not clamor for attention, preferring instead the consistency of the seasons and the reliable cycle of the harvest. Whether passing through the fields toward the stillness of Williams Lake or tending to the homesteads that define the local architecture, the people of Niota maintain a connection to the soil that feels as enduring as the water moving through the creek bed.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Prof Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 203° SW
  • Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 202° S
  • Athens Regional Park (Local Recreation) — 6.3 mi, 233° SW
  • Salt & Light (Arts Centre) — 6.4 mi, 036° NE
  • 3 Generation Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 7.6 mi, 038° NE
  • M60 Tank (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 189° S
  • Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 175° S
  • South Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 156° SE
  • Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 13.2 mi, 156° SE · 662k acres
  • World War I Memorial (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 175° S
  • Gee Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.7 mi, 168° S · 2,580 acres
  • Tellico Lake Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 066° NE · 7,749 acres
  • Fort Loudon (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 075° E
  • Sequoyah Birthplace Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 076° E
  • Carmichael Inn Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 037° NE
  • Jane Manley Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 337° NW
  • Morganton (Historic Ruins) — 20.0 mi, 063° NE
  • McGhee (Historic Ruins) — 20.1 mi, 070° E
  • Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 305° NW
  • Tennessee Valley Theatre (Theatre) — 21.7 mi, 305° NW
  • Greenback Castle (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 071° E
  • Sunny View Ln, Dayton, Tn 37321 (Viewpoint) — 22.7 mi, 278° W
  • Cumberland Trail (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 306° NW
  • Fort Southwest Point (Historic Castle / Fort) — 24.0 mi, 002° N
  • Bald River Falls (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 122° SE
  • Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 24.5 mi, 144° SE · 533k acres
  • Upper Bald River Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.7 mi, 132° SE · 9,037 acres
  • Rhea County Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 267° W
  • Ozone Falls (Attraction) — 29.4 mi, 330° NW
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 30.0 mi, 084° E · 521k acres

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About This Niota Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Niota, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.513407, -84.54521. 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 Niota includes the ZIP code (37826), telephone area code (865), county seat of McMinn County (Athens), and school district assignment (McMinn 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 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.