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Obion Tennessee Map

Explore Obion, 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 Obion, Tennessee

How to Use This Obion, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	36.258957
Longitude	-89.191735
Population	991
Density	296.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38240
Area Code	901
County Seat	Union City
School District	Obion County School District

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About Obion, Tennessee

Obion is a locality in Obion County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 991. The population density is 296.6 people per km². Obion is located at 36.2590°N, 89.1917°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Obion is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38240.

Obion anchors a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the flat, fertile plains of West Tennessee, where the horizon stretches wide under an expansive, unhindered sky. It lies 5.3 miles southwest of Polk, TN (from Polk, TN: bearing 230°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-southwest of Crockett. The earth here is dark and heavy with the potential of harvest, a testament to the slow, deliberate work of the Obion River, which winds its way through the nearby bottomlands just a mile from the center. Beyond the managed fields, the terrain offers subtle shifts in elevation, reaching toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Hickory Ridge far to the east. A mile away, the Gooch Wildlife Management Area preserves a stretch of wilder, marshy terrain where the air grows thick with the scent of damp soil and the intricate, rhythmic calls of migratory birds, grounding the locality in a primitive, seasonal cycle that remains indifferent to the passage of clocks.

Obion maintains a steady pace of life tethered to the rhythms of the agricultural season, where the economy still finds its pulse in the tilled soil and the movement of grain. The settlement grew from the necessity of the rail and the plow, carving out a space within the regional expanse near the deep, shadowed recesses of Burnt Mill Hollow. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Guy Jones Lake to mark the stillness of a Sunday afternoon, finding a familiar solace in the reflection of the clouds upon the surface. Life in Obion is measured not by sudden shifts or grand spectacles, but by the subtle transition of light across the silos and the persistent, quiet endurance of a community that understands its place within the vast, working geography of the Delta-adjacent plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gooch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 178° S
Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 083° E
Reelfoot (State Park) — 10.0 mi, 357° N
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.9 mi, 281° W · 3,626 acres
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.3 mi, 313° NW · 16k acres
The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 033° NE
Abraham Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 14.0 mi, 029° NE
Lee Morris Memorial (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 236° SW
Big Cypress Tree (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 102° E
Caboose (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 298° NW
Lenox Bridge Memorial (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 232° SW
The Angry Axe (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 071° E
Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 215° SW
Korean Conflict Memorial (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 215° SW
Burgess Chapel School (Historic Ruins) — 19.6 mi, 222° SW
Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 23.0 mi, 045° NE
Trenton Teapot Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 144° SE
Bobby Ross Amphitheater (Theatre) — 34.9 mi, 132° SE
Cooter Auxillary Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 36.4 mi, 245° SW
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 344° N
Bouldin Auditorium (Theatre) — 38.5 mi, 102° E
Art in the Village (Gallery) — 45.5 mi, 155° SE
Malco (Cinema) — 47.8 mi, 334° NW
Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 50.2 mi, 003° N
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 62.4 mi, 356° N · 274k acres
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 65.0 mi, 078° E · 171k acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 72.9 mi, 306° NW · 1.5M acres

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