Explore Petersburg, 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 Petersburg, 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 Petersburg.
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 | Petersburg |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Lincoln County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.317347 |
| Longitude | -86.64058 |
| Population | 528 |
| Density | 202.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 37857, 37144 |
| Area Code | 865, 615 |
| County Seat | Fayetteville |
| School District | Lincoln County School District |
Petersburg occupies a quiet stretch of land where the steady flow of Cane Creek defines the local topography. It lies 3.5 miles west-southwest of Bledsoe, TN (from Bledsoe, TN: bearing 252°T), and is situated 10.6 miles south-southwest of Bedford. The ground here settles deep into the limestone foundation of Pack Hollow, where the earth holds a distinct, heavy stillness under the afternoon sun. Fields of green and gold extend toward the horizon, far from the distant Appalachian Mountains, creating a landscape that feels anchored to the slow turning of the seasons. Sunlight hits the creek at an angle that turns the water into a ribbon of hammered silver, illuminating the reeds and the modest, unhurried growth of the surrounding woodland.
Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Petersburg, grounding the daily economy in the cycles of planting and harvest that have persisted for generations. While the pace of life remains deliberate, the influence of the region is felt in the simple utility of the local roads and the enduring character of the structures that house the trade of the day. A traveler might find the spirit of the area reflected in the quiet activity at the Richard Cashion Little League Complex, where the focus remains on the persistence of local sport, or consider the long road to Catfish Lake for a moment of stillness. The history of the place is not written in grand monuments but in the way the fences run straight against the contours of the basin, marking a life lived in harmony with the plain, honest yield of the soil.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Petersburg, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.317347, -86.64058. 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 Petersburg includes the ZIP code (37857, 37144), telephone area code (865, 615), county seat of Lincoln County (Fayetteville), and school district assignment (Lincoln 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. |