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Powder Springs Tennessee Map

Explore Powder Springs, 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 Powder Springs, Tennessee

How to Use This Powder Springs, Tennessee Map

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

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	Powder Springs
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Grainger County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.253694
Longitude	-83.669628
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	37888, 37848
Area Code	865
County Seat	Rutledge

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About Powder Springs, Tennessee

Powder Springs is a locality in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Powder Springs is located at 36.2537°N, 83.6696°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 37888, 37848.

Powder Springs occupies a quiet expanse of land where the persistent, silver ribbon of Flat Creek carves a path through the earth. It lies 7.6 miles west-southwest of Grainger, TN (from Grainger, TN: bearing 242°T), and is situated 8.6 miles southeast of Union. The terrain here is defined by the subtle, rhythmic depression of Merritt Hollow, which funnels the light of late afternoon into long, amber bars across the fields. To the west, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the horizon, standing as a permanent, silent sentry over the landscape. Only two miles distant, the still waters of Highland Springs Cove Lake catch the sky, providing a mirror for the changing clouds that drift over the surrounding woodlands.

Powder Springs bears the mark of generations who have worked the soil and navigated the local topography. Economic life has long been tethered to the harvest of the land and the modest commerce of the interior, maintaining a pace that favors deliberate action over haste. Residents look toward the Buffalo Springs Wildlife Management Area for the preservation of the native landscape, a stark contrast to the distant, worn paths of Bunches Trace that hint at older, forgotten movements of people through the region. Life in Powder Springs persists with a steady, unadorned integrity, shaped by the seasonal shifts of the air and the quiet, recurring labor of those who call these acres home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Buffalo Springs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 120° SE
Sharps Chapel (Historic Ruins) — 9.7 mi, 310° NW
House Mountain Designated State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 206° SW
Chuck Swan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 11.4 mi, 300° NW
Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area & State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 11.4 mi, 299° NW
Black Oak Park (State Recreation Area) — 12.1 mi, 125° SE
Big Ridge State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 273° W
Big Ridge (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 273° W
Old Lee Highway (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 075° E
Carr Gap Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.6 mi, 333° NW
Lakeway Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 118° SE
The Muse Knoxville (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 214° SW
Ramsey House Visitor Center (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 204° SW
Ramsey House Plantation (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 203° SW
Cove Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 22.4 mi, 267° W · 5,964 acres
Christian-Newsom Memorial (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 216° SW
Norris Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 260° W
Museum of Appalachia (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 258° W
Winstead Mansion (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 214° SW
Broadway Studios and Gallery (Gallery) — 23.4 mi, 217° SW
John Sevier Monument (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 181° S
Alex Haley Statue (Public Artwork) — 23.5 mi, 214° SW
Wimmer Stadium (Stadium) — 23.6 mi, 217° SW
Tennessee Monument (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 217° SW
Old City Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 215° SW
University of Tennessee Knoxville art Gallery (Gallery) — 24.2 mi, 216° SW
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 34.2 mi, 167° S · 521k acres
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 36.6 mi, 312° NW · 564k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 38.6 mi, 141° SE · 662k acres
Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 56.7 mi, 197° S · 19k acres

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