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Powells Crossroads Tennessee Map

Explore Powells Crossroads, 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 Powells Crossroads, Tennessee

How to Use This Powells Crossroads, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	35.189518
Longitude	-85.485798
Population	1,296
Density	102.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	37397
Area Code	615
County Seat	Jasper
School District	Marion County School District

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About Powells Crossroads, Tennessee

Powells Crossroads is a locality in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,296. The population density is 102.2 people per km². Powells Crossroads is located at 35.1895°N, 85.4858°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Powells Crossroads is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 37397.

Powells Crossroads sits upon the quiet, earthen spine of the Cumberland Plateau, where the horizon stretches into a vast, muted expanse of timber and limestone. It lies 12.1 miles west-northwest of Red Bank, TN (from Red Bank, TN: bearing 296°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west-northwest of Signal Mountain. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, pale needles, illuminating the dust that hangs suspended over the limestone outcrops and the dense, green thickets of the surrounding woodland. Only a mile away, Looneys Creek cuts a steady, patient path through the terrain, its banks lined with smooth river stones and the tangled roots of sycamore trees that thrive in the damp, shaded clay. Just two miles from the quiet stillness of Ketner Cove Lake, the landscape remains defined by the deliberate, slow pace of the seasons, where the cool air carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, cooling shadows of the Appalachian Mountains that loom far to the east.

Development in Powells Crossroads reflects the endurance of a people who have long worked the timber and the soil, maintaining a quiet autonomy away from the frantic hum of larger centers. Proximity to the Prentice Cooper State Forest & Wildlife Management Area ensures that the land remains a sanctuary for deer and wild turkey, preserving a rugged character that has resisted the erasure of modernization. Residents often find their way toward the deeper wilderness of the forest or the hidden, cascading waters of Three Creeks Falls, which lies eight miles off, offering a respite of white noise and spray in the humid afternoons. Life here moves in accordance with the shifting light of the canopy and the seasonal rhythms of the plateau, keeping the focus fixed on the immediate, tangible reality of the cove and the woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Prentice Cooper State Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 126° SE
Suck Creek Mountain Cherokee Village (Historic Ruins) — 2.4 mi, 101° E
Judge M.M. Allison (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 099° E
Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 161° S
Lawson Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.5 mi, 124° SE
Shackleford Ridge County Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 107° E
Cumberland Trail (State Park) — 7.2 mi, 073° E
The Suck (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 132° SE
Moonshine Still (Historic Ruins) — 7.7 mi, 161° S
Rainbow Lake (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 125° SE
Raccoon Mountain (Local Recreation) — 10.6 mi, 159° S
South Cumberland (State Park) — 10.6 mi, 260° W
Danny Cove (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 256° W
Ruth Holmberg Memorial (Public Artwork) — 13.2 mi, 135° SE
Industrial Heritage (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 136° SE
Urban Renewal (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 137° SE
AVA Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 13.4 mi, 131° SE
Tennessee Aquarium Imax 3D Theater (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 134° SE
Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 133° SE
Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 13.8 mi, 132° SE
Dunlap Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 023° NE
River Gallery (Arts Centre) — 13.8 mi, 132° SE
Tivoli Theatre (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 135° SE
Central of Georgia 349 (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 132° SE
Siskin Museum of Religious Artifacts (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 131° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 18.3 mi, 220° SW
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 22.1 mi, 212° SW · 16k acres
Russell Cave National Monument (National Monument) — 23.1 mi, 232° SW · 308 acres
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 33.5 mi, 144° SE · 752k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 45.5 mi, 107° E · 662k acres

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