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Prospect Tennessee Map

Explore Prospect, 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 Prospect, Tennessee

How to Use This Prospect, Tennessee Map

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

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.

CityProspect
StateTennessee (TN)
CountyBradley County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude35.02189
Longitude-86.998944
Population121
Density33.5 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes37774, 38320, 37329, 38477
Area Code615, 901
County SeatCleveland
School DistrictGiles County School District

About Prospect, Tennessee

Prospect is a locality in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 121. The population density is 33.5 people per km². Prospect is located at 35.0219°N, 86.9989°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 37774, 38320, 37329.

Prospect defines the landscape where Runner Branch carves a quiet, persistent path through the limestone-rich soil of middle Tennessee. It lies 2.6 miles west-northwest of Cleveland, TN (from Cleveland, TN: bearing 297°T), and is situated 3.7 miles west-southwest of Bradley. The terrain here rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of pasture and woodland, far removed from the distant Appalachian Mountains that haunt the eastern horizon like a fading memory. Sunlight settles heavily upon the fields in the late afternoon, turning the tall grasses into a pale, bruised gold that seems to hold the heat long after the shadows lengthen. Nearby, the natural depression of Vines Hollow acts as a basin for the evening mist, while the grounds of Fletcher Park provide a quiet sanctuary where the local flora marks the slow turning of the seasons.

Prospect maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in the agrarian traditions that have long sustained the families of this region. While the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the maintenance of the surrounding acreage, the presence of Wildwood Lake six miles away offers a rare pocket of stillness for those who look beyond the immediate fields. History remains quiet here, etched into the sturdy foundations of older homes and the way the light catches the dust on gravel roads. The people of Prospect move with a familiarity born of long tenure, finding a simple, enduring beauty in the way the local creek mirrors the sky, indifferent to the hurried progress of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 195° S
  • Civil War Hospital (Historic Ruins) — 4.5 mi, 136° SE
  • Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 176° S
  • Alabama Korean Veterans War Memorial (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 127° SE
  • Vietnam Veterans of America (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 127° SE
  • Staturn 1B Rocket (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 128° SE
  • Courthouse Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 352° N
  • STAAR theater (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 352° N
  • Athens Sportsplex (Local Recreation) — 14.4 mi, 168° S
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 174° S
  • Fiddle Player (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 173° S
  • Gulf Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 173° S
  • The Broken Brush Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 15.2 mi, 174° S
  • Trinity School Cistern (Historic Ruins) — 15.2 mi, 174° S
  • Joe Wheeler State Park (State Park) — 22.2 mi, 231° SW
  • Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 22.6 mi, 184° S · 4,011 acres
  • Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 24.0 mi, 200° S · 2,094 acres
  • Lynnville Railroad Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 359° N
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.6 mi, 148° SE
  • David Crockett (State Park) — 25.1 mi, 309° NW
  • Lincoln Theater (Cinema) — 25.9 mi, 069° E
  • BE-4 Engine (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 139° SE
  • Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.3 mi, 174° S · 35k acres
  • Lockheed A-12 'Oxcart' (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 138° SE
  • NASA Saturn F-1 Engine (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 138° SE
  • Yanahli Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 31.1 mi, 007° N
  • William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 44.3 mi, 192° S · 182k acres
  • Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 47.6 mi, 204° SW · 10k acres
  • Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.6 mi, 247° SW · 2,106 acres
  • Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.7 mi, 209° SW · 26k acres

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About This Prospect Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Prospect, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.02189, -86.998944. 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 Prospect includes the ZIP code (37774, 38320, 37329), telephone area code (615, 901), county seat of Bradley County (Cleveland), and school district assignment (Giles 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.