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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.

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

Latitude	35.02189
Longitude	-86.998944
Population	121
Density	33.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	37774, 38320, 37329, 38477
Area Code	615, 901
County Seat	Athens
School District	Giles County School District

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About Prospect, Tennessee

Prospect is a locality in McMinn 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 emerges from the quiet intersection of limestone-heavy soil and the persistent, low-slung currents of Prospect Branch. It lies 11.1 miles east-southeast of Athens, TN (from Athens, TN: bearing 118°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-northeast of Etowah. The land here breathes in a slow, terrestrial rhythm, defined by the deep indentations of Casteel Hollow and the expansive, verdant reach of the nearby Cherokee National Forest. Sunlight often catches the moisture lifting from the ground, casting a pale, translucent veil over the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Great Smoky Mountains. Beneath the canopy of hardwoods, the earth retains a damp, ancient chill, while the air carries the faint, sharp scent of turned loam and mineral-rich stone.

Prospect maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in a history of agrarian self-reliance and the careful stewardship of the surrounding timber and field. Local livelihoods remain tethered to the cycles of the seasons, echoing a time when the proximity to the forest and the shelter of the hollows dictated the patterns of labor and trade. Residents often wander toward the cooling waters of Shortfoots Pond or seek the rhythmic, percussive sound of Bullet Creek Falls when the summer heat settles heavily over the landscape. While the Iven Trail offers a path for those looking to traverse the deeper thickets, the true character of the locality resides in the quiet porches and the enduring silence that follows the setting of the sun, long before the first stars define the dark expanse above the ridge lines.

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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