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Rarity Bay Tennessee Map

Explore Rarity Bay, 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 Rarity Bay, Tennessee

How to Use This Rarity Bay, Tennessee Map

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

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	Rarity Bay
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Monroe County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.634812
Longitude	-84.253738
Population	885
Density	187.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	37885, 37742
Area Code	865
County Seat	Madisonville
School District	Monroe County School District

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About Rarity Bay, Tennessee

Rarity Bay is a locality in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 885. The population density is 187.4 people per km². Rarity Bay is located at 35.6348°N, 84.2537°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 37885, 37742.

Rarity Bay occupies a quiet reach of land where the persistent, clear waters of Bat Creek carve a path through the limestone-heavy earth toward the expansive, still basin of Tellico Lake. It lies 11.8 miles south of Lenoir City, TN (from Lenoir City, TN: bearing 181°T), and is situated 4.9 miles south of Tellico Village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate gravity, where the terrain slopes into the shadow of Negro Hollow and the air carries the damp, cooling weight of the distant Great Smoky Mountains on the horizon. Sunlight at dusk catches the surface of the water, turning the expanse into a sheet of hammered copper that lingers against the dark tree lines of the nearby Tellico Lake Wildlife Management Area. In the quiet hours, the stillness is broken only by the movement of the creek, which seems to pull the heat of the day from the soil and leave behind a sharpened, cooling clarity.

Rarity Bay has evolved from the agrarian patterns of the past into a settled expanse that remains tethered to the rhythm of the surrounding woods and water. The local economy and daily life move with the predictability of the seasons, honoring the legacy of the land by maintaining a deliberate distance from the frantic pace of the state’s larger urban centers. Residents engage with the terrain through a stewardship of the natural surroundings, finding a particular resonance in the way the light shifts across the hillsides during the transition from afternoon into evening. The character of Rarity Bay rests in this quietude, where the history of the region is felt not in monuments, but in the way the land itself continues to shape the habits and observations of those who walk its paths.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tellico Lake Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 133° SE · 7,749 acres
Morganton (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 068° E
Rover Run Dog Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 322° NW
McGhee (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 123° SE
Fort Loudon (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 134° SE
Sequoyah Birthplace Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 151° SE
Greenback Castle (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 100° E
Tellico Lake - Chota Unit (National Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 131° SE · 262 acres
Kyker Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 105° E
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 8.6 mi, 144° SE · 662k acres
Carmichael Inn Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 327° NW
Tanasi Monument (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 130° SE
Foothills Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 111° E
3 Generation Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 11.9 mi, 259° W
Salt & Light (Arts Centre) — 13.0 mi, 256° W
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 14.5 mi, 112° E · 521k acres
Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.8 mi, 132° SE · 19k acres
Citico Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.5 mi, 147° SE · 16k acres
View to the dam (Viewpoint) — 18.0 mi, 120° SE
Farragut High School Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.2 mi, 017° N
Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 187° S
Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 20.1 mi, 140° SE · 533k acres
Bald River Falls (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 169° S
K-25 History Center (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 339° N
Fort Southwest Point (Historic Castle / Fort) — 22.0 mi, 315° NW
Tree of Shame (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 122° SE
M60 Tank (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 227° SW
Jane Manley Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 292° W
American Museum of Science and Energy (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 000° N
Snowbird Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 26.5 mi, 150° SE · 8,491 acres

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