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Reliance Tennessee Map

Explore Reliance, 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 Reliance, Tennessee

How to Use This Reliance, Tennessee Map

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

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	Reliance
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Polk County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.57397
Longitude	-83.806585
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	37369
Area Code	615
County Seat	Benton

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About Reliance, Tennessee

Reliance is a locality in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Reliance is located at 36.5740°N, 83.8066°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 37369.

Reliance emerges from the mist as a quiet congregation of dwellings defined by the persistent, rhythmic passage of the Hiwassee River. It lies 17.2 miles south-southeast of McMinn, TN (from McMinn, TN: bearing 151°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south of Etowah. The landscape here is defined by the dense, verdant expanse of the South Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area, which envelops the perimeter in a deep, shadowed green. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into the rugged inclines of Ernie King Hollow, a place where the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves. To the distant east, the jagged, hazy silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains anchors the horizon, providing a permanent, stoic boundary to the view. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, sharp needles, illuminating the moss-slicked stones that line the water’s edge and marking the slow, deliberate transition from afternoon into the velvet stillness of dusk.

Reliance maintains a character forged by the intersection of wilderness and the modest remnants of a legacy built on local resourcefulness. The economic pulse of the region has long been tied to the land and the timbered slopes, though today it leans heavily into the appreciation of the natural environment, drawing those who seek the solitude of the Oswald Dome Trail or the sudden, crashing vitality of Benton Falls. Life here moves according to the seasonal migration of light and the swelling of the river, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. While the proximity of Delano Mill Pond provides a quiet mirror for the sky, the true identity of the settlement remains rooted in the ancient, unyielding timber of the surrounding woods. There is an enduring gravity to the way the days unfold, where the history of the soil is felt in the weight of the silence that settles over the valley once the sun retreats behind the western ridges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tackett Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — locality lies within
Noetown Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 047° NE
Carr Gap Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 195° S
Kentucky Ridge State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.3 mi, 339° N
Kentucky Ridge Forest Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 357° N
Pine Mountain State Resort Park (State Park) — 11.4 mi, 017° N
Wilderness Road State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 080° E
Chuck Swan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 13.1 mi, 199° S
Sharps Chapel (Historic Ruins) — 15.9 mi, 180° S
Joseph Martin monument (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 075° E
Civil War (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 272° W
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 19.3 mi, 281° W · 564k acres
Agee (Historic Ruins) — 22.7 mi, 214° SW
Cove Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 25.6 mi, 217° SW · 5,964 acres
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 28.2 mi, 019° N · 146k acres
Norris Dam Visitor Center (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 213° SW
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 29.2 mi, 250° W
Colonel Sanders (Public Artwork) — 30.4 mi, 328° NW
Museum of Appalachia (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 208° SW
Sander's Cafe and Museum (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 329° NW
Ghosts of Convict Miners (Monument) — 31.9 mi, 219° SW
Hawkeye Overlook (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 056° NE
Narrow (Attraction) — 36.9 mi, 057° NE
Lulu's Epoxitorium (Gallery) — 37.2 mi, 209° SW
Railhouse (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 057° NE
McHargue's Mill (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 339° N
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 38.6 mi, 273° W · 114k acres
The Muse Knoxville (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 186° S
Regency Cinema (Cinema) — 40.3 mi, 337° NW
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 58.5 mi, 176° S · 521k acres

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