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Rives Tennessee Map

Explore Rives, 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 Rives, Tennessee

How to Use This Rives, Tennessee Map

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

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	Rives
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Obion County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.35562
Longitude	-89.048121
Population	246
Density	275.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38253
Area Code	901
County Seat	Union City
School District	Obion County School District

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About Rives, Tennessee

Rives is a locality in Obion County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 246. The population density is 275.3 people per km². Rives is located at 36.3556°N, 89.0481°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rives is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38253.

Rives maintains a quiet presence upon the flat, alluvial plains of the Mississippi embayment, where the landscape stretches toward the horizon in an unending expanse of fertile soil. It lies 4.0 miles north of Crockett, TN (from Crockett, TN: bearing 356°T), and is situated 5.1 miles northeast of Polk. Hoosier Creek carves a thin, reflective line through the heavy loam near the edge of Rives, its slow waters mirroring the shift of clouds that drift across the expansive, open sky. To the east, the land remains largely undisturbed, save for the seasonal cycle of crops that turn from the pale green of early spring to a deep, burnished gold by late summer. Only the distant, muted silhouette of Hickory Ridge breaks the far skyline, serving as a faint reminder of the more rugged topography existing many miles away. The air here holds a distinct, earthy scent of damp soil and ripening grain, particularly as the sun dips low and casts long, violet shadows across the fields near Botts Lake.

Agriculture dictates the tempo of existence in Rives, where the prosperity of the soil has long defined the local character and sustained the economy through generations of careful cultivation. The proximity of the Gooch Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds and native fauna, offering a wilder counterpoint to the orderly, gridded rows of the surrounding farmland. Travelers passing through might notice how the rhythm of the day aligns with the light, as workers move with deliberate purpose between the silos and the fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the Cypress Creek Bottom, the legacy of this region is written in the resilience of those who tend the land, honoring a heritage that values the weight of the harvest over the haste of modern life. Even as the seasons turn, the fundamental identity of Rives remains rooted in the dark, heavy earth and the persistent, quiet endurance of the agrarian landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gooch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 178° S
Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 184° S
Graham Park (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 011° N
Kiwanis Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 355° N
The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 354° N
Abraham Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 5.8 mi, 347° N
Veterans Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 002° N
Reelfoot (State Park) — 8.8 mi, 297° NW
The Angry Axe (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 094° E
Martin Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.2 mi, 106° E
Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 12.6 mi, 040° NE
Big Cypress Tree (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 140° SE
Casey Jones Marker (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 004° N
Confederate Memorial (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 041° NE
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.1 mi, 294° NW · 16k acres
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.7 mi, 265° W · 3,626 acres
Camp Bearregard Memorial (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 043° NE
Caboose (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 273° W
Trenton Teapot Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 167° S
Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 220° SW
Burgess Chapel School (Historic Ruins) — 30.0 mi, 225° SW
Bouldin Auditorium (Theatre) — 33.2 mi, 117° SE
Waddel Recital Hall (Theatre) — 33.2 mi, 117° SE
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 34.8 mi, 328° NW
Ceremonial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 42.6 mi, 357° N
Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 43.7 mi, 353° N
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 45.0 mi, 352° N
Malco (Cinema) — 46.5 mi, 321° NW
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 56.0 mi, 083° E · 171k acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 56.9 mi, 348° N · 274k acres

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