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Shackle Island Tennessee Map

Explore Shackle Island, 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 Shackle Island, Tennessee

How to Use This Shackle Island, Tennessee Map

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

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	Shackle Island
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Sumner County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.370604
Longitude	-86.616662
Population	3,331
Density	232.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	37075
Area Code	615, 629
County Seat	Gallatin
School District	Sumner County School District

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About Shackle Island, Tennessee

Shackle Island is a locality in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,331. The population density is 232.0 people per km². Shackle Island is located at 36.3706°N, 86.6167°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 37075.

Shackle Island emerges from the landscape as a quiet confluence of low-lying terrain and persistent water, defined primarily by the steady, winding passage of Drakes Creek. It lies 4.6 miles north of Hendersonville, TN (from Hendersonville, TN: bearing 2°T), and is situated 9.6 miles southwest of Sumner. The land here settles into the natural depression of Hutlet Hollow, where the soil holds a deep, dark moisture and the morning light catches on the thickets of hardwood that cling to the banks. This is a place of modest elevations, where the earth does not strain toward the sky but instead spreads out in a series of gentle, undulating folds. The air in Shackle Island carries a faint, cooling dampness from the creek bed, an atmospheric weight that seems to settle over the fields and linger long after the sun has climbed above the horizon.

Economic life in Shackle Island remains tethered to the slow, deliberate pulse of the surrounding farmland, reflecting a heritage built on the labor of the soil and the maintenance of local homesteads. While the sprawling Appalachian Mountains loom as a distant, hazy indigo line far to the east, the immediate surroundings remain governed by the simple rhythms of seasonal growth and the quiet maintenance of rural life. Residents often look toward the nearby Veterans Park for space to breathe, or travel the distance toward Womack Lake when the heat of the summer months demands a different quality of stillness. Though the Nawakwa Trail invites those seeking a more rigorous connection to the woods, the local character remains defined by a preference for the familiar patterns of the valley floor, where the work of the day is measured by the length of the shadows cast across the grass.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 162° S
Indian Park West Greenway (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 161° S
Clark House Museum and Trailhead (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 076° E
Indian Park East Greenway (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 159° S
Drakes Creek Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 168° S
Old Hickory Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.5 mi, 168° S
Johnny Cash Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 137° SE
Old Hickory Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.5 mi, 178° S
Taylor Swift Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 173° S
Dollar General bear statue (Public Artwork) — 6.2 mi, 227° SW
White House Inn Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 340° N
Sumner County Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 083° E
Old Hickory Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 106° E
Gallatin Green Wave Football Stadium (Stadium) — 10.4 mi, 082° E
U.S.C.T Monument (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 215° SW
Minnesota Monument (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 214° SW
Giant Aboriginal Statue (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 353° N
Gallatin Steam Plant Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 103° E
Gravel Road Traditions (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 131° SE
Texas Troubadour Theatre (Theatre) — 11.3 mi, 203° SW
AxeVentures (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 203° SW
Bledsoe Creek (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 088° E
AdventureWorks Zipline Forest (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 237° SW
Fontanel Mansion (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 237° SW
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 15.1 mi, 202° S
Coopertoen Drive-In Theater (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 282° W
Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 212° SW
Long Hunter (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 168° S
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 58.2 mi, 026° NE · 51k acres

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