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Shady Valley Tennessee Map

Explore Shady Valley, 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 Shady Valley, Tennessee

How to Use This Shady Valley, Tennessee Map

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

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	Shady Valley
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Johnson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.519282
Longitude	-81.927899
Population	680
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	37688
Area Code	731
County Seat	Mountain City

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About Shady Valley, Tennessee

Shady Valley is a locality in Johnson County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Shady Valley is located at 36.5193°N, 81.9279°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 37688.

Shady Valley occupies a high-altitude basin where the air holds a persistent, cooling clarity that suggests the proximity of higher elevations. It lies 11.2 miles northeast of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 49°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west-northwest of Mountain City. Green Mountain Branch carves a narrow, serpentine path through the landscape, its waters reflecting the pale, shifting light that filters through the heavy canopy of the surrounding timber. To the distant horizon, the Blue Ridge Mountains offer a jagged, violet silhouette against the sky, while the immediate geography remains defined by the intimate, sheltered enclosure of Robbins Hollow. Residents move with a quiet deliberation through Schoolyard Springs Fee, a place where the earth seems to exhale a steady, rhythmic dampness that feeds the dense, verdant growth of the valley floor.

Shady Valley maintains a long-standing identity rooted in the cycles of agriculture and the patient stewardship of the land. The economy remains tethered to the slow yield of the soil and the modest commerce of a populace that prefers the stillness of the interior to the frantic pace of larger hubs. Life here is measured by the seasonal transit of the sun across the ridgelines and the occasional trek toward South Holston Lake, which lies but a brief distance away for those seeking the expanse of open, still water. Travelers who venture along the Wyatt Fire Trail find a terrain that resists rapid change, preserving a character that feels both isolated and entirely self-contained, where the legacy of the early settlers persists in the simple, sturdy architecture of the homesteads and the enduring silence of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Quarry Bog Fee (Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 030° NE
Orchard Road Bog Fee (Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 230° SW
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.2 mi, 349° N · 662k acres
North Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 349° N
Nick Grindstaff monument (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 210° SW
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 6.3 mi, 333° NW · 733k acres
Lofty Top Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.9 mi, 142° SE
Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 112° E
Heritage Hall Theater (Theatre) — 7.5 mi, 113° SE
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 029° NE · 155k acres
Another Way (ShortCut) (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 039° NE
Welcome Center and Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 117° SE
Big Laurel Branch Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.1 mi, 206° SW · 11k acres
Old Doe Lookout Tower (Historic Ruins) — 8.4 mi, 187° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 10.0 mi, 043° NE · 110k acres
Bristol Caverns (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 281° W
Where Trails Cross (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 046° NE
Barter Theatre Stage II (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 349° N
Paramount Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 15.1 mi, 290° W
The Foundation Event Facility (Arts Centre) — 15.2 mi, 290° W
Elk Knob State Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 134° SE
Pond Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.4 mi, 210° SW · 6,920 acres
Mountain Magic Resort (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 167° S
Wautauga Dam (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 219° SW
Buck Ridge Lookout Tower (Historic Ruins) — 17.8 mi, 184° S
State Line Drive-in Movie Theater (Cinema) — 20.4 mi, 228° SW
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 236° SW
Grayson Highlands State Park (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 072° E
Common Good Co (Gallery) — 24.8 mi, 147° SE
Wilson Creek, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 29.3 mi, 167° S · 7,017 acres

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