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Speedwell Tennessee Map

Explore Speedwell, 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 Speedwell, Tennessee

How to Use This Speedwell, Tennessee Map

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

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

Latitude	36.45869
Longitude	-83.871862
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	37870
Area Code	865
County Seat	Tazewell

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About Speedwell, Tennessee

Speedwell is a locality in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Speedwell is located at 36.4587°N, 83.8719°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 37870.

Speedwell occupies a quiet crease in the landscape where the Cawood Branch defines the slow erosion of the earth. It lies 9.5 miles northwest of Union, TN (from Union, TN: bearing 323°T), and is situated 13.3 miles west of Claiborne. The terrain here is defined by a persistent, undulating topography, where the land sinks into the limestone shadows of Slickrock Hollow and rises again in long, grassy folds. Light in the late afternoon often catches the moisture lifting off the damp soil, casting a bruised, violet hue over the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains. Six miles away, the surface of Doakes Pond remains a flat, dark mirror, undisturbed by the modern velocity that characterizes more frantic regions of the state.

Speedwell maintains an economy tethered to the stubborn cycle of the harvest and the seasonal rhythms of the land. The proximity to the Tackett Creek Wildlife Management Area preserves a raw, unmanicured character, where the woods remain thick with the scent of pine and decaying leaf litter, an echo of the deeper wilderness found further north toward Kentucky Ridge State Forest. Life here is measured by the gradual turning of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock, marked by the occasional passage of a truck on a gravel road or the sudden, sharp call of a crow over the dormant pastures. History in this corner of the world is not recorded in marble monuments, but in the recurring patterns of family plots and the persistent, quiet labor of those who work the soil, keeping the pace of the days deliberate and firmly rooted in the clay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tackett Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 336° NW
Carr Gap Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.1 mi, 035° NE
Chuck Swan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 187° S
Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 187° S
Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area & State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 187° S
Sharps Chapel (Historic Ruins) — 8.8 mi, 155° SE
Big Ridge (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 189° S
Big Ridge State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 189° S
Loyston (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 198° S
Cove Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 17.2 mi, 223° SW · 5,964 acres
Civil War (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 300° NW
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 19.2 mi, 307° NW · 564k acres
Norris Dam Visitor Center (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 217° SW
Museum of Appalachia (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 210° SW
Joseph Martin monument (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 058° NE
Ghosts of Convict Miners (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 224° SW
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 23.9 mi, 265° W
Lulu's Epoxitorium (Gallery) — 28.5 mi, 211° SW
The Muse Knoxville (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 181° S
Winona General Store (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 260° W
Train Cars (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 254° W
Broadway Studios and Gallery (Gallery) — 33.0 mi, 185° S
Wimmer Stadium (Stadium) — 33.2 mi, 185° S
Winstead Mansion (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 183° S
Alex Haley Statue (Public Artwork) — 33.8 mi, 183° S
Old City Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 34.0 mi, 185° S
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 36.4 mi, 286° W · 114k acres
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 36.9 mi, 020° N · 146k acres
Beaver Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.1 mi, 315° NW · 4,854 acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 51.1 mi, 177° S · 521k acres

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