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Spring Creek Tennessee Map

Explore Spring Creek, 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 Spring Creek, Tennessee

How to Use This Spring Creek, Tennessee Map

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

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.

CitySpring Creek
StateTennessee (TN)
CountyMcMinn County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude35.564236
Longitude-85.619143
DensityN/A /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes38305, 38256, 37110, 38380
Area Code615, 901
County SeatAthens

About Spring Creek, Tennessee

Spring Creek is a locality in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. Spring Creek is located at 35.5642°N, 85.6191°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 38305, 38256, 37110.

Spring Creek flows with a quiet, persistent gravity through a landscape defined by the deliberate pace of the Tennessee interior. It lies 4.5 miles west-northwest of McMinn, TN (from McMinn, TN: bearing 283°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-southwest of Athens. The water moves over limestone beds, carving a path through fields that yield to the gentle, unforced swell of the earth before rising, far to the east, toward the distant silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains. Light at dusk here possesses a particular amber quality, catching the edges of the sycamores and casting long, cooling shadows across the pastures that stretch toward the quiet banks. Three miles away, the surface of Nagle Lake holds the sky in a stillness that mirrors the surrounding woods, providing a calm counterpoint to the steady, rhythmic movement of the creek itself.

Spring Creek remains a place where the economy is tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture and the maintenance of the land. Families have kept these acres for generations, working the soil in cycles that seem indifferent to the frantic velocity of the outside world. Those seeking a respite from the day often travel five miles to Athens Regional Park, where the managed green spaces offer a different perspective on the local flora. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips into the quiet shade of Hopewell Hollow, a basin that traps the morning mist and serves as a reminder of the area’s deep, geologic patience. Life in Spring Creek is measured by the turn of the harvest and the persistent, low murmur of the water, a rhythm that remains unchanged by the passing decades.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hubbard'S Cave Fee (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 250° W
  • Coppinger Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.3 mi, 169° S
  • Cumberland Caverns (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 333° NW
  • Old Shelter (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 336° NW
  • The Park Theater (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 313° NW
  • Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 12.2 mi, 312° NW
  • Rock Island (State Park) — 13.5 mi, 263° W
  • Fall Creek Falls (State Park) — 13.5 mi, 078° E
  • Fall Creek Falls State Park & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 074° E
  • Burritt Alumni Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 035° NE
  • Center Hill Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.4 mi, 359° N
  • Whale Face Rock (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 064° NE
  • Center Hill Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 16.6 mi, 358° N
  • George Hole (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 066° NE
  • Dunlap Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 135° SE
  • Bridgestone/Firestone Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.6 mi, 040° NE
  • Cash (Local Recreation) — 20.8 mi, 042° NE
  • Hickory Flat Woods WMA (Nature Reserve) — 23.5 mi, 254° W
  • May Prairie Designated State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 24.1 mi, 252° W
  • Flat Top Mountain Farm (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 121° SE
  • Suck Creek Mountain Cherokee Village (Historic Ruins) — 28.1 mi, 159° S
  • Judge M.M. Allison (Monument) — 28.4 mi, 158° S
  • Rebel's Rest (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 215° SW
  • Memorial Cross (Monument) — 31.3 mi, 215° SW
  • Rhea County Museum (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 098° E
  • Tullahoma Art Center (Gallery) — 36.1 mi, 247° SW
  • Tullahoma History Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 247° SW
  • Russell Cave National Monument (National Monument) — 41.7 mi, 195° S · 308 acres
  • Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 59.5 mi, 153° SE · 752k acres
  • Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 64.3 mi, 127° SE · 662k acres

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About This Spring Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Spring Creek, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.564236, -85.619143. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Spring Creek includes the ZIP code (38305, 38256, 37110), telephone area code (615, 901), county seat of McMinn County (Athens), and school district assignment.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.