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Stony Fork Tennessee Map

Explore Stony Fork, 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 Stony Fork, Tennessee

How to Use This Stony Fork, Tennessee Map

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

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	Stony Fork
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Fentress County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.462887
Longitude	-82.73624
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28715, 38583
Area Code	423
County Seat	Jamestown

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About Stony Fork, Tennessee

Stony Fork is a locality in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Stony Fork is located at 35.4629°N, 82.7362°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 28715, 38583.

Stony Fork emerges from the earth as a series of limestone creases and quiet slopes where the Buffalo Branch carves a persistent, narrow path through the bedrock. It lies 2.6 miles northwest of Fentress, TN (from Fentress, TN: bearing 314°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east of Cooper. Beyond the immediate rise of the hills, the silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains defines the distant horizon, casting long, violet shadows across the landscape as the day wanes. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp shale and the cooling earth that characterizes this region of Tennessee. Only four miles away, the protected canopy of Colditz Cove Designated State Natural Area preserves a rugged, undisturbed wilderness, while the deeper basins of Carney Hollow offer a sheltered geography that has long dictated the flow of local movement and settlement.

History in Stony Fork remains anchored to the slow, deliberate pace of land-based labor, where the heritage of small-scale agriculture and timber persists in the quiet geometry of the fields. Economic life has always been tied to the immediate utility of the soil and the timber stands that reach toward the horizon, far from the reach of larger industrial centers. While Dale Hollow Lake lies eleven miles to the west, the rhythm of daily life here does not look toward the water for its primary pulse, but rather toward the persistent, seasonal cycles of the woods and the hard-won clearings. Residents maintain a private, enduring connection to these surroundings, a way of living that values the stillness of the afternoon and the unpretentious character of a place that has quietly held its ground for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 0.1 mi, 133° SE · 511k acres
Pisgah National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 133° SE · 72k acres
View Hominy Valley (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 135° SE
Pisgah View State Park (State Park) — 2.0 mi, 299° NW
Buck Springs Lodge foundation (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 192° S
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 233° SW
Ferin Fire Tower (Historic Ruins) — 3.6 mi, 094° E
Bent Creek Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 3.6 mi, 094° E
Shining Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 5.7 mi, 231° SW · 18k acres
Buncombe County Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 040° NE
Berm Park (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 323° NW
Town of Canton - Camp Hope (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 221° SW
1915 Climax Locomotive (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 195° S
Cold Mountain Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 247° SW
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 102° E
Antler Hill Village (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 053° NE
Sliding Rock (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 195° S
The "big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 296° NW
Shook Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 295° NW
Middle Prong Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.3 mi, 231° SW · 7,482 acres
Level 42 Gallery & Studio (Gallery) — 12.3 mi, 051° NE
Art Garden AVL (Gallery) — 12.4 mi, 050° NE
Grail Moviehouse (Cinema) — 12.4 mi, 051° NE
Camp John Rock (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 194° S
Andy Herod Gallery (Gallery) — 12.8 mi, 047° NE
Dixie Highway Monument (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 096° E
Asheville Pinball Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 048° NE
Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 15.5 mi, 041° NE
Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 15.7 mi, 224° SW · 533k acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 19.8 mi, 312° NW · 521k acres

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