Explore Three Way, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Three Way, 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 Three Way.
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 | Three Way |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.775902 |
| Longitude | -88.859504 |
| Population | 1,877 |
| Density | 161.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 38343 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| County Seat | Jackson |
| School District | Jackson-Madison County School System |
Three Way emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of western Tennessee where the land stretches out in quiet, rhythmic pulses of dark soil and open sky. It lies 4.5 miles north-northwest of Carroll, TN (from Carroll, TN: bearing 331°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northwest of Lawrence. The horizon here remains wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the occasional stand of hardwood trees or the subtle rise of earth that defines the regional character. Sunlight lingers long over the fields, casting a pale, honeyed glow that softens the sharp edges of the horizon as day dissolves into dusk. Just a mile away, the Middle Fork Forked Deer River carves its path through the landscape, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-voiced persistence that mirrors the patient temperament of the surrounding woods and the nearby Middle Fork Forked Deer Refuge, where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and seasonal change.
Three Way derives its distinctive name from the convergence of major thoroughfares that have long dictated the movement and vitality of the local economy. This intersection serves as the pulse of the locality, where the steady passage of commerce and the daily labor of residents sustain a community built upon the steady productivity of the surrounding farmland. While the distant Caraway Hills provide a faint, serrated shadow against the western sky, the life of the people remains rooted in the immediate, tangible reality of the plains. Far from the distant Hall Lake, the rhythm of existence here is measured not by grand spectacles, but by the honest work of the seasons and the quiet persistence of a town that finds its dignity in the simple, unbroken expanse of its own geography.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Three Way, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.775902, -88.859504. 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 Three Way includes the ZIP code (38343), telephone area code (901), county seat of Madison County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Jackson-Madison County School System).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |