Explore Waynesboro, 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 Waynesboro, 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 Waynesboro.
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 | Waynesboro |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Wayne County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.319522 |
| Longitude | -87.762247 |
| Population | 2,317 |
| Density | 208.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 38485 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| County Seat | Waynesboro |
| School District | Wayne County School District |
Waynesboro reveals itself through the low, persistent murmur of the Negro Hollow Branch, which carves a path through the limestone-heavy earth of the valley floor. It lies 2.7 miles north-northeast of Wayne, TN (from Wayne, TN: bearing 17°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-southwest of Ashland. The terrain rises steadily from the banks of the hollow toward the rounded silhouette of Fourmile Board Hill, where the light of late afternoon turns the grasses a bruised, autumnal gold. Within the immediate basin of Negro Hollow, the air holds a cool, damp weight, suggesting the deep, porous limestone caves that often lie beneath these Tennessee woods. Only a mile away, the Eagle Creek Wildlife Management Area provides a quiet buffer of dense cover and open timber, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels older than the roads that cross it.
Waynesboro preserves a quiet continuity, rooted in a history of agrarian patience and the slow, deliberate work of local timber and manufacturing trades. The economy here remains tethered to the land’s resources, moving with the seasonal shifts that dictate the pace of life in this part of the state. While the bustle of larger urban centers feels distant, the reach of the region extends toward the recreational waters of Laurel Hill Lake, a destination for those who seek the quiet reflection of still water. Life in Waynesboro unfolds without pretense, defined by the steady maintenance of long-standing family lines and the simple, functional architecture of a place that understands its own geography. Even as the decades turn, the town remains a modest anchor in the landscape, characterized by the honest, unadorned endurance of its people.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Waynesboro, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.319522, -87.762247. 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 Waynesboro includes the ZIP code (38485), telephone area code (901), county seat of Wayne County (Waynesboro), and school district assignment (Wayne County School District).
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. |