Latitude and Longitude Finder

How to Find Exact Latitude and Longitude for Any Location

This interactive latitude and longitude finder lets you pinpoint the exact WGS84 (EPSG:4326) coordinates for any location on Earth in three ways: click or tap directly on the vector map to drop a pin at any building, intersection, trailhead, or field; search any U.S. city, town, 5-digit ZIP Code, or street address; or tap Use My GPS to center on your current device position. Every pin instantly displays signed Decimal Degrees (DD), Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (DMS), Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM), and WGS84 UTM coordinates with one-click copy buttons.

How Latitude and Longitude Work on the Globe

• Latitude (Parallels North and South): Measures the angle north or south of the Earth’s Equator (0°), ranging from −90° (90° S) at the South Pole to +90° (90° N) at the North Pole. Because meridians are nearly constant in length from pole to pole, 1° of latitude always equals roughly 69.05 statute miles (111.13 kilometers).
• Longitude (Meridians East and West): Measures the angle east or west of the IERS Reference Meridian (Prime Meridian, 0°) at Greenwich, England, ranging from −180° (180° W) to +180° (180° E). Because meridians converge toward the poles, the east-west ground distance of 1° of longitude shrinks with the cosine of latitude: 69.17 miles at the Equator, 53.06 miles at 40°N, and 0 miles at the poles.

Map Click Precision vs. Street Address Geocoding

Clicking directly on a zoomed-in map reads coordinates to 6 decimal places (0.000001°, roughly 4.3 inches of latitude), letting you target a specific rooftop, driveway entrance, parking lot, or rural parcel corner that does not have its own postal street number. When you search by a U.S. street address, the tool queries the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder; when you search by a U.S. city or 5-digit ZIP Code, it centers on the official Census internal point (INTPTLAT, INTPTLON) so you can pan and click the exact spot you need. Looking for county or elevation data at your pin? Check Coordinates to County Lookup or What Is My Elevation?.