Explore Albany, Indiana, 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 Albany, Indiana. 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 Indiana 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 Albany.
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 | Albany |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Delaware County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 40.300876 |
| Longitude | -85.241914 |
| Population | 2,295 |
| Density | 447.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 47320 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| County Seat | Muncie |
| School District | Delaware Community School Corporation |
Albany occupies a quiet stretch of the Indiana landscape where the horizon is defined by the steady, measured geometry of cornfields and woodlots. It lies 10.5 miles southwest of Greene, IN (from Greene, IN: bearing 225°T), and is situated 10.6 miles northeast of Muncie. Halfway Creek snakes through the earth near the center of the settlement, its waters moving with a deliberate sluggishness that mirrors the pace of the surrounding plains. The terrain here is flat, a vast expanse of alluvial soil that holds the golden, low-angled light of late afternoon with a stubborn, quiet clarity. To the west, the distant elevation of Twin Hills breaks the monotony of the skyline, providing a faint, hazy anchor against the expansive, cloud-streaked sky. Residents often find their way to the greens of the Albany Golf Club, where the manicured turf offers a sharp contrast to the wilder, scrub-filled edges of the creek beds that define the local topography.
Albany carries the legacy of a regional economy forged in the intersection of agriculture and the small-scale commerce that sustained the rural Midwest. The architecture of the older districts speaks to an era of brick masonry and functional design, built to withstand the humid, heavy summers and the biting, gray winters that sweep across the open fields. While Lake Placid sits eleven miles away, drawing those who seek the stillness of a larger body of water, the life of Albany remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest. A sense of enduring stability persists here, grounded in the repetitive, comforting tasks of daily labor and the social persistence of a place that values continuity over the frantic pace of larger urban centers. Even as the modern world encroaches, the quietude of the land remains, a persistent presence that shapes the character of those who live and work within its borders.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Albany, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.300876, -85.241914. 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 Albany includes the ZIP code (47320), telephone area code (317), county seat of Delaware County (Muncie), and school district assignment (Delaware Community School Corporation).
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. |