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Brook Indiana Map

Explore Brook, 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.

Interactive Map of Brook, Indiana

How to Use This Brook, Indiana Map

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

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.

CityBrook
StateIndiana (IN)
CountyNewton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.866426
Longitude-87.363637
Population939
Density535.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code47922
Area Code765
County SeatKentland
School DistrictSouth Newton School Corporation

About Brook, Indiana

Brook is a locality in Newton County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 939. The population density is 535.5 people per km². Brook is located at 40.8664°N, 87.3636°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Brook is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47922.

Brook holds the quiet distinction of a landscape defined by the persistent, measured flow of the Jones Ditch, which cuts a narrow path through the surrounding flatlands. It lies 7.0 miles north of Newton, IN (from Newton, IN: bearing 10°T), and is situated 12.1 miles west-southwest of Rensselaer. The horizon remains stubbornly level, a vast expanse of earth that stretches toward the faint, distant silhouette of Mount Nebo, rising like a jagged promise at the edge of one’s vision. Only a mile away, the stillness of Riverside Lake provides a mirror for the changing seasons, its surface reflecting the wide, unobstructed sky that dominates this portion of the state. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the Donohue Gamebird Habitat Area offers a sanctuary of brush and field, where the wind carries the dry, rhythmic rustle of tall grass across the fallow ground. In the late afternoon, the light here turns a pale, translucent gold, catching the edges of the irrigation lines and turning the simple geometry of the plains into something meditative and austere.

Agriculture serves as the slow, steady pulse of Brook, dictating the tempo of the days as tractors move through the mosaic of fields that border the town’s edge. The legacy of the region is written in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its brick buildings, which stand as enduring reminders of the generations who first turned this soil. Life here favors a deliberate pace, unconcerned with the frantic acceleration of larger centers, as the community sustains itself through the cycles of planting and harvest. Even the local schools and meeting places seem to share in this quiet endurance, functioning as the anchors of a social life that values consistency above all else. In Brook, the day ends not with fanfare, but with the subtle deepening of shadows against the silos and the settling of the air as the local industry pauses under the cooling dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Donohue Gamebird Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 167° S
  • Willow Slough Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 320° NW
  • Grand Kankakee Marsh National Wildlife Refuge - Iroquois County (Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 313° NW
  • Kankakee Sands (Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 347° N
  • Lilian Fendig Gallery (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 066° NE
  • Ritz Cinema (Cinema) — 12.1 mi, 067° NE
  • Prairie Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 12.1 mi, 066° NE
  • Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.2 mi, 317° NW · 132 acres
  • American Eagle Flight 4184 Roadside Memorial (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 009° N
  • Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 210° SW
  • Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.6 mi, 263° W
  • LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 20.9 mi, 343° N
  • JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica) (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 227° SW
  • Origin of Milford (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 227° SW
  • Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 302° NW
  • Twin Lakes Cinema (Cinema) — 32.6 mi, 105° E
  • Hunley's Mural (Public Artwork) — 35.8 mi, 354° N
  • Kersting's Cycle Center & Museum (Museum) — 36.8 mi, 057° NE
  • Prophetstown State Park (State Park) — 37.0 mi, 134° SE
  • Native American Village (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 132° SE
  • Loeb Playhouse (Theatre) — 38.6 mi, 142° SE
  • Fowler Hall (Theatre) — 38.6 mi, 142° SE
  • Artists Own (Gallery) — 39.6 mi, 141° SE
  • Grateful Heart Gallery and Gifts (Gallery) — 39.7 mi, 141° SE
  • Tippecanoe River State Park (State Park) — 43.0 mi, 067° NE
  • Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 44.5 mi, 355° N · 11k acres
  • Midewin Other (National Forest) — 48.3 mi, 314° NW · 18k acres

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About This Brook Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brook, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.866426, -87.363637. 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 Brook includes the ZIP code (47922), telephone area code (765), county seat of Newton County (Kentland), and school district assignment (South Newton 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.