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Browns Crossing Indiana Map

Explore Browns Crossing, 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 Browns Crossing, Indiana

How to Use This Browns Crossing, Indiana Map

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

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	Browns Crossing
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Morgan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.406436
Longitude	-86.505552
Population	658
Density	623.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	46151
Area Code	260
County Seat	Martinsville
School District	Martinsville Schools Metropolitan School District

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About Browns Crossing, Indiana

Browns Crossing is a locality in Morgan County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 658. The population density is 623.3 people per km². Browns Crossing is located at 39.4064°N, 86.5056°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 46151.

Browns Crossing emerges from the landscape as a quiet junction where the dense timber of the Indiana interior meets the patient, worked earth of small-scale agriculture. It lies 4.4 miles west-southwest of Martinsville, IN (from Martinsville, IN: bearing 250°T), and is situated 16.7 miles north of Bloomington. The terrain here is defined by the subtle folding of the land, leading toward the shadowed depths of Canada Hollow just a few miles away. Burkhart Creek carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the soil only a mile from the center, its presence marked by the silver-gray willows that lean toward the water. To the west, the silhouettes of Thacker Ridge rise against the sky, while the deep, verdant expanse of Morgan Monroe State Forest provides a permanent, silent backdrop to the daily commerce of the region. At dusk, the light catches the limestone dust on the backroads, turning the air a pale, translucent violet that seems to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has slipped behind the trees.

Browns Crossing sustains itself through a modest, steady rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the surrounding woodlots. The proximity of the Morgan - Monroe State Forest—a Special Recreation Management Area—invites a slow, deliberate pace that contrasts with the more frantic demands of the world beyond these borders. Residents often look toward Spring Lake for a brief respite, recognizing in its stillness a character that mirrors their own practical, unassuming nature. While the wider region is marked by the legacy of stone and timber extraction, the economy here remains tethered to the land and the small, sturdy enterprises that have occupied these plots for generations. Life in Browns Crossing carries the weight of a long-settled quiet, where the passage of time is measured less by the clock and more by the slow, seasonal deepening of the forest canopy and the steady flow of the local creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Morgan - Monroe State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 302° NW
Artesian Little League Park (Local Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 063° NE
Martinsville City Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 070° E
Martinsville (Sycamore Creek) Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.7 mi, 035° NE
Bradford Woods (State Resource Management Area) — 7.1 mi, 028° NE
Yellowwood State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 126° SE
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.6 mi, 202° S · 16k acres
Beanblossom Bottoms (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 201° S
Camp Hughes (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 248° W
Ferry Bridge (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 241° SW
Mccormick's Creek State Park (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 235° SW
McCormick's Creek Waterfall (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 235° SW
McCormick's Creek Fire Tower (Viewpoint) — 14.4 mi, 234° SW
Cascades Falls (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 187° S
Mooresville Movies (Cinema) — 15.2 mi, 028° NE
Red, Blond, Black, and Olive (Public Artwork) — 15.5 mi, 186° S
USS Indiana Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 184° S
Miller-Showers Park Renovation - 2003 (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 186° S
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 239° SW
Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 239° SW
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 16.3 mi, 238° SW
Conrad Prebys Amphitheater (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 183° S
Large quarry remnants (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 187° S
Echo Hollow Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 18.7 mi, 026° NE
Brown County State Park (State Park) — 20.2 mi, 141° SE
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 20.9 mi, 171° S · 204k acres
Plainfield Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 015° N
Wallace F. Holladay Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.3 mi, 030° NE
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.8 mi, 163° S · 13k acres
Tom Duffy - Harvesting Limestone (Gallery) — 24.0 mi, 027° NE

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