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Canaan Indiana Map

Explore Canaan, 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 Canaan, Indiana

How to Use This Canaan, Indiana Map

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

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	Canaan
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Jefferson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	38.866725
Longitude	-85.295791
Population	72
Density	89.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	47250, 47224
Area Code	317
County Seat	Madison
School District	Madison Consolidated Schools

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About Canaan, Indiana

Canaan is a locality in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 72. The population density is 89.7 people per km². Canaan is located at 38.8667°N, 85.2958°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP codes: 47250, 47224.

Canaan emerges from the limestone-heavy earth of southern Indiana as a quiet intersection of open fields and dense, stubborn woodlots. It lies 10.1 miles north-northeast of Madison, IN (from Madison, IN: bearing 27°T), and is situated 15.8 miles south-southeast of Jackson. The Canaan Branch carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the landscape, its presence defining the lower ground where the air holds a persistent, cool dampness after sunset. To the east, the silhouette of Bacon Ridge provides a jagged, dark boundary against the sky, while the deep, shadowed pockets of White Eye Hollow pull the morning mist into their fold. The terrain here feels deliberate and unyielding, a mosaic of agricultural diligence where the light at dusk turns the tall grass and weathered fence posts into shades of copper and bruised plum.

Canaan maintains a singular, measured pace dictated by the seasonal labor of the surrounding acreage and the quiet endurance of its inhabitants. Far from the industrial sprawl, the life of the locality remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, though the memory of the nearby Jefferson County Jefferson Proving Ground Western Woods serves as a reminder of the region’s complex, utilitarian history. Modern commerce is sparse, leaving the inhabitants to find their own stillness, perhaps occasionally venturing out toward the quiet margins of Camp Livingston Lake for a moment of reprieve. In this corner of the state, there is no pretense, only the honest weight of a landscape that has long since settled into its own quiet, solitary existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Buchanan's Station (Historic Castle / Fort) — 3.5 mi, 014° N
Jefferson County Jefferson Proving Ground Western Woods (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 255° W
Splinter Ridge Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 148° SE
Private (Viewpoint) — 9.4 mi, 197° S
Clifty Falls State Park (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 219° SW
Clifty Falls State Park Swimming Pool (State Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 214° SW
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 206° SW
Officer's Woods (Local Park) — 12.5 mi, 242° SW
Versailles State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 014° N
Charters of Freedom (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 221° SW
Butler-Turpin House Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 153° SE
General John Hunt Morgan Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 295° NW
Hardy Lake LWCF (State Recreation Area) — 21.1 mi, 251° W
Red Wolf Sanctuary (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 075° E
Adams Family Manor (Nature Reserve) — 24.3 mi, 182° S
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.0 mi, 275° W · 16k acres
William H. English (Public Artwork) — 28.4 mi, 244° SW
The Oxbow (Nature Reserve) — 29.8 mi, 055° NE
Showplace Cinemas Seymour (Cinema) — 30.0 mi, 283° W
Stargazer Planetarium (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 061° NE
4d Special Efects (Theatre) — 31.4 mi, 061° NE
Bulleit Stadium (Stadium) — 33.4 mi, 281° W
Mud Madness Motorsports (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 150° SE
Rosebrook Art Center (Arts Centre) — 37.3 mi, 075° E
Dietz Auditorium (Theatre) — 38.4 mi, 074° E
Prather Site (Historic Ruins) — 40.1 mi, 213° SW
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 43.9 mi, 286° W · 204k acres
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 54.2 mi, 283° W · 13k acres

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