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Carbon Indiana Map

Explore Carbon, 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 Carbon, Indiana

How to Use This Carbon, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	39.597819
Longitude	-87.118626
Population	263
Density	681.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47837
Area Code	765
County Seat	Brazil
School District	Clay Community Schools

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About Carbon, Indiana

Carbon is a locality in Clay County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 263. The population density is 681.5 people per km². Carbon is located at 39.5978°N, 87.1186°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Carbon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47837.

Carbon occupies a quiet fold of the Indiana landscape where the Orchard Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the silty earth. It lies 7.1 miles south of Parke, IN (from Parke, IN: bearing 170°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north of Brazil. The terrain surrounding Carbon reveals itself as a mosaic of stubborn woodlots and open fields that catch the long, golden light of late afternoon, casting shadows that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Indian Ridge. Moisture clings to the air near Bowles Lake, where the surface tension of the water mirrors the gray, heavy skies typical of the season. To the west, the land softens into the expanse of Pleasant Valley, an area defined by the steady accumulation of topsoil and the slow, rhythmic cycle of the turning seasons.

Carbon carries the weight of a past built upon the extraction of dark, subterranean seams that once fueled the industry of the region. Where miners once labored to pull the earth’s mineral wealth into the daylight, the current economy leans into the quiet persistence of agricultural trade and the maintenance of a life lived away from the frantic pace of larger hubs. The landscape retains the scars of its working history, yet nature reclaims the edges with a quiet, persistent vigor, visible in the verdant growth leading toward the Owen-Putnam State Forest. Residents might seek a moment of stillness at Harmony Community Park, or travel to find the sudden, vertical rush of Groundhog Falls, finding in the movement of water a contrast to the flat, measured tempo of daily existence in Carbon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Craig Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 195° S
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 5.2 mi, 185° S
Forest Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 181° S
Fontanet Woods (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 253° W
Fern Cliff (Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 085° E
Cecil M. Harden Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 014° N
Cecil M. Hardin Lake (Recreation Area) — 8.6 mi, 014° N
Chinook Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 197° S
Raccoon Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 013° N
Finish Line (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 218° SW
World War Memorial (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 333° NW
Depth of Field (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 234° SW
Freedom Shrine (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 234° SW
Putnam County Train Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 075° E
Owen-Putnam State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 14.1 mi, 117° SE
Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 327° NW
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 226° SW
Haley Tower (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 243° SW
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 228° SW
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 239° SW
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 239° SW
View of Lower Falls (Viewpoint) — 19.2 mi, 124° SE
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 252° W
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 348° N
Shades State Park (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 006° N
Bachner Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.6 mi, 014° N
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 28.7 mi, 138° SE
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 28.9 mi, 139° SE
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 34.1 mi, 245° SW
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.0 mi, 126° SE · 16k acres

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