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Coal City Indiana Map

Explore Coal City, 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 Coal City, Indiana

How to Use This Coal City, Indiana Map

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

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	Coal City
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Owen County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.23032
Longitude	-87.045844
Population	161
Density	131.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	47427
Area Code	317
County Seat	Spencer
School District	Spencer-Owen Community Schools

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About Coal City, Indiana

Coal City is a locality in Owen County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 161. The population density is 131.3 people per km². Coal City is located at 39.2303°N, 87.0458°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47427.

Coal City sits amidst a landscape where the horizon remains defined by the deliberate, quiet geometry of Indiana farmland and persistent woodlots. It lies 10.9 miles south-southeast of Clay, IN (from Clay, IN: bearing 152°T), and is situated 15.0 miles north-northeast of Linton. The earth here holds a stubborn, clay-heavy quality, grounding the structures of Coal City in a terrain that slopes gently toward the nearby waters of Pond Creek and the stillness of Tapawingo Lake. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Stokey Ridge marks the edge of the world, while the deeper woods of Hoot Woods offer a sanctuary of old-growth timber that seems to absorb the afternoon light, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields. The air carries a singular, earthy clarity, particularly when the sun hangs low, illuminating the golden stubble of harvested corn and the rusted iron of machinery left to weather in the open.

Coal City emerged from the ambitions of an era defined by the extraction of raw earth, a history that lingers in the naming of the place and the hollows carved into the surrounding geography. Though the heavy industry that once dictated the pace of life has long since receded, the local economy continues to draw its rhythm from the cycles of the soil and the labor required to sustain a modest, inland life. Residents move with an intentional, measured pace, finding a quiet stability in the proximity to Happy Hollow and the seasonal shifts that transform the landscape from a vibrant, humid green to a muted, stark gray. There is a distinct, unadorned beauty in the way Coal City persists, a place where the architecture of the past—simple, functional, and enduring—continues to frame the daily routines of those who remain tethered to this specific stretch of the Midwest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hoot Woods (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 082° E
War Memorial (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 154° SE
Fred A. Jewell (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 154° SE
Eel River Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 152° SE
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 245° SW
Owen-Putnam State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.3 mi, 069° E
Minnehana Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 237° SW
Phil Harris Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 13.8 mi, 196° S
Tulip Viaduct (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 136° SE
Soldiers Memorial Pavilion (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 076° E
American Revolution War Memorial (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 076° E
Civil War Cannons (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 076° E
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 15.5 mi, 077° E
Owen County Courthouse (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 076° E
Owen County War Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 076° E
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 15.7 mi, 076° E
Greene-Sullivan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 16.0 mi, 220° SW
Mccormick's Creek State Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 074° E
Cagles Mill Lake (Recreation Area) — 17.7 mi, 028° NE
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 348° N
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 312° NW
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 310° NW
Depth of Field (Public Artwork) — 22.9 mi, 320° NW
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 310° NW
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.7 mi, 081° E · 16k acres
Large quarry remnants (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 102° E
Conrad Prebys Amphitheater (Theatre) — 28.5 mi, 099° E
Putnam County Train Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 018° N
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 36.6 mi, 110° E · 13k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 38.1 mi, 149° SE · 204k acres

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