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Crows Nest Indiana Map

Explore Crows Nest, 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 Crows Nest, Indiana

How to Use This Crows Nest, Indiana Map

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

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	Crows Nest
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Marion County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.858097
Longitude	-86.168599
Population	67
Density	60.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	46228
Area Code	260
County Seat	Indianapolis
School District	Washington Township Metropolitan School District

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About Crows Nest, Indiana

Crows Nest is a locality in Marion County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 60.3 people per km². Crows Nest is located at 39.8581°N, 86.1686°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Crows Nest is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 46228.

Crows Nest occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the deliberate, slow-moving curves of the White River as it carves through the local geography. It lies 6.2 miles north of Indianapolis, IN (from Indianapolis, IN: bearing 355°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-southwest of Carmel. The landscape here is characterized by a mosaic of heavy woodlots and fertile soil, where the air holds a persistent, cooling moisture that clings to the skin during the humid transition of a late summer afternoon. At the edge of the property, Friedman Park provides a sanctuary of wild, unmanicured growth that softens the boundaries between the residential parcels and the surrounding woodland. Beyond the immediate terrain, the distant silhouette of Long Ridge marks the horizon, a faint, blurred line that reminds the observer that the earth here eventually rises into more rugged territory. To the north, the stagnant, reed-fringed basin of Bacon Swamp dictates the drainage of the local water table, creating a low, muffled hush that settles over the region when the evening light begins to fail.

Crows Nest retains a character shaped by the steady, measured pace of a place that values its seclusion and the weight of its own history. The local economy and daily life remain tethered to the rhythms of the surrounding inland plains, where the labor of the soil and the maintenance of property define the passage of seasons. A short distance away, the quiet depression of Sparrow Hollow offers a break in the terrain, a place where the wind seems to trap the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves long after the sun has retreated. There is no urgency in the way the local architecture sits upon the land, with sturdy, grounded structures that seem to acknowledge the dominance of the White River nearby. Life in Crows Nest is lived in the intervals between these natural landmarks, characterized by a certain stoic independence and a preference for the quietude that only a landscape of wood, water, and far-reaching horizon can provide.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Eckert & Ross Fine Art (Gallery) — 0.5 mi, 115° SE
Highland Country Club (Park) — 0.6 mi, 242° SW
Holliday Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 015° N
Juan Solomon Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 306° NW
Meridian Hills Country Club (Park) — 1.2 mi, 009° N
Gavin-Divergence (Public Artwork) — 1.4 mi, 056° NE
Monon Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 1.5 mi, 089° E
Old Crooked Creek School (Historic Ruins) — 1.5 mi, 268° W
Marrot Park Woods Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 040° NE
Marott Park Woods Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 031° NE
Indiana State Fairgrounds (State Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 140° SE
Newfields (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 201° S
The Reef Aquarium Shop (Aquarium) — 2.5 mi, 094° E
James Whitcomb Riley Monument (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 190° S
Grave of President Harrison (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 188° S
Daubenspeck Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.2 mi, 348° N
Georgetown 14 Cinemas (Cinema) — 4.3 mi, 240° SW
Cornelius Art Center (Arts Centre) — 4.5 mi, 163° S
Forest Manor Interurban Station (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 118° SE
Landmark for Peace Memorial (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 166° S
Harrison Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 4.9 mi, 171° S
Turn 3 Spectator Mounds (Viewpoint) — 5.2 mi, 220° SW
Crispus Attucks Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 181° S
The Car Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 176° S
The Snake Pit (Theatre) — 5.4 mi, 220° SW
Cheerie Joy Studios (Gallery) — 5.5 mi, 162° S
Military Park (State Park) — 6.0 mi, 181° S
Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park (State Park) — 7.0 mi, 084° E

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