Crows Nest Indiana Map

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.

About This Crows Nest Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crows Nest, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.858097, -86.168599. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Crows Nest includes the ZIP code (46228), telephone area code (260), county seat of Marion County (Indianapolis), and school district assignment (Washington Township Metropolitan School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.