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Cynthiana Indiana Map

Explore Cynthiana, 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 Cynthiana, Indiana

How to Use This Cynthiana, Indiana Map

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

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	Cynthiana
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Posey County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.187544
Longitude	-87.710303
Population	552
Density	534.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47612
Area Code	812
County Seat	Mount Vernon
School District	North Posey County Schools Metropolitan School District

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About Cynthiana, Indiana

Cynthiana is a locality in Posey County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 552. The population density is 534.2 people per km². Cynthiana is located at 38.1875°N, 87.7103°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cynthiana is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47612.

Cynthiana occupies a quiet expanse of southwestern Indiana where the horizon stretches wide across a mosaic of flat, fertile farmland and small, dense woodlots. It lies 4.8 miles north-northwest of Martin, IN (from Martin, IN: bearing 335°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west-southwest of Fort Branch. Big Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the soil just a mile from the center, its banks lined with sycamores that catch the pale, amber light of late afternoon. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Foote Pond Hills provides a subtle anchor to the sky, while the local terrain remains defined by the patient, labor-intensive work of the plow. The air here holds a stillness that deepens as the sun dips below the fields, leaving the landscape in a soft, monochromatic gray that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Cynthiana reflects the steady, agrarian endurance of a place built upon the yield of the soil and the persistence of its residents. While modern life moves with predictable speed toward the larger regional centers, the local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the seasons and the maintenance of the surrounding acreage. Residents occasionally travel toward the recreational quiet of Edgewater Lake or find leisure in the open spaces of Haubstadt Park, yet the gravity of daily life stays firmly fixed on the quiet intersections and brick-fronted buildings that define Cynthiana. There is a particular honesty in how the day concludes here, as the mechanical hum of machinery fades into the evening, leaving only the sound of the wind moving through the stalks and the distant, familiar quiet of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tern Bar Slough (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 347° N
Cane Ridge Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 343° N
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.5 mi, 343° N · 20k acres
Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 350° N
Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 324° NW
Saunders Woods (Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 000° N
Shalev: Angel of Compassion (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 253° W
Thrall's Opera House (Theatre) — 12.7 mi, 252° W
Matthias Scholle House (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 252° W
Paul Tillich Memorial (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 253° W
1830 Owen House Jacquess Parlor (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 252° W
George Keppler House (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 252° W
New Harmony (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 252° W
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 12.8 mi, 252° W
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 252° W
Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 253° W
Murphy Auditorium & USI New Harmony Theatre (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 252° W
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 253° W
The Labyrinth State Memorial (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 250° W
Beall Woods State Park (Nature Reserve) — 13.2 mi, 331° NW
Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.3 mi, 333° NW
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 240° SW
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 032° NE
Merchand Bridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.1 mi, 155° SE
Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.7 mi, 158° S · 2,073 acres
John James Audubon State Park (State Park) — 21.5 mi, 156° SE
Mound E (Historic Ruins) — 21.7 mi, 141° SE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 42.3 mi, 217° SW · 274k acres
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 53.1 mi, 223° SW · 3,978 acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 55.4 mi, 059° NE · 204k acres

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