Explore Dale, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dale, 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 Dale.
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 | Dale |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Boone County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.184861 |
| Longitude | -86.970411 |
| Population | 1,544 |
| Density | 246.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 46052, 47523 |
| Area Code | 260, 812 |
| County Seat | Lebanon |
| School District | North Spencer County School Corporation |
Dale sits quietly amidst a landscape where the horizon is defined by the soft, enduring presence of distant Long Ridge, visible only as a faint violet smudge against the sky. It lies 3.2 miles west-northwest of Whitestown, IN (from Whitestown, IN: bearing 295°T), and is situated 5.3 miles east of Boone. Prairie Creek carves a deliberate path through the earth here, its waters moving with a steady, quiet persistence that dictates the moisture of the surrounding soil and the lushness of the nearby woodlots. The air often holds a heavy, golden stillness at dusk, a quality of light that seems to amplify the texture of the fields and the deep greens of the vegetation. Travelers might notice that the land possesses a deliberate, flat composure, punctuated occasionally by the cool, glassy stillness of Elrod Lake, which reflects the wide Indiana sky with a mirror-like intensity that changes color with the shifting moods of the clouds.
Dale functions as a quiet node of commerce and residence, sustained by the steady rhythms of regional agriculture and the labor that keeps the local economy moving forward. The nearby Boone Pond Public Fishing Area serves as a modest intersection between the community and the natural world, offering a space where the pace of life slows to match the patience of an angler waiting for a ripple on the water. This locality maintains a character forged by generations of settlers who worked the mosaic of woodlots and farmland, creating a place that values the sturdy reliability of its brick structures and the predictable turn of the seasons. Life here persists with an unadorned dignity, reflecting a history tied closely to the soil and the quiet, industrious spirit of those who call the region home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dale, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.184861, -86.970411. 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 Dale includes the ZIP code (46052, 47523), telephone area code (260, 812), county seat of Boone County (Lebanon), and school district assignment (North Spencer County School Corporation).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |