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Dana Indiana Map

Explore Dana, 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 Dana, Indiana

How to Use This Dana, Indiana Map

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

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	Dana
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Vermillion County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.807814
Longitude	-87.495019
Population	555
Density	733.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47847
Area Code	765
County Seat	Newport
School District	South Vermillion Community School Corporation

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About Dana, Indiana

Dana is a locality in Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 555. The population density is 733.9 people per km². Dana is located at 39.8078°N, 87.4950°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Dana is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47847.

Dana rests amidst a vast, undulating mosaic of cornfields and woodlots that define the quiet western edge of the Indiana plains. It lies 3.6 miles south-southwest of Vermillion, IN (from Vermillion, IN: bearing 195°T), and is situated 9.8 miles southwest of Howard. The horizon here is wide and unobstructed, save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or the distant, hazy rise of Wolf Mound, which anchors the landscape fourteen miles away. Goose Creek wanders through the nearby lowlands, its banks marked by the persistent, rhythmic pulse of crickets in the tall grass. When the sun begins its slow descent, the light catches the dust motes and turns the expansive sky into a bruised violet, casting long, lean shadows across the flat, fertile earth that has been worked for generations.

Dana retains a distinct character shaped by the steady, unrelenting labor of the agricultural economy that anchors its inhabitants to the soil. History here is felt in the fading paint of older facades and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that reflects a time when the railroad dictated the tempo of daily commerce. Residents often travel toward the Montezuma / Wabash R. Public Access Site for a moment of stillness by the water, or look toward the quiet reaches of McDonald Lake when the summer heat settles heavy over the rows of crops. It is a place where the pace is set by the seasons rather than the clock, and the local identity remains tied to the resilience of the surrounding farmland and the enduring quiet of the interior plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montezuma / Wabash R. Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 102° E
Miller Community Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 188° S
Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 312° NW
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 340° N
Young Immigrant (Public Artwork) — 10.4 mi, 154° SE
Claude Matthews Medallion (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 154° SE
Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 096° E
Vermilion River - Wabash Drainage (Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 350° N
Rockville Lake Park (Local Park) — 14.4 mi, 096° E
World War Memorial (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 103° E
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 069° E
Howards Hollow Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.2 mi, 344° N
Rocky Hollow-Falls Canyon Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 15.5 mi, 069° E
Forest Glen Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.5 mi, 347° N
Turkey Run Hollow (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 071° E
Sunset Point (Viewpoint) — 16.2 mi, 071° E
"140 Steps" (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 070° E
Newby Gulch (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 071° E
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 335° NW
Shades State Park (State Park) — 21.7 mi, 066° NE
Cecil M. Harden Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.9 mi, 103° E
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 341° N
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 342° N
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.9 mi, 327° NW
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 169° S
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 26.1 mi, 344° N
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 164° S
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 27.7 mi, 135° SE
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.8 mi, 126° SE · 16k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 73.9 mi, 131° SE · 204k acres

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