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Fairmount Indiana Map

Explore Fairmount, 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 Fairmount, Indiana

How to Use This Fairmount, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	40.415318
Longitude	-85.650532
Population	2,682
Density	652.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	46928
Area Code	574
County Seat	Marion
School District	Madison-Grant United School Corporation

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About Fairmount, Indiana

Fairmount is a locality in Grant County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,682. The population density is 652.9 people per km². Fairmount is located at 40.4153°N, 85.6505°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Fairmount is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 46928.

Fairmount occupies a flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana interior where the horizon pulls tight against the sky like a drawn curtain. It lies 4.4 miles south-southeast of Grant, IN (from Grant, IN: bearing 156°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-southwest of Gas City. The Back Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the heavy silt near the town’s edge, its waters moving with the quiet gravity of a landscape that has forgotten how to rush. Beyond the immediate woodlots, the land stretches into a mosaic of corn and soybean fields that shimmer with an almost metallic luster under the mid-afternoon sun. Playacres Park offers a green stillness at the center of the grid, providing a shaded respite where the air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and drying grass. On the distant western horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of The Hogback reminds travelers that the earth here is merely a prelude to the more rugged ridges rising far to the west.

Fairmount carries the weight of its own quiet fame, having shaped the early sensibilities of James Dean, whose restless spirit still seems to linger in the brick-lined streets and the low, steady hum of the local economy. The architecture remains stubbornly grounded in the industrial grit of the mid-twentieth century, with sturdy storefronts that once served a booming agricultural trade now repurposed to sustain a modern, modest pace of life. Residents often drive six miles out to Glendale Lake when the summer heat presses down on the asphalt, finding relief in the cool, stagnant depths that mirror the clouds. Life here operates on a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons of the soil, a cycle that favors the patient observation of growth and the persistent, unadorned work of keeping a small place moving forward.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Playacres Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 143° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 016° N
Botany Glen (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 056° NE
Firefighter Garfield Statue (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 014° N
Gas City Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 019° N
M3 Stuart (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 021° N
Taylor Univesity Tennis Courts (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 070° E
James B. Wheeler (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 070° E
Red Maple (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 071° E
Mitchell Theatre (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 070° E
Upland Softball & Baseball Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.7 mi, 062° NE
James Dean Memorial Theater (Theatre) — 9.8 mi, 357° N
Worlds Largest Ball Of Paint (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 196° S
Ginn Woods (State Resource Management Area) — 11.7 mi, 112° E
Mississinewa Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.4 mi, 354° N
Mississinewa Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 342° N
Abandoned Graduate Student Research Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 19.3 mi, 145° SE
David Owsley Museum of Art (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 140° SE
Minnetrista Cultural Center (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 136° SE
Wysor Building Arch (Historic Ruins) — 20.7 mi, 138° SE
Mounds State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 177° S
Zimmer Ross (Gallery) — 22.5 mi, 246° SW
Southside turkey lives here. (Nature Reserve) — 22.6 mi, 141° SE
Salamonie Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 22.6 mi, 013° N
Site 5 (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 134° SE
Site 6 (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 134° SE
Martin Glade (State Conservation Area) — 26.8 mi, 356° N
Gallery 64 (Gallery) — 27.8 mi, 341° N
Roush Lake Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 30.2 mi, 019° N
Summit Lake State Park (State Park) — 31.8 mi, 149° SE

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