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Fountain City Indiana Map

Explore Fountain City, 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 Fountain City, Indiana

How to Use This Fountain City, Indiana Map

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

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	Fountain City
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Wayne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.955603
Longitude	-84.917462
Population	714
Density	1044.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47341
Area Code	317
County Seat	Richmond
School District	Northeastern Wayne Schools

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About Fountain City, Indiana

Fountain City is a locality in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 714. The population density is 1044.2 people per km². Fountain City is located at 39.9556°N, 84.9175°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Fountain City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47341.

Fountain City marks its place upon the earth where the steady, quiet waters of the Nolands Fork carve a gentle path through the dense, verdant mosaic of farmland and woodlot. It lies 4.7 miles north of Wayne, IN (from Wayne, IN: bearing 5°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north of Richmond. The landscape stretches out in broad, unforced slopes, a terrain defined by the heavy, fertile soil that has long nurtured the stubborn life of the plains. Light here at the end of the day possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long shadows that stretch toward the distant silhouette of the Devils Backbone, which haunts the horizon like a forgotten memory of geologic upheaval. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain opens into the expanse of the Sunbeam Prairie, where the air holds a stillness that seems to collect in the low hollows before the wind stirs the tall grasses into a restless, hushed conversation.

Fountain City maintains a character forged in the gravity of its own history, having once served as a quiet sanctuary for those seeking passage toward a different life. The local economy persists in the steady, measured pulse of agricultural cycles and small-scale trade, far removed from the frantic pace of the wider world. Those who walk the streets today might find a lingering weight in the architecture, a gravity that speaks of a time when the town functioned as a vital node in a clandestine network of travelers. While the leisure of the weekend often draws people toward the quiet expanses of the Middle Fork Reservoir, the daily rhythm of Fountain City remains bound to the soil and the season, an enduring testament to a way of life that values the slow, deliberate work of the hands and the quietude of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hoosier Hill (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 049° NE
Middle Fork Reservoir (Local Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 160° S
Springwood Park (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 173° S
St Francis of Assisi (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 182° S
Model T Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 171° S
Glen Miller Park (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 163° S
Madonna of the Trail (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 164° S
Darke County Fish and Game Club (Local Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 098° E
Joseph Moore Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 178° S
Modoc Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 307° NW
Martindale Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.9 mi, 234° SW
Fort Jefferson (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 071° E
Brookville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 18.5 mi, 191° S
Harshman Covered Bridge (Viewpoint) — 19.2 mi, 156° SE
Summit Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.7 mi, 286° W
Wilbur Wright Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.2 mi, 272° W
Whitewater State Park (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 186° S
Clark Gallery (Gallery) — 22.4 mi, 062° NE
Brookville Lake (Recreation Area) — 22.5 mi, 191° S
Fish Cleaning Station (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 186° S
Hornbeam Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.4 mi, 187° S
Site 4 (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 303° NW
Site 3 (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 305° NW
Site 1 (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 305° NW
Southside turkey lives here. (Nature Reserve) — 28.3 mi, 300° NW
Pioneer Farm Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 163° S
Wysor Building Arch (Historic Ruins) — 29.8 mi, 304° NW
Minnetrista Cultural Center (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 305° NW
Old Fairfield (Historic Ruins) — 30.5 mi, 188° S

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