Explore Glenwood, 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 Glenwood, 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 Glenwood.
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 | Glenwood |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Rush County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.625881 |
| Longitude | -85.300244 |
| Population | 245 |
| Density | 492.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 46133 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| County Seat | Rushville |
| School District | Rush County Schools |
Glenwood emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana plains, defined by the persistent, low-slung presence of Ben Davis Creek as it carves a path through the silt and heavy clay. It lies 2.9 miles north of Orange, IN (from Orange, IN: bearing 359°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west of Connersville. The horizon remains vast and unobstructed, save for the faint, jagged silhouette of McGuire Ridge rising in the distance to suggest a world beyond the immediate fields. Air in these parts carries the scent of damp earth and turning soil, a heavy, grounding quality that seems to slow the progression of the afternoon. Seven miles away, the Shrader-Weaver Nature Preserve offers a vestige of the original timber that once dominated this territory, providing a sanctuary of old-growth trees that stand in stark contrast to the manicured, geometric precision of the surrounding agricultural grid.
Glenwood retains the quiet, utilitarian architecture of a place built upon the rhythms of the harvest and the steady pulse of regional trade. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a locomotive pulling through a crossing, governed by the demands of the soil and the fluctuating fortunes of the local grain economy. While the bustle of larger urban centers remains distant, the proximity of Woodland Retreat Lake provides a modest relief from the relentless flatness, offering a quiet, still surface that mirrors the gray, shifting clouds of the Midwest. People in Glenwood navigate their days with a pragmatic resilience, maintaining the brick storefronts and weathered barns that serve as the physical ledger of their collective history, moving steadily through a landscape that demands both labor and a certain, quiet patience.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glenwood, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.625881, -85.300244. 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 Glenwood includes the ZIP code (46133), telephone area code (260), county seat of Rush County (Rushville), and school district assignment (Rush County Schools).
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. |