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Goodland Indiana Map

Explore Goodland, 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 Goodland, Indiana

How to Use This Goodland, Indiana Map

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

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.

CityGoodland
StateIndiana (IN)
CountyNewton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Latitude40.763373
Longitude-87.293633
Population980
Density497.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code47948
Area Code765
County SeatKentland
School DistrictSouth Newton School Corporation

About Goodland, Indiana

Goodland is a locality in Newton County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 980. The population density is 497.2 people per km². Goodland is located at 40.7634°N, 87.2936°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Goodland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47948.

Goodland sprawls across the flat, expansive horizon of the Indiana prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 4.8 miles east of Newton, IN (from Newton, IN: bearing 93°T), and is situated 17.4 miles west-northwest of White. The landscape remains defined by the rigorous geometry of agriculture, a mosaic of corn and soybean fields that stretch toward the horizon with a quiet, persistent intensity. To the south, the terrain lifts slightly toward the modest elevation of Mount Nebo, while the drainage of the land is quietly channeled by the steady, unassuming course of Hunter Ditch. The air here holds a particular, dry clarity, especially as the sun begins to dip low, casting long, bruised violet shadows across the stubble of the harvested fields. A few miles to the east, the Donohue Gamebird Habitat Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush, providing a subtle, wild counterpoint to the orderly rows of the surrounding cropland.

Goodland emerged from the nineteenth-century expansion of the railroads, serving as a vital junction point where the movement of grain and goods anchored the local economy to the rhythms of the seasons. The architecture of the downtown district retains a sturdy, utilitarian honesty, with brick facades that have weathered decades of Midwestern winters and humid, heavy summers. Life in Goodland moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the necessity of harvest and the persistence required by the climate. Nearby, the waters of Riverside Lake offer a quiet reprieve from the dust of the fields, reflecting the wide, open sky in a way that suggests a deeper, more ancient stillness. The social character of the locality is forged in the shared experience of this landscape, a place where the work of the day is measured by the steady progress of machinery and the slow, cyclical turn of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Donohue Gamebird Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 312° NW
  • Nickle Plate Farms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 234° SW
  • Remington Community Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 086° E
  • Ritz Cinema (Cinema) — 14.0 mi, 032° NE
  • Lilian Fendig Gallery (Gallery) — 14.1 mi, 031° NE
  • Prairie Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 14.1 mi, 031° NE
  • Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 237° SW
  • Kankakee Sands (Conservation Area) — 19.8 mi, 342° N
  • Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.0 mi, 323° NW · 132 acres
  • American Eagle Flight 4184 Roadside Memorial (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 357° N
  • JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica) (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 246° SW
  • Origin of Milford (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 246° SW
  • Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.6 mi, 281° W
  • Ross Camp and Ross Hills (State Recreation Area) — 27.0 mi, 155° SE
  • Twin Lakes Cinema (Cinema) — 27.9 mi, 092° E
  • LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 28.8 mi, 340° N
  • Prophetstown State Park (State Park) — 29.5 mi, 129° SE
  • Native American Village (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 127° SE
  • When Dreams Dance (Public Artwork) — 30.5 mi, 139° SE
  • Loeb Playhouse (Theatre) — 30.7 mi, 139° SE
  • Fowler Hall (Theatre) — 30.7 mi, 139° SE
  • Artists Own (Gallery) — 31.8 mi, 138° SE
  • Grateful Heart Gallery and Gifts (Gallery) — 31.9 mi, 138° SE
  • Columbian Park Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 32.9 mi, 137° SE
  • Stone Quarry Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.8 mi, 110° E
  • Tippecanoe River State Park (State Park) — 43.1 mi, 057° NE
  • Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 52.0 mi, 360° N · 11k acres
  • Midewin Other (National Forest) — 56.0 mi, 317° NW · 18k acres

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About This Goodland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Goodland, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.763373, -87.293633. 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 Goodland includes the ZIP code (47948), telephone area code (765), county seat of Newton County (Kentland), and school district assignment (South Newton 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.