Explore Harrison Lake, 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 Harrison Lake, 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 Harrison Lake.
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 | Harrison Lake |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Fountain County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 40.166983 |
| Longitude | -87.237787 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 47987, 47201 |
| Area Code | 765, 317 |
| County Seat | Covington |
| School District | Bartholomew County School Corporation |
Harrison Lake occupies a quiet, inland stretch of the Hoosier landscape where the earth settles into a mosaic of dense woodlots and open, cultivated fields. It lies 6.4 miles southeast of Fountain, IN (from Fountain, IN: bearing 127°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south of Attica. The terrain here reflects a patient, glacial history, defined by the slow movement of water through the soil and the presence of Coal Creek, which winds its way through the landscape just a mile away. To the west, the distant, rugged silhouette of Devils Backbone provides a jagged reference point against the horizon, while the terrain closer at hand remains dominated by the soft, deliberate transitions of the Midwest plains. Sunlight here possesses a particular quality, often turning the late-afternoon sky into a bruised violet that illuminates the dust rising from gravel roads and the deep, verdant greens of the nearby Portland Arch Nature Preserve (Original).
Harrison Lake persists as a quiet node in a regional economy long tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the steady, mechanical pulse of local industry. While the shadow of larger, more frantic centers remains distant, the pulse of daily life moves at the pace of the seasons, influenced by the proximity of sites like Shawnee Lake and the more secluded reaches of Rattlesnake Hollow. The land has been shaped by generations who understood the necessity of working with the stubborn, clay-heavy soil, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy, brick-built architecture that stands against the changing weather. In the quiet hours, the atmosphere carries the weight of a long, settled history, where the primary concerns remain the maintenance of the fields and the maintenance of the small, essential connections that hold a place together.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Harrison Lake, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.166983, -87.237787. 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 Harrison Lake includes the ZIP code (47987, 47201), telephone area code (765, 317), county seat of Fountain County (Covington), and school district assignment (Bartholomew County 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 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. |