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Hymera Indiana Map

Explore Hymera, 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 Hymera, Indiana

How to Use This Hymera, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	39.18643
Longitude	-87.301683
Population	653
Density	354.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47855
Area Code	765
County Seat	Sullivan
School District	Northeast School Corporation

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About Hymera, Indiana

Hymera is a locality in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 653. The population density is 354.1 people per km². Hymera is located at 39.1864°N, 87.3017°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Hymera is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47855.

Hymera occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana interior where the horizon is defined by the slow, steady geometry of cornfields and woodlots. It lies 14.4 miles east-southeast of Vigo, IN (from Vigo, IN: bearing 119°T), and is situated 8.4 miles northeast of Sullivan. The landscape around Hymera is characterized by a subtle, tectonic patience, marked by the nearby, quiet flow of Busseron Creek and the secluded, wooded depths of the Minnehana Fish and Wildlife Area. During the late afternoon, the light here takes on a pale, amber quality that flattens the fields and turns the distant silhouette of Kelley Ridge into a thin, violet line against the sky. A few miles to the east, the waters of Lake Shakamak hold the reflection of the clouds with an unsettling stillness, while the depressions of Possum Hollow offer a sheltered, humid microclimate that lingers long after the sun has retreated.

Coal once provided the heartbeat of the local economy, leaving behind a topography of reclaimed earth and deep, shadowed pits that have since been softened by the patient return of scrub oak and tall prairie grass. The people of Hymera maintain a way of life that prefers the directness of a sturdy handshake and the predictable turn of the seasons over the clamor of the wider world. Life here is measured by the harvest and the maintenance of the homestead, with the nearby Greene-Sullivan State Forest serving as a vast, tangled reservoir of quietude for those who seek the shade. There is a particular, unadorned beauty in the way the local architecture keeps its back to the wind, reflecting a history of industry that has transitioned into a steady, agrarian endurance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Minnehana Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 212° SW
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 2.7 mi, 112° E
Shakamak State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 121° SE
Sullivan County Park And Lake (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 220° SW
Greene-Sullivan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 189° S
Sullivan Elks Country Club (Park) — 8.1 mi, 227° SW
Fowler Park (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 340° N
4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 163° S
Goose Pond Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 157° SE
Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 279° W
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 17.0 mi, 238° SW
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 354° N
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 350° N
Proud Elk (Public Artwork) — 17.8 mi, 344° N
Fred A. Jewell (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 105° E
War Memorial (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 105° E
Finish Line (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 006° N
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 342° N
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 344° N
Freedom Shrine (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 357° N
Haley Tower (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 346° N
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.4 mi, 296° NW
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 022° N
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 303° NW
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 29.5 mi, 077° E
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 29.7 mi, 076° E
Robeson Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 35.2 mi, 201° S
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.7 mi, 080° E · 16k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 44.2 mi, 146° SE · 204k acres
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.0 mi, 101° E · 13k acres

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