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Knightstown Indiana Map

Explore Knightstown, 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 Knightstown, Indiana

How to Use This Knightstown, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	39.795601
Longitude	-85.526363
Population	2,140
Density	802.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	46148
Area Code	260
County Seat	New Castle
School District	C. A. Beard Memorial School Corporation

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About Knightstown, Indiana

Knightstown is a locality in Henry County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,140. The population density is 802.2 people per km². Knightstown is located at 39.7956°N, 85.5264°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Knightstown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 46148.

Knightstown unfolds across a quiet expanse of the Midwestern interior, where the Big Blue River carves a deliberate, slow-moving path through the local topography. It lies 3.3 miles east-northeast of Henry, IN (from Henry, IN: bearing 78°T), and is situated 17.2 miles east of Hancock. This waterway acts as a perennial anchor for the landscape, its banks lined with dense thickets and fertile soil that feeds the patchwork of woodlots and open fields stretching toward the horizon. Within the immediate vicinity, Sunset Park provides a modest, open green space where the quality of late-afternoon light seems to catch on the tall grasses, casting long, amber shadows that soften the edges of the flat, productive earth. Fourteen miles away, the distant rise of Hog Back serves as the only significant interruption to the horizon, a faint silhouette that reminds observers of the vast, unassuming scale of the surrounding plains.

Knightstown traces its origins to the early nineteenth century, developing as a steady node of commerce and transit long before the current era of paved arteries and modern industry. The local economy has shifted over the decades, moving from the demands of early agriculture and regional trade to a quieter, post-industrial rhythm that favors the preservation of its nineteenth-century architecture and brick-fronted centers. Residents often look toward Perry Lake, situated seven miles away, as a place of seasonal respite, though the daily pulse of Knightstown remains tethered to the steady, predictable cycles of the surrounding countryside. There is a distinct, quiet gravity here—a sense that the town’s character is defined not by grand gestures, but by the persistent endurance of its people and the slow, seasonal transformation of the land that sustains them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sunset Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 249° W
Henry Henley Relief (Public Artwork) — 4.6 mi, 212° SW
Westwood Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 034° NE
City of New Castle Lot (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 030° NE
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 041° NE
Henry County Courthouse (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 041° NE
Ice House Man (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 043° NE
Wilbur Wright Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.3 mi, 038° NE
Princess Theater (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 161° S
Fall Creek Woods (Nature Reserve) — 15.5 mi, 354° N
Honey Creek Trail (State Recreation Area) — 15.8 mi, 012° N
Tri County Golf Club Lot (Local Recreation) — 17.6 mi, 011° N
Summit Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 033° NE
Mounds State Park (State Park) — 21.1 mi, 346° N
Earthwork C (Historic Ruins) — 21.1 mi, 346° N
Earthwork B (Historic Ruins) — 21.2 mi, 346° N
Whispering Hills Golf Course (State Recreation Area) — 23.9 mi, 261° W
Custom Framing and Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 24.5 mi, 293° NW
Warren Perfoming Arts Center (Theatre) — 25.2 mi, 269° W
Emagine Cinemas 16 (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 302° NW
Indiana State Police Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 270° W
Memorial and External Flame (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 271° W
Southside turkey lives here. (Nature Reserve) — 26.4 mi, 017° N
Site 4 (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 023° NE
Site 8 (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 022° N
Site 3 (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 023° NE
Roots' School of Theatre (Theatre) — 28.1 mi, 293° NW
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 57.9 mi, 211° SW · 204k acres
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.8 mi, 193° S · 16k acres
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 65.3 mi, 219° SW · 13k acres

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