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Knightsville Indiana Map

Explore Knightsville, 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 Knightsville, Indiana

How to Use This Knightsville, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	39.525352
Longitude	-87.089134
Population	702
Density	261.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	47834, 47857
Area Code	765
County Seat	Brazil
School District	Clay Community Schools

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About Knightsville, Indiana

Knightsville is a locality in Clay County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 702. The population density is 261.1 people per km². Knightsville is located at 39.5254°N, 87.0891°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Knightsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 47834, 47857.

Knightsville emerges from the flat, industrious plains of the Midwest as a quiet junction where the horizon feels vast and unencumbered. It lies 11.0 miles north of Clay, IN (from Clay, IN: bearing 8°T), and is situated 0.7 miles east-northeast of Brazil. The Harm Run traces a shallow path past the edge of the houses, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-slung patience that defines the local drainage of the landscape. To the west, the silhouettes of Indian Ridge provide a muted, jagged contrast against the deepening violet of a late autumn sky, while the nearby Forest Park offers a quiet expanse of managed greenery for those seeking a reprieve from the roadside. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, especially as the light wanes and the cooling shadows stretch across the fields, lending a sudden, sharp focus to the line where the earth meets the sky.

Knightsville carries the weight of a history rooted in the extraction and movement of coal, a legacy that once animated the local economy and defined the rhythm of its streets. While the bustling coal chutes and rail activity have long since receded into the archives, the structural character of the area remains anchored in that era of hard labor and mid-century industry. Residents often look toward the nearby Water Works Lake for a stillness that the busier corridors of the region lack, or they venture toward the deeper, wooded tracts of the Owen-Putnam State Forest for a sense of solitude. Beyond the reach of the larger basins like Green Hollow, the life of Knightsville persists as a modest, steady affair, marked by the simple, enduring architecture of a place that understands the value of standing firm against the changing seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Harmony Community Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 030° NE
Forest Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 254° W
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 2.1 mi, 266° W
Chinook Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 227° SW
Fontanet Woods (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 290° W
Cagles Mill Lake (Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 106° E
Finish Line (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 243° SW
Owen-Putnam State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 11.0 mi, 097° E
Depth of Field (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 257° W
Freedom Shrine (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 257° W
Cecil M. Harden Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 003° N
World War II Memorial (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 055° NE
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 244° SW
Putnam County Train Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 054° NE
Raccoon Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 002° N
Cataract Falls (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 113° SE
View of Lower Falls (Viewpoint) — 15.4 mi, 112° E
Lower Cataract Falls (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 112° E
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 246° SW
Upper Cataract Falls (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 113° SE
Haley Tower (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 261° W
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 256° W
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 255° W
Mccormick's Creek State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 129° SE
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 24.1 mi, 133° SE
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 24.2 mi, 134° SE
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.0 mi, 120° SE · 16k acres
Bachner Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 33.2 mi, 009° N
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 254° W
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 44.8 mi, 131° SE · 204k acres

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