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Kouts Indiana Map

Explore Kouts, 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 Kouts, Indiana

How to Use This Kouts, Indiana Map

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

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.

CityKouts
StateIndiana (IN)
CountyPorter County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.316706
Longitude-87.025859
Population2,028
Density645.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code46347
Area Code260
County SeatValparaiso
School DistrictEast Porter County School Corporation

About Kouts, Indiana

Kouts is a locality in Porter County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,028. The population density is 645.5 people per km². Kouts is located at 41.3167°N, 87.0259°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kouts is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 46347.

Kouts occupies a vast, flat expanse of the Midwestern prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or a cluster of hardwoods. It lies 11.0 miles south of Valparaiso, IN (from Valparaiso, IN: bearing 170°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east of Hebron. The terrain around Kouts is defined by a slow, rhythmic flatness that suggests a prehistoric lake bed, now drained and given over to the disciplined geometry of corn and soybean rows. A mile from the center, the quiet greenery of Drazer Park offers a reprieve from the open agricultural expanse, while three miles away, the modest path of Cobb Ditch marks the land’s drainage toward distant basins. When the light hits the soil during the late afternoon, the earth takes on a deep, bruised color, signaling the transition from the labor of the day to the stillness of the rural evening.

Railroads long ago served as the arteries of Kouts, pulling the rhythm of the local economy from the surrounding fields and funneling the harvest toward larger markets. The settlement grew in tandem with the tracks, fostering a culture of self-reliance that remains visible in the sturdy brick storefronts and the modest, well-kept homes that define the residential grid. While the pace of modern life hums steadily in the background, the residents maintain a connection to the cycles of the seasons, often spending their leisure time near Sagers Lake to find a measure of quiet reflection. Life here is measured not by the rush of passing traffic, but by the steady, predictable pulse of a place that understands the value of land and the quiet endurance of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Drazer Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 232° SW
  • Aukiki Wetland Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 185° S
  • Tefft Savanna - Nipsco (Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 186° S
  • Jasper-Pulaski Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 128° SE
  • Porter County Expo Center and Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 8.1 mi, 360° N
  • Zao Island (Theme Park) — 10.0 mi, 348° N
  • Founders Rock (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 352° N
  • Martin Luther King Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 10.2 mi, 352° N
  • Porter County Jail (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 350° N
  • Orville Redenbacher (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 350° N
  • Ed's Oasis (Viewpoint) — 10.6 mi, 324° NW
  • Chicago Street Theater (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 350° N
  • Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest (Nature Reserve) — 10.9 mi, 324° NW
  • Creekside Golf Course (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 343° N
  • Forest Park Golf Course (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 348° N
  • 49'er Drive-in Theater (Cinema) — 14.9 mi, 358° N
  • Kersting's Cycle Center & Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 130° SE
  • Verteran's Memorial (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 357° N
  • Knox Community High School Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 096° E
  • Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 21.0 mi, 351° N
  • Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 21.0 mi, 351° N · 11k acres
  • American Eagle Flight 4184 Roadside Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 225° SW
  • Splash Down Dunes Waterpark (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 355° N
  • Scipio Township School (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 037° NE
  • Indiana Dunes State Park (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 355° N
  • Indiana Dunes State Park (Dunes Nature Preserve) (Marine Protected Area) — 23.1 mi, 357° N
  • Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 328° NW
  • MTB Skills Area (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 035° NE
  • Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 005° N
  • Tippecanoe River State Park (State Park) — 24.9 mi, 118° SE

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About This Kouts Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kouts, Indiana. Coordinates: 41.316706, -87.025859. 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 Kouts includes the ZIP code (46347), telephone area code (260), county seat of Porter County (Valparaiso), and school district assignment (East Porter 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 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.