La Crosse Indiana Map
Explore La Crosse, 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 La Crosse, Indiana
How to Use This La Crosse, Indiana Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Crosse, 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 La Crosse.
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 | La Crosse |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | LaPorte County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.31754 |
| Longitude | -86.891411 |
| Population | 555 |
| Density | 416.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 46348 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| County Seat | La Porte |
| School District | Tri-Township Consolidated School Corporation |
About La Crosse, Indiana
La Crosse is a locality in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 555. The population density is 416.9 people per km². La Crosse is located at 41.3175°N, 86.8914°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. La Crosse is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 46348.La Crosse emerges from the flat, industrious expanse of the Indiana prairie as a quiet intersection of rail lines and grid-patterned streets. It lies 13.9 miles southeast of Valparaiso, IN (from Valparaiso, IN: bearing 141°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east of Kouts. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, defined by the steady geometry of corn and soybean fields that stretch until they dissolve into the hazy woodlots of the distance. Three miles away, the Old Channel Kankakee River sluggishly navigates the landscape, threading through the dense, marshy corridors of the Kankakee River Swampland. The air carries the scent of turned earth and diesel, a testament to the heavy machinery that defines the rhythm of the seasons, while the quality of light at dusk turns the dusty gray gravel roads into ribbons of polished copper.
La Crosse maintains a character forged by the relentless necessity of the Midwest economy, where the arrival of the railroad once dictated the pulse of commerce and growth. Grain elevators stand as the local cathedrals, silent sentinels watching over a landscape that remains tethered to the harvest and the persistent, pragmatic labor of the plains. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain remains largely level, though those who travel seventeen miles might catch a glimpse of Pigeon Roost Hill rising slightly against the sky, while the cooling waters of Sagers Lake wait twelve miles further out. Life here moves with the measured, deliberate pace of a place that values the sturdy foundation of its history, where the sound of a distant train whistle serves as the only clock that truly matters.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Kankakee River Swampland (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 163° S
- Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 134° SE
- Tefft Savanna - Nipsco (Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 232° SW
- Porter County Expo Center and Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 10.4 mi, 321° NW
- Jasper-Pulaski State Nursery (State Resource Management Area) — 10.4 mi, 185° S
- Kersting's Cycle Center & Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 151° SE
- Founders Rock (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 320° NW
- Martin Luther King Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 13.1 mi, 320° NW
- Zao Island (Theme Park) — 13.3 mi, 317° NW
- Porter County Jail (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 320° NW
- Orville Redenbacher (Public Artwork) — 13.6 mi, 320° NW
- Chicago Street Theater (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 320° NW
- Knox Community High School Auditorium (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 099° E
- Forest Park Golf Course (State Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 321° NW
- Creekside Golf Course (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 316° NW
- Ed's Oasis (Viewpoint) — 15.7 mi, 303° NW
- Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest (Nature Reserve) — 16.0 mi, 303° NW
- 49'er Drive-in Theater (Cinema) — 16.6 mi, 334° NW
- Scipio Township School (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 020° N
- Tippecanoe River State Park (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 128° SE
- Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 20.2 mi, 006° N · 11k acres
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 20.2 mi, 006° N
- MTB Skills Area (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 020° N
- Verteran's Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 339° N
- Splash Down Dunes Waterpark (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 338° N
- Isis Theater (Cinema) — 23.7 mi, 141° SE
- Monterey Community Park Memorial (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 117° SE
- Indiana Dunes State Park (State Park) — 24.4 mi, 341° N
- Indiana Dunes State Park (Dunes Nature Preserve) (Marine Protected Area) — 24.6 mi, 345° N
- Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 349° N
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About This La Crosse Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Crosse, Indiana. Coordinates: 41.31754, -86.891411. 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 La Crosse includes the ZIP code (46348), telephone area code (260), county seat of LaPorte County (La Porte), and school district assignment (Tri-Township Consolidated 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. |
