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Lake Bruce Indiana Map

Explore Lake Bruce, 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 Lake Bruce, Indiana

How to Use This Lake Bruce, Indiana Map

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

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.

CityLake Bruce
StateIndiana (IN)
CountyFulton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Latitude41.070319
Longitude-86.46445
Population163
Density129.4 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code46939
Area Code574
County SeatRochester
School DistrictEastern Pulaski Community School Corporation

About Lake Bruce, Indiana

Lake Bruce is a locality in Fulton County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 163. The population density is 129.4 people per km². Lake Bruce is located at 41.0703°N, 86.4644°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 46939.

Lake Bruce occupies a quiet depression in the Indiana landscape, where the water mirrors the shifting bruised purples and pale golds of the Midwestern sky. It lies 10.4 miles east-southeast of Ripley, IN (from Ripley, IN: bearing 102°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east of Winamac. The Bruce Lake Outlet creeps away from the shoreline, a steady, low-slung artery that feeds the surrounding mosaic of woodlots and flat, productive fields. Beyond the immediate banks, the land holds a patient, measured stillness, occasionally broken by the distant, muted silhouette of Bunker Hill rising against the horizon like a soft bruise on the skyline. At the Bruce Lake Public Access Site, the air takes on a damp, metallic scent, carrying the weight of the water and the tall, unkempt grasses that lean toward the surface in the late afternoon heat.

Generations have measured time here by the cycles of the earth and the slow, deliberate work of the soil. The economy of Lake Bruce remains anchored to the rhythms of the land, where the labor of the harvest and the maintenance of the woods define the daily pulse of the people. This locality keeps its own history in the quiet upkeep of fences and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that stands against the wind. There is a particular clarity to the light here, an unfiltered intensity that catches the edges of the barns and the grain elevators, turning common structures into monuments of utility. Life in Lake Bruce moves with the unforced persistence of the seasons, honoring a heritage of endurance that asks for little more than the chance to continue its own steady, unremarkable course.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Tippecanoe River State Park (State Park) — 6.0 mi, 295° NW
  • Monterey Community Park Memorial (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 351° N
  • Tippecanoe River Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 301° NW
  • Winamac City Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 260° W
  • Indian Head Gateway (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 259° W
  • Courthouse Park (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 259° W
  • Isis Theater (Cinema) — 7.3 mi, 260° W
  • Skate Park (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 265° W
  • Winamac Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 293° NW
  • Lake Maxinkuckee Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 016° N
  • Bass Lake State Beach (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 330° NW
  • Menominee Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 079° E
  • Chief Menominee Statue (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 019° N
  • Knox Community High School Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.1 mi, 330° NW
  • Kersting's Cycle Center & Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 291° W
  • Menominee Indian Statue (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 024° NE
  • Museum of American Politcal Communication (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 167° S
  • Artist Avenue (Gallery) — 22.4 mi, 166° S
  • Cole Clothing Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 166° S
  • Welcome to Logansport (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 167° S
  • Little Turtle Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 22.6 mi, 167° S
  • Mentone Egg (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 072° E
  • Twin Lakes Cinema (Cinema) — 27.3 mi, 215° SW
  • Miami County Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 136° SE
  • International Circus Hall of Fame (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 133° SE
  • Happy Trees Studio (Gallery) — 33.3 mi, 071° E
  • M3 Light Tank (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 070° E
  • Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 42.2 mi, 333° NW · 11k acres
  • Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 42.2 mi, 333° NW

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About This Lake Bruce Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Bruce, Indiana. Coordinates: 41.070319, -86.46445. 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 Lake Bruce includes the ZIP code (46939), telephone area code (574), county seat of Fulton County (Rochester), and school district assignment (Eastern Pulaski Community 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.