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Maxwell Indiana Map

Explore Maxwell, 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 Maxwell, Indiana

How to Use This Maxwell, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	39.38727
Longitude	-86.455551
Population	413
Density	179.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	46151, 46154
Area Code	260
County Seat	Greenfield
School District	Greenfield-Central Community Schools

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About Maxwell, Indiana

Maxwell is a locality in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 413. The population density is 179.3 people per km². Maxwell is located at 39.3873°N, 86.4556°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP codes: 46151, 46154.

Maxwell emerges from the flat, industrious quilt of the Indiana plains, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky claims the vast majority of the view. It lies 4.7 miles east-northeast of Hancock, IN (from Hancock, IN: bearing 62°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north of Greenfield. The terrain around Maxwell is defined by the steady, patient work of agriculture, marked by the quiet drainage of Richey Ditch just a mile away and the open expanse of fields that catch the pale, amber light of late afternoon. Two miles distant, the cleared grounds of Beckenholdt Park offer a brief pause in the landscape, while the horizon is occasionally anchored by the distant, subtle suggestion of Hog Back rising thirteen miles to the west. The air here holds the scent of turned earth and the persistent, dry whisper of cornstalks, a geography that rewards the observant eye with the simple, stark geometry of silos and power lines cutting against the gray-blue twilight.

History in Maxwell remains tied to the steel rails and the fertile, heavy soil that once dictated the movement of goods across the Midwest. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of the regional agrarian rhythm, where the focus remains on the harvest and the steady maintenance of long-standing homesteads. Life moves at the pace of a tractor crawling toward the edge of a field, disconnected from the frantic noise of larger centers but deeply attuned to the seasonal shifts that dictate the color of the landscape. While Sugar Hills Lake Dam sits three miles away as a testament to the quiet engineering of the region, the character of Maxwell is found more in the endurance of its residents and the unadorned, functional beauty of a life lived in harmony with the cycle of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Morgan - Monroe State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 138° SE
Doris Daily Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 032° NE
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 3.2 mi, 019° N
Artesian Little League Park (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 017° N
Martinsville City Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 035° NE
Yellowwood State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 132° SE
Low Gap Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 146° SE
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.9 mi, 221° SW · 16k acres
Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 221° SW
Camp Hughes (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 259° W
Ferry Bridge (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 252° W
Cascades Falls (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 198° S
Bean Blossom Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.2 mi, 130° SE
Mccormick's Creek State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 246° SW
Red, Blond, Black, and Olive (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 197° S
USS Indiana Memorial (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 195° S
Miller-Showers Park Renovation - 2003 (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 196° S
Mooresville Movies (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 016° N
Conrad Prebys Amphitheater (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 193° S
Herman B Wells Statue (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 194° S
Large quarry remnants (Historic Ruins) — 17.4 mi, 196° S
Brown County State Park (State Park) — 17.6 mi, 146° SE
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 17.8 mi, 247° SW
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 18.1 mi, 246° SW
Echo Hollow Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 18.9 mi, 017° N
Whip-poor-will Woods (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 mi, 113° SE
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 19.4 mi, 179° S · 204k acres
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.9 mi, 169° S · 13k acres
Plainfield Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 007° N
Tom Duffy - Harvesting Limestone (Gallery) — 24.1 mi, 020° N

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