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.
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 | Morgan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.38727 |
| Longitude | -86.455551 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 46151, 46154 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| County Seat | Martinsville |
| School District | Greenfield-Central Community Schools |
Maxwell emerges from the earth as a quiet confluence of open fields and the deep, tangled shadows of the nearby Morgan Monroe State Forest. It lies 3.2 miles south-southwest of Martinsville, IN (from Martinsville, IN: bearing 207°T), and is situated 15.8 miles north-northeast of Bloomington. Indian Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its waters cutting through the basin of Canada Hollow where the air settles heavy and cool at the break of day. To the east, the silhouette of Pear Ridge rises with a steady, limestone permanence, grounding the horizon against a sky that shifts from bruised violet to a pale, translucent gold. The terrain here is defined by the subtle tension between the managed rows of farmland and the encroaching wildness of the woodlots, a geography that feels both ancient and remarkably still.
Maxwell remains a place where the economy is tied to the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons and the sturdy work of the land. The proximity to the Morgan - Monroe State Forest—a SRMA—serves as a quiet anchor for the region, offering a sanctuary of timber and trail that keeps the pace of life tethered to the natural cycle rather than the frantic hum of industry. While Spring Lake lies just a short distance away, its presence is felt more in the moisture that hangs in the evening air than in the bustle of recreation. Life in Maxwell follows the rhythm of the soil and the grain, a legacy of labor that persists in the brick foundations of the older buildings and the persistent, unadorned character of those who work the fields.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Maxwell, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.38727, -86.455551. 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 Maxwell includes the ZIP code (46151, 46154), telephone area code (260), county seat of Morgan County (Martinsville), and school district assignment (Greenfield-Central Community Schools).
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. |