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Medora Indiana Map

Explore Medora, 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 Medora, Indiana

How to Use This Medora, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	38.825054
Longitude	-86.169983
Population	635
Density	806.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47260
Area Code	317
County Seat	Brownstown
School District	Medora Community School Corporation

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About Medora, Indiana

Medora is a locality in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 635. The population density is 806.5 people per km². Medora is located at 38.8251°N, 86.1700°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Medora is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47260.

Medora emerges from the low-slung horizon as a collection of brick facades and weathered timber, anchored firmly to the fertile silt of the Indiana interior. It lies 12.3 miles east of Crawford, IN (from Crawford, IN: bearing 97°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west-southwest of Brownstown. The landscape surrounding Medora remains defined by the deliberate, slow-moving curves of the East Fork White River, which carves a path through the valley floor just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain begins to rise toward the distant silhouettes of Fleener Ridge, while the earth itself holds the quiet humidity of a region far removed from any coastline. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the dust of rural roads and illuminating the dense, tangled greenery of the nearby Jackson-Washington State Forest.

Economic vitality in Medora has long been tied to the rhythms of the soil and the legacy of the regional rail lines that once dictated the pace of commerce. Local life centers on the quiet maintenance of a landscape shaped by the proximity of Shelton Hollow and the recreational stillness of Starve Hollow Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting clouds of the Midwest. At the Medora Public Access Site, the water provides a point of departure for those navigating the river, serving as a reminder of the town’s enduring reliance on the natural channels that vein the county. The atmosphere remains one of measured endurance, where the architecture of earlier decades survives in the sturdy, unadorned storefronts that face the tracks, reflecting a history built upon the steady labor of the woodlot and the field.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Medora Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 111° E
Jackson-Washington State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 288° W
Tiemeyer's Farm Market Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.2 mi, 083° E
Vallonia State Nursery (State Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 115° SE
Starve Hollow State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 094° E
Knobstone Glades Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 105° E
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 9.5 mi, 360° N · 204k acres
Twin Creek Valley (Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 195° S
Monroe Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.9 mi, 344° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 303° NW
Spring Mill State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 245° SW
Bronson Cave (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 242° SW
Wilson Monument (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 244° SW
Twin Caves (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 242° SW
Donaldson Cave (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 244° SW
Grissom Memorial (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 243° SW
Hamer Cave (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 245° SW
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.5 mi, 337° NW · 13k acres
Bulleit Stadium (Stadium) — 16.9 mi, 057° NE
Stone Crucifix (Public Artwork) — 17.0 mi, 278° W
Brown County State Park (State Park) — 18.8 mi, 348° N
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.3 mi, 070° E · 16k acres
Showplace Cinemas Seymour (Cinema) — 20.2 mi, 062° NE
Endicott Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 21.2 mi, 065° NE
YES Cinema (Cinema) — 29.2 mi, 027° NE
FLWB Indoor Karting (Theme Park) — 30.0 mi, 233° SW
Large quarry remnants (Historic Ruins) — 30.1 mi, 318° NW
Conrad Prebys Amphitheater (Theatre) — 30.2 mi, 322° NW
Indiana Railway Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 232° SW
French Lick West Baden Museum (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 232° SW

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