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Mellott Indiana Map

Explore Mellott, 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 Mellott, Indiana

How to Use This Mellott, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	40.165317
Longitude	-87.147786
Population	174
Density	196.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47958
Area Code	765
County Seat	Covington
School District	Southeast Fountain School Corporation

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About Mellott, Indiana

Mellott is a locality in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 174. The population density is 196.4 people per km². Mellott is located at 40.1653°N, 87.1478°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Mellott is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47958.

Mellott emerges from the flat, heavy expanse of the Indiana plains where the earth holds a quiet, stubborn permanence. It lies 10.6 miles east-southeast of Fountain, IN (from Fountain, IN: bearing 112°T), and is situated 16.8 miles west-northwest of Crawfordsville. The Turkey Run carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the surrounding terrain, its presence marked by the thick, dark stands of timber that break the monotony of the open fields. Beyond the immediate woodlots, the land stretches out in a mosaic of soil and shadow, offering a vast, unadorned horizon that feels older than the houses scattered across the grid. On clear days, the distant silhouette of the Devils Backbone provides a faint, jagged anchor to the sky, a reminder of the geological theater that shapes the wider region. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and cooling iron, a scent that settles into the lungs with the weight of a long, slow afternoon.

Mellott persists as a quiet node in an economy defined by the seasonal tide of the harvest and the steady, mechanical hum of regional agriculture. Once a point of transit for the rail lines that fed the grain elevators, the physical character of the place remains tethered to those structures, which rise like monoliths above the surrounding crop rows. The proximity of the Hillsboro Wildlife Management Area keeps the rhythms of the local wildlife intertwined with the human pulse, while the occasional excursion to Shawnee Lake offers a respite from the intensity of the growing season. Life in Mellott moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, where the architecture of brick and weathered wood serves as a record of generations who worked the soil. There is a particular beauty in the way the dusk light flattens the fields, turning the world into a series of deep, indigo planes where the only sound is the wind moving through the dry stalks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hillsboro Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 171° S
Ravine Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 332° NW
Portland Arch Nature Preserve (Original) (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 286° W
Happy Walter Field (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 325° NW
Shawnee Bottoms (Nature Reserve) — 10.2 mi, 298° NW
Weiler-Leopold Nature Reserve (Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 005° N
Bachner Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.1 mi, 144° SE
Shades State Park (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 171° S
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 123° SE
Shawnee Canyon (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 167° S
Frisz Ravine (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 166° S
Kickapoo Ravine (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 167° S
Kirtz Ravine (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 166° S
Prospect Point (Viewpoint) — 16.2 mi, 165° S
Ross Camp and Ross Hills (State Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 012° N
Shadeland School (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 039° NE
Crawfordsville Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 16.7 mi, 123° SE
Granville (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 020° N
Inspired Fire (Gallery) — 18.0 mi, 036° NE
Stone figure (Public Artwork) — 18.9 mi, 042° NE
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 186° S
Fowler Hall (Theatre) — 21.8 mi, 035° NE
Loeb Playhouse (Theatre) — 21.8 mi, 034° NE
Wabash Landing 9 (Cinema) — 22.0 mi, 036° NE
Artists Own (Gallery) — 22.1 mi, 038° NE
Malibu Jack's Lafayette (Theme Park) — 22.2 mi, 045° NE
Grateful Heart Gallery and Gifts (Gallery) — 22.2 mi, 038° NE
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.8 mi, 273° W
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.5 mi, 341° N · 132 acres
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.7 mi, 153° SE · 16k acres

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