Explore Mineral Springs, 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 Mineral Springs, 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 Mineral Springs.
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 | Mineral Springs |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Bartholomew County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 41.326157 |
| Longitude | -85.744155 |
| Population | 742 |
| Density | 741.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 46538, 47201 |
| Area Code | 260, 317 |
| County Seat | Columbus |
| School District | Bartholomew County School Corporation |
Mineral Springs emerges from the quiet, low-lying intersection of fertile farmland and dense woodlots where the horizon is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the midwestern plains. It lies 5.3 miles south-southeast of Bartholomew, IN (from Bartholomew, IN: bearing 163°T), and is situated 5.8 miles southeast of Columbus. Brush Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth here, its banks lined with the tangled, rhythmic growth of willow and sycamore that catch the amber quality of the late afternoon sun. To the north, the rounded silhouette of Wrights Hill provides the only significant break in the landscape, a modest rise that anchors the view against the vast, shifting sky. The atmosphere in Mineral Springs remains heavy with the scent of turned soil and damp limestone, a sensory reminder of the deep, subterranean water tables that once gave the locality its name.
Economic life in Mineral Springs has long drifted away from the early aspirations of health resorts, settling instead into the steady, methodical pace of agriculture and regional transit. Local families often gather toward the evening hours near the Azalia Bridge (Flatrock R.) Public Access Site, where the water serves as a natural boundary for recreation and quiet reflection. While the bustle of larger industrial centers remains distant, the pulse of the place is felt in the small, brick-fronted centers of commerce that have weathered decades of changing harvests. Those seeking the stillness of deeper waters occasionally travel the short distance to Crystal Lake, yet the true character of Mineral Springs persists in the hushed, expansive fields that stretch toward the horizon, maintaining a stubborn, solitary dignity that refuses to be hurried by the outside world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mineral Springs, Indiana. Coordinates: 41.326157, -85.744155. 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 Mineral Springs includes the ZIP code (46538, 47201), telephone area code (260, 317), county seat of Bartholomew County (Columbus), and school district assignment (Bartholomew County 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 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. |