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Monroe City Indiana Map

Explore Monroe City, 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 Monroe City, Indiana

How to Use This Monroe City, Indiana Map

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

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	Monroe City
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Knox County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Vincennes)

Latitude	38.615326
Longitude	-87.354461
Population	502
Density	720.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47557
Area Code	812
County Seat	Vincennes
School District	South Knox School Corporation

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About Monroe City, Indiana

Monroe City is a locality in Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 502. The population density is 720.5 people per km². Monroe City is located at 38.6153°N, 87.3545°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Vincennes) timezone. Monroe City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47557.

Monroe City emerges from the expansive, flat horizon of the Indiana plains as a collection of structures defined by the intersection of earth and sky. It lies 10.3 miles west-southwest of Washington, IN (from Washington, IN: bearing 253°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northwest of Petersburg. The landscape surrounding Monroe City is dominated by a persistent, orderly geometry of corn and soybean fields, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of McCoy Creek as it marks a quiet passage through the soil a mile away. To the east, the Beech Hills rise as a soft, muted silhouette against the dusk, while the surface of Nicholson Pond catches the fading light four miles distant, holding the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that feels heavy with the coming night.

Agriculture remains the singular, rhythmic pulse of Monroe City, dictating the tempo of the seasons and the heavy, metallic scent of machinery that occasionally drifts through the air. The legacy of the land is preserved in the quiet stewardship found at the Farm Service Agency Interest Of In, where eight miles of protected space allow the local ecology to persist undisturbed by the demands of production. Life here moves with a deliberate, singular focus, where the inhabitants recognize the value of the dark, fertile loam under their feet and the reliable cycle of the harvest. Whether in the low-slung architecture of the older buildings or the expansive silence that settles over the fields at midday, Monroe City maintains a character forged by the patience of the plains and the unyielding requirements of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Farm Service Agency Interest Of In (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.7 mi, 162° S · 462 acres
Fox Ridge Country Club (Park) — 7.9 mi, 314° NW
Vincennes Elks Golf Club (Park) — 8.5 mi, 301° NW
White Oak Public Access Site/ Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 344° N
Peter Britton Cabin (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 163° S
Gwaltney Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 067° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.9 mi, 305° NW
Daviess County Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 074° E
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 295° NW
Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 302° NW
Francis Vigo (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 294° NW
Oubache Trails Park (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 316° NW
Robeson Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.5 mi, 304° NW
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.7 mi, 189° S · 20k acres
Pike State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 172° S
Sugar Ridge Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 161° S
Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument (Public Artwork) — 19.1 mi, 178° S
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 214° SW
Hindostan Falls (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 089° E
Astra Theatre (Theatre) — 27.6 mi, 124° SE
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 27.9 mi, 084° E · 204k acres
4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 29.4 mi, 012° N
Jug Rock (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 081° E
Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 30.9 mi, 235° SW
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 32.7 mi, 339° N
Traditional Arts Today (Arts Centre) — 37.9 mi, 135° SE
French Lick West Baden Museum (Museum) — 39.9 mi, 096° E
Indiana Railway Museum (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 096° E
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 282° W
FLWB Indoor Karting (Theme Park) — 40.3 mi, 095° E

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