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Montezuma Indiana Map

Explore Montezuma, 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 Montezuma, Indiana

How to Use This Montezuma, Indiana Map

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

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.

CityMontezuma
StateIndiana (IN)
CountyParke County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Latitude39.792816
Longitude-87.37085
Population921
Density586.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code47862
Area Code765
County SeatRockville
School DistrictSouthwest Parke Community School Corporation

About Montezuma, Indiana

Montezuma is a locality in Parke County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 921. The population density is 586.8 people per km². Montezuma is located at 39.7928°N, 87.3709°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Montezuma is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47862.

Montezuma occupies a quiet stretch of earth where the persistent, muddy currents of the Wabash River define the western boundary of the landscape. It lies 7.3 miles southeast of Vermillion, IN (from Vermillion, IN: bearing 128°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south of Howard. Beyond the riverbank, the terrain rises into a mosaic of fertile farmland and woodlots, where the light at dusk settles in long, golden layers across the furrows of tilled soil. The Montezuma / Wabash R. Public Access Site serves as the primary gateway to these waters, offering a place for the local rhythm of life to pause against the steady flow of the stream. While the horizon remains flat and expansive, the air carries a crisp, inland weight that feels entirely divorced from the distant, humid pressures of the coasts.

Economic life in Montezuma has long been tethered to the productivity of the surrounding plains and the historical utility of the river as a corridor for transport. The brick facades of the storefronts hint at a period when the movement of grain and goods through the region anchored a more industrial ambition, though the pace has since settled into a deliberate, understated endurance. Travelers looking for deeper waters might venture nine miles toward McDonald Lake, yet the singular character of the region remains rooted in the heavy, dark soil and the quietude of the surrounding fields. Even as the decades pass, Montezuma maintains a distinct sense of self, indifferent to the noise of more crowded places, preferring the reliable cycle of the seasons and the simple, functional beauty of the Indiana prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Montezuma / Wabash R. Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 186° S
  • Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 092° E
  • Rockville Lake Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 094° E
  • World War Memorial (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 106° E
  • Young Immigrant (Public Artwork) — 8.5 mi, 194° S
  • Wabash Healthy River Initiative (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 186° S
  • Claude Matthews Medallion (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 189° S
  • Sportland Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 193° S
  • Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 050° NE
  • Rocky Hollow-Falls Canyon Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 051° NE
  • Col. Lieber Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 054° NE
  • Turkey Run Hollow (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 054° NE
  • Sunset Point (Viewpoint) — 10.8 mi, 054° NE
  • "140 Steps" (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 053° NE
  • Newby Gulch (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 055° NE
  • Sugar Creek (Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 058° NE
  • Cecil M. Harden Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 15.3 mi, 105° E
  • Cecil M. Hardin Lake (Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 105° E
  • Raccoon Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.7 mi, 099° E
  • Shades State Park (State Park) — 16.5 mi, 054° NE
  • Forest Glen Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.0 mi, 328° NW
  • Howards Hollow Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 mi, 325° NW
  • Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 321° NW
  • Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 22.7 mi, 145° SE
  • Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 185° S
  • Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 176° S
  • Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 179° S
  • Danville War Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 330° NW
  • AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 29.5 mi, 333° NW
  • Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.9 mi, 129° SE · 16k acres

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About This Montezuma Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Montezuma, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.792816, -87.37085. 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 Montezuma includes the ZIP code (47862), telephone area code (765), county seat of Parke County (Rockville), and school district assignment (Southwest Parke Community 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.