Explore Moscow, 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 Moscow, 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 Moscow.
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 | Moscow |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Rush County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.485326 |
| Longitude | -85.55664 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 12.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 46156, 46167 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| County Seat | Rushville |
Moscow anchors itself to the low, fertile plains where the Flatrock River carves a quiet, serpentine path through the Indiana soil. It lies 10.9 miles north-northwest of Greensburg, IN (from Greensburg, IN: bearing 339°T), and is situated 12.0 miles east-southeast of Shelbyville. The landscape stretches out in a mosaic of woodlots and open fields, where the quality of light at dusk seems to thicken, turning the horizon into a soft, hazy violet. Far to the south, the distant, muted silhouette of McGuire Ridge provides a steady boundary to the sky, while the air carries the dry, honest scent of turned earth and drying corn stalks. This is a place of deliberate movement, where the horizon remains wide and the shadows grow long across the flat expanses of acreage that define the local topography.
Moscow retains the quiet gravity of a settlement grown from the needs of the surrounding fields, where the local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of agriculture and the maintenance of the land. The legacy of the area is etched into the modest architecture of its crossroads, far removed from the bustle of larger hubs, yet linked by the steady, unassuming presence of the Flatrock River. While the daily pace is measured by the changing seasons rather than the clock, residents occasionally venture toward the water at Riverside Park or seek the stillness found near the banks of the Greenburg Reservoir. Life here possesses a singular, grounded clarity, reflecting a tradition of industry that prizes the durability of the harvest and the simple, persistent continuity of the rural landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moscow, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.485326, -85.55664. 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 Moscow includes the ZIP code (46156, 46167), telephone area code (260), county seat of Rush County (Rushville), and school district assignment.
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. |