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North Salem Indiana Map

Explore North Salem, 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 North Salem, Indiana

How to Use This North Salem, Indiana Map

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

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.

CityNorth Salem
StateIndiana (IN)
CountyHendricks County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Latitude39.859767
Longitude-86.642504
Population464
Density522.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code46165
Area Code260
County SeatDanville
School DistrictNorth West Hendricks Schools

About North Salem, Indiana

North Salem is a locality in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 464. The population density is 522.3 people per km². North Salem is located at 39.8598°N, 86.6425°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. North Salem is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 46165.

North Salem emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana interior as a quiet intersection of grid-lined streets and expansive crop fields. It lies 9.2 miles northwest of Danville, IN (from Danville, IN: bearing 318°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Pittsboro. The Middle Fork Big Walnut Creek carves a deliberate, winding path nearby, its waters sustaining the dense thickets of hardwoods that break the monotony of the open prairie. Morning light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the dust motes above the fields and turning the horizon into a muted palette of amber and slate. While the distant silhouette of Maxwell Hill remains a faint suggestion against the sky, the immediate landscape is defined by the steady, unadorned geometry of agriculture, where the earth feels heavy and deep beneath the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest.

North Salem maintains a rhythm governed by the slow turn of the seasons and the enduring presence of the rural economy. The legacy of its early settlers persists in the sturdy, upright architecture of the village center, where the pace of life favors the deliberate over the frantic. Residents often look toward the regional geography for recreation, whether wandering the fairways at Tomahawk Hills Golf Club or finding solitude in the quiet spaces toward the South Fork Prairie. Even as the modern world encroaches, the local character remains anchored to the soil and the creek, reflecting a persistence that is both understated and profound in its simplicity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Tomahawk Hills Golf Club (Park) — 3.6 mi, 009° N
  • Pleasant Acres Nature Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 014° N
  • Hemlock Ridge Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 241° SW
  • Big Walnut (Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 238° SW
  • Big Walnut Addition Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 234° SW
  • Blanton Woods (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 133° SE
  • Hogan Farms Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 076° E
  • Boone Pond Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.5 mi, 056° NE
  • Bicentennial Monument (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 131° SE
  • Eagle Creek Golf Course (State Recreation Area) — 16.7 mi, 089° E
  • Plainfield Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 16.7 mi, 130° SE
  • Hobson Acres (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 054° NE
  • Van Buren Elm (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 130° SE
  • Celebration of Service (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 131° SE
  • AMC Perry Crossing 18 (Cinema) — 18.2 mi, 124° SE
  • Ancient Tree Trunk (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 087° E
  • Putnam County Train Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 219° SW
  • Zionsville Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 070° E
  • Bachner Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.9 mi, 298° NW
  • Indy Logo (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 119° SE
  • Tom Duffy - Harvesting Limestone (Gallery) — 20.9 mi, 119° SE
  • Kind Gallery (Public Artwork) — 21.0 mi, 118° SE
  • Echo Hollow Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 21.1 mi, 133° SE
  • Georgetown 14 Cinemas (Cinema) — 21.5 mi, 096° E
  • North Main Straight Spectator Mound (Viewpoint) — 21.9 mi, 101° E
  • Shades State Park (State Park) — 22.6 mi, 283° W
  • Old Crooked Creek School (Historic Ruins) — 23.6 mi, 090° E
  • Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 28.8 mi, 274° W
  • Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.4 mi, 174° S · 16k acres
  • Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 53.0 mi, 169° S · 204k acres

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About This North Salem Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Salem, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.859767, -86.642504. 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 North Salem includes the ZIP code (46165), telephone area code (260), county seat of Hendricks County (Danville), and school district assignment (North West Hendricks Schools).

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.