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Oakland City Indiana Map

Explore Oakland 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 Oakland City, Indiana

How to Use This Oakland City, Indiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Oakland 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 Oakland 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	Oakland City
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Gibson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Petersburg)

Latitude	38.338659
Longitude	-87.345013
Population	2,279
Density	861.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47660
Area Code	812
County Seat	Princeton
School District	East Gibson School Corporation

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About Oakland City, Indiana

Oakland City is a locality in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,279. The population density is 861.8 people per km². Oakland City is located at 38.3387°N, 87.3450°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Petersburg) timezone. Oakland City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47660.

Oakland City emerges from the flat, industrious sprawl of southwestern Indiana as a quiet intersection of open fields and modest, sturdy architecture. It lies 18.9 miles north-northwest of Warrick, IN (from Warrick, IN: bearing 346°T), and is situated 12.1 miles east of Princeton. Hurricane Creek winds its way through the landscape, carving a subtle path through the earth before the horizon catches the distant, hazy silhouette of the Beech Hills. The air here holds the scent of damp soil and drying stalks, a heavy, grounded atmosphere that settles over the nearby Old Lake, where the water remains still and silver under the afternoon sun. Beyond the edge of town, the terrain shifts into the dense, shadowed canopy of Pike State Forest, while the more utilitarian depressions of the Hoskins Pits mark the rugged character of the surrounding ground.

Oakland City carries the weight of a history rooted in the coal seams and rail lines that once defined the regional economy, leaving behind a pace of life that values the steady endurance of the seasons. The local identity remains tethered to its academic roots, centered on the campus that has long served as a focal point for the surrounding farmland. On quiet weekends, residents gather near the Oakland City Golf Club, where the manicured greens offer a sharp contrast to the wilder, unkempt thickets that border the town. Life here is measured in the slow migration of heavy machinery across the fields and the sound of the wind moving through the woodlots, a persistent reminder of the labor and persistence required to sustain a life in this particular corner of the Midwest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument (Public Artwork) — 0.1 mi, 101° E
Oakland City Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 232° SW
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.8 mi, 058° NE · 20k acres
Town Of Oakland City (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 246° SW
Pike State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 011° N
Sugar Ridge Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 082° E
Peter Britton Cabin (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 013° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of In (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.5 mi, 010° N · 462 acres
Gibson County Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 276° W
Fifty-Eighth Indiana Regiment Monument (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 276° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.3 mi, 275° W
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 275° W
Scales Lake State Beach (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 167° S
Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.1 mi, 271° W
Astra Theatre (Theatre) — 22.7 mi, 081° E
Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 132° SE
Daviess County Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 023° NE
Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 25.9 mi, 273° W
Beall Woods State Park (Nature Reserve) — 26.2 mi, 273° W
Newburgh Academy Of Dance (Arts Centre) — 27.0 mi, 187° S
Traditional Arts Today (Arts Centre) — 27.3 mi, 107° E
Mesker Park Ampitheater (Theatre) — 27.5 mi, 211° SW
Mound E (Historic Ruins) — 28.0 mi, 193° S
Mound B (Historic Ruins) — 28.0 mi, 192° S
Merchand Bridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 28.3 mi, 208° SW
Santa’s Candy Castle (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 123° SE
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 33.1 mi, 057° NE · 204k acres
Hindostan Falls (Attraction) — 33.2 mi, 054° NE
Matthias Scholle House (Museum) — 35.0 mi, 246° SW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 63.2 mi, 226° SW · 274k acres

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