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Orleans Indiana Map

Explore Orleans, 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 Orleans, Indiana

How to Use This Orleans, Indiana Map

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

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	Orleans
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Orange County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	38.66172
Longitude	-86.451656
Population	2,108
Density	476.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47452
Area Code	317
County Seat	Paoli
School District	Orleans Community Schools

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About Orleans, Indiana

Orleans is a locality in Orange County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,108. The population density is 476.2 people per km². Orleans is located at 38.6617°N, 86.4517°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Orleans is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47452.

Orleans occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana limestone belt, where the terrain unfolds in a series of subtle rises and shallow depressions that define the local topography. It lies 13.1 miles south-southwest of Crawford, IN (from Crawford, IN: bearing 193°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-southeast of Mitchell. Tom Rice Hill rises with modest prominence just two miles away, anchoring a horizon that is otherwise composed of a mosaic of woodlots and agricultural fields. The air here carries a distinct clarity, particularly as the low-hanging afternoon sun catches the pale, weathered stone of older foundations, illuminating the geological character of the earth beneath. To the west, the landscape dips toward the path of the Lost River, a subterranean wanderer that periodically emerges to carve its way through the limestone, while the deeper greenery of the Hoosier National Forest begins to assert itself just four miles out, offering a dense, shadowed contrast to the open fields of the immediate vicinity.

History in Orleans is measured in the steady, rhythmic persistence of its architecture and the enduring influence of the regional stone industry that once propelled the local economy. The legacy of these quarries is written into the very masonry of the older buildings, where the sturdy, gray-white blocks stand as a silent record of the labor that shaped the region. While the pace of life remains deliberate and grounded, the influence of the nearby Pioneer Mothers Memorial Forest provides a sense of continuity with the past, preserving a fragment of the primeval landscape that settlers encountered centuries ago. Life in Orleans proceeds with an unforced cadence, whether one is navigating the quiet streets or venturing out toward the distant, tranquil waters of Tucker Lake, thirteen miles away, or traversing the hidden, quiet depths of Burnett Hollow.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 232° SW · 204k acres
Mitchell Sinkhole Plain Nature Preserve (State Park) — 4.4 mi, 013° N
Spring Mill State Park (State Park) — 4.4 mi, 010° N
Donaldson Woods Addition Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 024° NE
Lawrence Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 344° N
Twin Caves (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 027° NE
Donaldson Woods Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 029° NE
Grissom Memorial (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 024° NE
Bronson Cave (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 027° NE
Donaldson Cave (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 022° N
Hamer Cave (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 015° N
Mitchell Peewee League And Babe Ruth League Ballpark (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 353° N
Wilson Monument (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 022° N
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 347° N
Paoli Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 8.8 mi, 201° S
Grace Prow Hinkle (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 182° S
Gory Hole Cave Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 10.5 mi, 315° NW · 20 acres
FLWB Indoor Karting (Theme Park) — 11.1 mi, 231° SW
Springs Stadium (Cinema) — 11.5 mi, 227° SW
Indiana Railway Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 230° SW
French Lick West Baden Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 230° SW
Martin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 12.5 mi, 273° W
Springs Valley State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.4 mi, 204° SW
Stone Crucifix (Public Artwork) — 13.7 mi, 353° N
Tiemeyer's Farm Market Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 22.6 mi, 059° NE
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.1 mi, 011° N · 13k acres
Leaning Tree Point (Viewpoint) — 27.6 mi, 002° N
Astra Theatre (Theatre) — 32.0 mi, 234° SW
Large quarry remnants (Historic Ruins) — 33.9 mi, 351° N
Harrison-Crawford State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 34.1 mi, 165° S

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