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Petersville Indiana Map

Explore Petersville, 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 Petersville, Indiana

How to Use This Petersville, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	39.224496
Longitude	-85.819986
Population	134
Density	47.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	47203
Area Code	317
County Seat	Columbus
School District	Bartholomew County School Corporation

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About Petersville, Indiana

Petersville is a locality in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 134. The population density is 47.9 people per km². Petersville is located at 39.2245°N, 85.8200°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47203.

Petersville occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana interior, defined by the persistent, low-slung meander of Clifty Creek as it cuts through the heavy clay soil. It lies 3.9 miles east-northeast of Bartholomew, IN (from Bartholomew, IN: bearing 72°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east-northeast of Columbus. The land here holds the light of late afternoon in a way that turns the surrounding woodlots into deep, bruised violet shadows, while the open fields stretch toward the hazy blue suggestion of Pleasant Ridge rising in the far distance. Only two miles to the west, the quiet surface of Suhre Lake breaks the monotony of the flat plains, offering a mirror to the expansive, often turbulent Midwestern sky. The air carries the scent of damp earth and drying corn stalks, a scent that seems to thicken as one nears the banks of Clifty Creek, where the water flows over limestone shelves with a rhythmic, percussive sound that has marked the passage of time for generations.

Petersville maintains a steady, deliberate pace tethered to the cycles of the local agricultural economy and the maintenance of the nearby Mccolloughs Run Park, where the remnants of earlier land-use patterns remain visible in the overgrown fence lines. The history of the place is not written in grand monuments but in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older farmsteads and the way the roads follow the natural contours of the terrain rather than the rigid geometry of the grid. Life in Petersville is a matter of practical endurance, where the proximity to the deeper, more secluded timber of Selmier State Forest serves as a reminder of the wilderness that once dominated this interior landscape. A particular stillness settles over the houses as the sun dips below the horizon, leaving the residents to the quiet hum of a geography that feels both entirely settled and stubbornly wild.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mccolloughs Run Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 257° W
Clifty Creek Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 238° SW
Grace Basin (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 262° W
Lincoln Park (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 267° W
War Memorial (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 253° W
Blackwell Park (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 284° W
Ruddick Monument (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 264° W
Crump Monument (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 263° W
YES Cinema (Cinema) — 5.7 mi, 254° W
Anderson Falls Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 082° E
Lowell Bridge Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 277° W
Driftwood Public Fishing Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 306° NW
Grouse Ridge Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.2 mi, 237° SW
Whip-poor-will Woods (Nature Reserve) — 16.8 mi, 283° W
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 17.6 mi, 235° SW · 204k acres
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.8 mi, 177° S · 16k acres
Showplace Cinemas Seymour (Cinema) — 18.1 mi, 183° S
Endicott Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 18.6 mi, 179° S
Bulleit Stadium (Stadium) — 19.0 mi, 194° S
Brown County State Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 253° W
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.8 mi, 243° SW · 13k acres
On Stage Live At The Luxe (Arts Centre) — 30.5 mi, 332° NW
Tiemeyer's Farm Market Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 30.8 mi, 208° SW
Buchanan's Station (Historic Castle / Fort) — 36.0 mi, 126° SE
Key Stadium (Stadium) — 37.4 mi, 334° NW
Ransburg Auditorium (Theatre) — 37.4 mi, 333° NW
Conrad Prebys Amphitheater (Theatre) — 37.7 mi, 264° W
Cascades Falls (Attraction) — 38.5 mi, 267° W
Large quarry remnants (Historic Ruins) — 39.3 mi, 262° W
Dam Overlook Platform (Attraction) — 40.1 mi, 248° W

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