Explore Pittsboro, 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 Pittsboro, 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 Pittsboro.
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 | Pittsboro |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Hendricks County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.863933 |
| Longitude | -86.466943 |
| Population | 3,682 |
| Density | 382.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 46167 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| County Seat | Danville |
| School District | North West Hendricks Schools |
Pittsboro occupies a broad, level expanse of the Midwestern interior where the horizon holds a stillness that defines the surrounding agricultural mosaic. It lies 3.9 miles west-northwest of Brownsburg, IN (from Brownsburg, IN: bearing 291°T), and is situated 5.9 miles southwest of Fayette. The land yields to a quiet geography of drainage and field, defined most immediately by the low-slung presence of Scamahorn Park, which provides a central green anchor for the local terrain. A mile away, the waters of Hughes Branch trace a modest path through the earth, cutting through the heavy, dark soil that characterizes the regional drainage basins. Six miles to the west, the flat, expansive reach of Seven Mile Prairie spreads outward, while the more distant, shimmering surface of Manor Lake sits seven miles out, a calm mirror under a wide, unobstructed sky that shifts from pale morning violet to a deep, bruised gold as the sun retreats behind the distant silhouettes of woodlots.
Pittsboro maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects its long-standing identity as a place of agrarian roots and modest, sturdy construction. The local economy persists in the rhythm of the seasons, rooted in the cultivation of the surrounding plains and the quiet persistence of small-scale commerce. Life here is measured by the slow turn of the harvest and the hum of machinery that periodically breaks the silence of the flatlands. While the distant, solitary prominence of Keller Hill remains eighteen miles removed, the people of Pittsboro move through their days with an awareness of the vast, open space that surrounds them, a landscape that demands little but offers a profound, uncluttered clarity to those who dwell within its borders.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pittsboro, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.863933, -86.466943. 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 Pittsboro includes the ZIP code (46167), 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 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. |