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Riley Indiana Map

Explore Riley, 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 Riley, Indiana

How to Use This Riley, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	39.389765
Longitude	-87.300212
Population	238
Density	1021.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	46140, 47871
Area Code	260, 765
County Seat	Terre Haute
School District	Vigo County School Corporation

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About Riley, Indiana

Riley is a locality in Vigo County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 238. The population density is 1021.0 people per km². Riley is located at 39.3898°N, 87.3002°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Riley is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 46140, 47871.

Riley occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean rows. It lies 8.1 miles southeast of Terre Haute, IN (from Terre Haute, IN: bearing 131°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west of Clay. The land settles into a calm, agricultural stillness, defined by a mosaic of woodlots and open fields that catch the pale, amber light of late afternoon. Just a mile away, the historic path of the Wabash and Erie Canal traces the earth, a relic of nineteenth-century ambition that now serves as a soft, overgrown boundary between the past and the present. At the center of this landscape, Lakewood Subdivision Lake holds the reflection of the sky, its surface often undisturbed save for the gentle ripples of a passing breeze. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Indian Ridge offers a reminder of the rising elevations that mark the edge of the regional plains, while the nearby Clay Prairie provides a low-lying basin where the soil remains deep and dark.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Riley, anchoring the community to the slow, seasonal turn of planting and harvest that dictates the pace of local life. The residents maintain a grounded existence, one where the morning air carries the scent of turned earth and the quiet industry of a rural economy. Recreation finds its place at the Idle Creek Golf Course, where the manicured greens provide a stark, vibrant contrast to the surrounding fields. Life in Riley moves with the measured cadence of small-town persistence, defined by the enduring utility of the land and the simple, honest architecture of brick and frame. Here, the passage of time is measured not by the rush of modern transit, but by the way the shadows lengthen across the gravel roads and the muted colors of the plains shift from the verdant greens of summer to the stark, skeletal grays of winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Idle Creek Golf Course (Park) — 2.6 mi, 281° W
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 327° NW
Country Club of Terre Haute (Park) — 4.1 mi, 270° W
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 313° NW
Finish Line (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 023° NE
Fowler Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 227° SW
Proud Elk (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 301° NW
Prairie Creek Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 359° N
Wabash Valley Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 288° W
Chinook Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 032° NE
Freedom Shrine (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 349° N
Little Grassy (Grassie) Pond Game Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 354° N
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 313° NW
Fairbanks Park Boat Ramp (State Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 306° NW
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 307° NW
Haley Tower (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 322° NW
Woodlawn Monument Sight (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 316° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 304° NW
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 314° NW
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 13.0 mi, 045° NE
Green Valley Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.6 mi, 307° NW
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 14.3 mi, 169° S
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 270° W
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.2 mi, 261° W
4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 173° S
View of Lower Falls (Viewpoint) — 25.9 mi, 082° E
Putnam County Train Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 052° NE
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 29.6 mi, 104° E
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 29.7 mi, 104° E
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.5 mi, 100° E · 16k acres

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