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Rising Sun Indiana Map

Explore Rising Sun, 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 Rising Sun, Indiana

How to Use This Rising Sun, Indiana Map

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

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	Rising Sun
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Ohio County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.949505
Longitude	-84.853838
Population	2,248
Density	577.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47040
Area Code	317, 463
County Seat	Rising Sun
School District	Rising Sun-Ohio County Community Schools

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About Rising Sun, Indiana

Rising Sun is a locality in Ohio County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,248. The population density is 577.9 people per km². Rising Sun is located at 38.9495°N, 84.8538°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Rising Sun is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47040.

Rising Sun emerges from the riverbank where the broad, steady currents of the Ohio River define the very edge of the horizon. It lies 13.6 miles east-northeast of Switzerland, IN (from Switzerland, IN: bearing 57°T), and is situated 8.8 miles southwest of Burlington. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, fertile silt of the river valley, giving way to the shadowed depth of Bogus Hollow just a mile inland. To the west, the land rises toward the spine of Dutch Ridge, a quiet wall of earth that guards the town from the wider, flatter expanses of the interior. The light at dusk here carries a peculiar, golden weight, catching the silt-heavy water and turning the surface into a sheet of hammered copper that seems to hold the warmth of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the trees. Nearby, the greenery of Conservancy Park at Belleview provides a sanctuary of tall hardwoods, while the deeper stillness of Lake Jeanclia rests only nine miles away, a quiet mirror tucked into the topography of the woods.

History in Rising Sun remains anchored to the commerce of the water, a legacy of steamboat stops and the slow, deliberate movement of goods that once dictated the pace of human life. The local economy has shifted from the frantic industry of the past to a more measured existence, yet the brick facades of the downtown corridor still hold the rigid, industrious character of the nineteenth century. One can feel the weight of the nineteenth-century architecture, built by men who looked to the river as the only road that mattered, and whose labor shaped the patterns of the streets. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, the people here maintain a quiet connection to the cycles of the earth and the river, finding a rhythm that is neither hurried nor stagnant, but simply persistent, like the slow, inevitable creep of the Ohio River against the limestone banks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Red Wolf Sanctuary (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 277° W
Fulton Burying Ground (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 008° N
Camargo Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 040° NE
Middle Creek Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 043° NE
Dinsmore Woods State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 031° NE
Big Bone Lick State Historic Site (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 127° SE
Dr. Norman and Martha Adair Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 116° SE
Laughery Creek Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 300° NW
Caution (Viewpoint) — 7.5 mi, 166° S
Vineyard Golf Course (Park) — 7.6 mi, 204° SW
Aurora Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.6 mi, 340° N
Burlington Firefighters Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 054° NE
2020 Senior Players (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 096° E
Stargazer Planetarium (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 022° N
4d Special Efects (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 022° N
The Oxbow (Nature Reserve) — 11.4 mi, 003° N
Saber-Tooth Cat (Public Artwork) — 12.7 mi, 057° NE
Rosebrook Art Center (Arts Centre) — 12.9 mi, 073° E
Dietz Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.1 mi, 070° E
Bullock Pen Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 136° SE
Batthery Bates (Historic Ruins) — 18.7 mi, 063° NE
Versailles State Park (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 289° W
Cincinnati Type & Print Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 056° NE
Robert D. Lindner Family Omnimax Theater (Cinema) — 20.3 mi, 057° NE
Cincinnati History Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 057° NE
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 057° NE
Duke Energy Children’s Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 057° NE
Purple Paisley, Local Artisan Shop (Gallery) — 20.7 mi, 063° NE
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.6 mi, 270° W · 16k acres

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