Explore Rockville, 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 Rockville, 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 Rockville.
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 | Rockville |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Parke County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.76254 |
| Longitude | -87.229181 |
| Population | 2,510 |
| Density | 649.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 47872 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| County Seat | Rockville |
| School District | North Central Parke Community School Corporation |
Rockville emerges from the vast, undulating mosaic of Indiana farmland and woodlots as a quiet center of gravity for the surrounding plains. It lies 6.4 miles northwest of Parke, IN (from Parke, IN: bearing 313°T), and is situated 13.2 miles southeast of Howard. Beechwood Park anchors the immediate landscape, offering a dense, shaded sanctuary that feels as ancient as the soil itself. A mile away, the persistent trickle of Williams Creek carves a path through the earth, a modest artery that feeds the local moisture and sustains the deep green of the thickets. Further afield, the distant, craggy silhouette of Devils Backbone rises against the horizon like a weathered spine, while the quiet waters of Lakeview Estates Lake reflect the expansive, shifting sky. Sunlight here possesses a particular, heavy clarity at dusk, turning the brick facades of the center into glowing embers of clay and iron.
Rockville maintains a steady, deliberate pulse, defined by an agricultural heritage that remains written into the very geometry of the surrounding fields. The economy remains tethered to this land, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the rhythm of the days and the character of the people who walk its sidewalks. Beyond the immediate grid, the land dips toward Happy Hollow, a basin that holds the cool, damp air of the evening long after the sun has retreated. Every structure, from the sturdy, utilitarian storefronts to the homes shaded by century-old oaks, carries the weight of a local history built on persistence and communal labor. The atmosphere is one of profound, unadorned focus, where the turning of the seasons provides the only true measure of time.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rockville, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.76254, -87.229181. 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 Rockville includes the ZIP code (47872), telephone area code (765), county seat of Parke County (Rockville), and school district assignment (North Central Parke Community School Corporation).
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. |