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Saint Meinrad Indiana Map

Explore Saint Meinrad, 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 Saint Meinrad, Indiana

How to Use This Saint Meinrad, Indiana Map

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

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.

CitySaint Meinrad
StateIndiana (IN)
CountySpencer County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude38.171167
Longitude-86.809158
Population880
Density35.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code47577
Area Code812
County SeatRockport

About Saint Meinrad, Indiana

Saint Meinrad is a locality in Spencer County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 880. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Saint Meinrad is located at 38.1712°N, 86.8092°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 47577.

Saint Meinrad anchors a landscape of quiet, agrarian persistence, defined by the narrow, winding course of Blackhawk Creek as it cuts through the dense woodland. It lies 13.4 miles northwest of Perry, IN (from Perry, IN: bearing 323°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-northeast of Santa Claus. The terrain here rises in modest, verdant swells, a prelude to the distant, hazy silhouette of Fox Ridge that defines the horizon to the east. A mile or two from the center, the landscape dips into the quiet moisture of Meinrad Hollow, while the surface of Saint Meinrad Lake mirrors the heavy, humid sky of late summer. The air in these woods, bordered by the protected tracts of Ferdinand State Forest and the Spencer County State Forest, holds a stillness that seems to thicken as the shadows lengthen across the surrounding cornfields and timber patches.

Monastic life has directed the pulse of Saint Meinrad since its founding, creating an economy and a culture tethered to the enduring presence of the archabbey. The daily rhythm is marked by the tolling of bells, a sound that carries over the limestone architecture and the brick facades of the local workshops. This is a place where the labor of the land meets a deliberate, contemplative pace, as residents balance agricultural traditions with the intellectual demands of a historic seminary. Travelers find themselves in a pocket of Indiana where the horizon is not dominated by commerce, but by the spires that rise from the canopy, reminding all that the character of Saint Meinrad remains rooted in a long-standing commitment to silent prayer and steady, manual work.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Ferdinand State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 010° N
  • Christ the Victor (Public Artwork) — 4.6 mi, 322° NW
  • Traditional Arts Today (Arts Centre) — 4.7 mi, 321° NW
  • Santa’s Candy Castle (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 233° SW
  • Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 7.5 mi, 078° E · 204k acres
  • Perry County Wildlife Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 114° SE
  • Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 249° W
  • Dubois County Park (Local Park) — 10.5 mi, 340° N
  • Lincoln Cabin Site Memorial (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 251° W
  • Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 247° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.0 mi, 316° NW
  • Little Pigeon Creek Wetland Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 259° W
  • Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 177° S
  • Patoka Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 027° NE
  • Cinema 66 (Cinema) — 16.3 mi, 170° S
  • Astra Theatre (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 336° NW
  • Hoosier Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 18.1 mi, 152° SE · 35 acres
  • Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.0 mi, 305° NW · 20k acres
  • Springs Valley State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 25.8 mi, 033° NE
  • O'bannon Woods State Park (State Park) — 26.1 mi, 088° E
  • French Lick West Baden Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 021° N
  • Springs Stadium (Cinema) — 28.2 mi, 023° NE
  • Indiana Railway Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 021° N
  • Harrison-Crawford State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 28.5 mi, 088° E
  • FLWB Indoor Karting (Theme Park) — 29.0 mi, 022° N
  • Marengo Cave (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 061° NE
  • O'Bannon Woods Fire Tower (Viewpoint) — 29.4 mi, 086° E
  • Hindostan Falls (Attraction) — 31.3 mi, 356° N
  • Jug Rock (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 001° N
  • Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.5 mi, 239° SW · 2,073 acres

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About This Saint Meinrad Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Saint Meinrad, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.171167, -86.809158. 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 Saint Meinrad includes the ZIP code (47577), telephone area code (812), county seat of Spencer County (Rockport), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.