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Saline City Indiana Map

Explore Saline City, 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 Saline City, Indiana

How to Use This Saline City, Indiana Map

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

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	Saline City
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Clay County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.365319
Longitude	-87.132236
Population	329
Density	90.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	47840
Area Code	765
County Seat	Brazil
School District	Clay Community Schools

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About Saline City, Indiana

Saline City is a locality in Clay County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 329. The population density is 90.4 people per km². Saline City is located at 39.3653°N, 87.1322°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47840.

Saline City emerges from the flat, industrious expanse of the Indiana plains where the earth holds a quiet, heavy stillness. It lies 4.8 miles south-southeast of Portage, IN (from Portage, IN: bearing 158°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east of Lake. Birch Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the local terrain, its waters reflecting the pale gray sky as it winds past the edges of the settlement. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land stretches into a mosaic of farmland and woodlot, while the silhouettes of Indian Ridge rise as a distant, hazy suggestion on the horizon. To the north, the landscape opens into the wide, grassy expanse of Wheeler Prairie, providing a sense of scale that makes the low-slung architecture of Saline City feel anchored and permanent. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and turning leaves, a sensory reminder of the cycles that govern the fields.

Saline City retains the echoes of an era defined by the rhythmic pulse of coal extraction and the relentless labor of the rail lines that once anchored the local economy. The legacy of these industries left a particular imprint on the character of the place, favoring a utilitarian strength over any pretense of artifice. Residents often look toward the Chinook Fish And Wildlife Area for recreation, finding a reprieve in the managed habitats that contrast with the working acreage of the surrounding region. Those who seek the stillness of deeper waters might travel the short distance to Dietz Lake, where the surface remains undisturbed by the noise of modern commerce. Life in Saline City follows the steady, predictable motion of the seasons, moving forward with the same quiet endurance found in the limestone foundations of its older structures.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chinook Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 342° N
Finish Line (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 312° NW
Forest Park (Local Park) — 10.1 mi, 002° N
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 001° N
Prairie Creek Park (Local Park) — 11.7 mi, 312° NW
Idle Creek Golf Course (Park) — 11.8 mi, 281° W
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 293° NW
Owen-Putnam State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 12.8 mi, 086° E
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 291° W
Depth of Field (Public Artwork) — 13.1 mi, 309° NW
Freedom Shrine (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 309° NW
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 13.5 mi, 203° SW
Cagles Mill Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 058° NE
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 295° NW
Haley Tower (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 301° NW
Cataract Falls (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 075° E
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 293° NW
Woodlawn Monument Sight (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 298° NW
View of Lower Falls (Viewpoint) — 17.5 mi, 072° E
Lower Cataract Falls (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 072° E
Upper Cataract Falls (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 074° E
Minnehana Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.7 mi, 204° SW
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 20.5 mi, 106° E
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 20.6 mi, 105° E
Putnam County Train Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 036° NE
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 273° W
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.4 mi, 099° E · 16k acres
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 31.0 mi, 267° W
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 40.4 mi, 117° SE · 204k acres
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.7 mi, 119° SE · 13k acres

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