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Sandborn Indiana Map

Explore Sandborn, 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 Sandborn, Indiana

How to Use This Sandborn, Indiana Map

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

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	Sandborn
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Knox County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Vincennes)

Latitude	38.896435
Longitude	-87.186679
Population	359
Density	355.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47578
Area Code	812
County Seat	Vincennes
School District	North Knox School Corporation

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About Sandborn, Indiana

Sandborn is a locality in Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 359. The population density is 355.4 people per km². Sandborn is located at 38.8964°N, 87.1867°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Vincennes) timezone. Sandborn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47578.

Sandborn occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana interior, where the horizon stretches wide across a mosaic of cornfields and woodlots. It lies 13.6 miles north of Daviess, IN (from Daviess, IN: bearing 350°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south of Linton. The terrain here holds a subtle, patient flatness, punctuated only by the low-slung geography of Cane Green Bottom just a few miles to the west. A mile from the center of town, the waters of Hill Ditch trace a slow, deliberate path through the earth, marking the land with the quiet persistence of a seasonal pulse. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Briar Ridge provides a faint, serrated edge to the western sky, while the deeper greens of the Greene-Sullivan State Forest offer a dense, shadowed contrast to the open fields nearby. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, honeyed quality, catching the dust motes above the stalks and casting long, amber shadows that seem to stretch the very measure of the afternoon.

Sandborn maintains a rhythm tethered to the cycles of the soil and the legacy of the rail lines that once anchored its early growth. Within the local grid, Sandborn Community Park serves as a gathering point, a small patch of manicured green that anchors the social life of the residents. While the economy remains rooted in the productivity of the surrounding farms, the character of the place is defined by a sturdy, unadorned independence. A few miles away, the waters of South Lake offer a destination for those seeking a moment of stillness, though the true life of the region is found in the slow turn of the seasons and the steady work of the harvest. Here, the air carries the scent of turned earth and dry husks, a sensory reminder of a history built upon the strength of the plain and the persistence of the people who cultivate it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sandborn Community Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 120° SE
Goose Pond Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 011° N
Greene-Sullivan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 332° NW
Elnora Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 088° E
Carnahan Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 7.6 mi, 203° SW
4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 343° N
Phil Harris Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 9.9 mi, 020° N
Minnehana Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 343° N
Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 063° NE
Soldier's Monument (Public Artwork) — 16.4 mi, 177° S
Daviess County Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 177° S
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 18.2 mi, 352° N
Fred A. Jewell (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 036° NE
War Memorial (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 036° NE
Tulip Viaduct (Viewpoint) — 21.8 mi, 055° NE
Robeson Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.6 mi, 235° SW
Houghntan Memorial bridge (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 137° SE
Francis Vigo (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 232° SW
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 24.9 mi, 131° SE · 204k acres
Jug Rock (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 125° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of In (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.4 mi, 192° S · 462 acres
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 187° S · 20k acres
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 34.9 mi, 040° NE
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 35.3 mi, 040° NE
Astra Theatre (Theatre) — 37.5 mi, 158° S
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 37.9 mi, 348° N
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 38.1 mi, 346° N
Large quarry remnants (Historic Ruins) — 38.4 mi, 063° NE
FLWB Indoor Karting (Theme Park) — 38.7 mi, 127° SE
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.8 mi, 077° E · 13k acres

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