Santa Claus Indiana Map
Explore Santa Claus, 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 Santa Claus, Indiana
How to Use This Santa Claus, Indiana Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Santa Claus, 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 Santa Claus.
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 | Santa Claus |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Spencer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.116065 |
| Longitude | -86.927244 |
| Population | 2,586 |
| Density | 155.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 47579, 47523 |
| Area Code | 812 |
| County Seat | Rockport |
| School District | North Spencer County School Corporation |
About Santa Claus, Indiana
Santa Claus is a locality in Spencer County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,586. The population density is 155.1 people per km². Santa Claus is located at 38.1161°N, 86.9272°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Santa Claus is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 47579, 47523.Santa Claus occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana landscape where the horizon is defined by the steady, muted rise of Theis Ridge in the distance. It lies 15.5 miles west-northwest of Perry, IN (from Perry, IN: bearing 298°T), and is situated 7.7 miles south-southwest of Ferdinand. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, cooling rapidly as the sun dips behind the dense, tangled canopy of the Spencer County State Forest. Nearby, the water of Christmas Lake reflects the darkening sky with a glassy stillness, while Crooked Creek carves a slow, meandering path through the surrounding woodlot and farmland mosaic. To the south, the terrain softens into the quiet, shadowed folds of Meinrad Hollow, grounding the region in a landscape of limestone and persistent, heavy timber.
Santa Claus carries a peculiar history, having shifted from a small, isolated settlement into a destination defined by the whimsy of its own name and the seasonal industry that grew around it. The local economy thrives on this identity, drawing visitors who wander from the gates of Lincoln State Park to the festive corridors that define the business district. Life in Santa Claus moves with a deliberate, measured pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the northern steel works or the high-density urban centers. Even on the busiest afternoons, the shadow of the trees and the quiet, persistent movement of the water in Crooked Creek remind the inhabitant that the land remains older and more permanent than the folklore that keeps the streets bright.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Santa Claus (Public Artwork) — 0.4 mi, 031° NE
- Santa’s Candy Castle (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 103° E
- Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 269° W
- Lincoln's (Sarah) Woods Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 249° W
- Lincoln Cabin Site Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 274° W
- Lincoln State Park (addition) (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 246° SW
- Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 263° W
- Little Pigeon Creek Wetland Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 282° W
- Traditional Arts Today (Arts Centre) — 8.2 mi, 025° NE
- Ferdinand State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 9.0 mi, 084° E
- Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 141° SE
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.5 mi, 351° N
- Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 14.9 mi, 143° SE · 204k acres
- Cinema 66 (Cinema) — 15.3 mi, 143° SE
- Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.1 mi, 326° NW · 20k acres
- Perry County Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 144° SE
- Carpenter Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.6 mi, 188° S
- Astra Theatre (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 359° N
- Hoosier Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 19.3 mi, 129° SE · 35 acres
- Newburgh Academy Of Dance (Arts Centre) — 28.4 mi, 246° SW
- Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.0 mi, 239° SW · 2,073 acres
- Mound B (Historic Ruins) — 31.0 mi, 247° SW
- Chieftan's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 31.2 mi, 247° SW
- Springs Valley State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.6 mi, 038° NE
- French Lick West Baden Museum (Museum) — 34.2 mi, 029° NE
- Springs Stadium (Cinema) — 34.5 mi, 030° NE
- Indiana Railway Museum (Museum) — 34.7 mi, 029° NE
- FLWB Indoor Karting (Theme Park) — 35.2 mi, 029° NE
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 35.2 mi, 082° E
- Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 69.4 mi, 148° SE · 51k acres
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About This Santa Claus Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Santa Claus, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.116065, -86.927244. 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 Santa Claus includes the ZIP code (47579, 47523), telephone area code (812), county seat of Spencer County (Rockport), and school district assignment (North Spencer County 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. |
