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Smithville-Sanders Indiana Map

Explore Smithville-Sanders, 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 Smithville-Sanders, Indiana

How to Use This Smithville-Sanders, Indiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Smithville-Sanders, 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 Smithville-Sanders.

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	Smithville-Sanders
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Monroe County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.059695
Longitude	-86.510773
Population	3,323
Density	119.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	47401, 47458
Area Code	317
County Seat	Bloomington
School District	Monroe County Community School Corporation

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About Smithville-Sanders, Indiana

Smithville-Sanders is a locality in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,323. The population density is 119.7 people per km². Smithville-Sanders is located at 39.0597°N, 86.5108°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP codes: 47401, 47458.

Smithville-Sanders occupies a quiet intersection of limestone-streaked earth where the drainage of Little Clear Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the landscape. It lies 8.0 miles south of Bloomington, IN (from Bloomington, IN: bearing 174°T), and is situated 19.9 miles west-southwest of Brown. The topography here leans into the rugged character of the region, defined by the proximity of Phillipe Hollow and the distant, hazy silhouette of Pine Ridge rising against the western sky. Within a mile, the expansive, still waters of Monroe Lake hold the reflection of the clouds, anchoring the rural horizon. The air carries a scent of damp soil and mineral dust, a reminder of the bedrock that sits just beneath the surface of the fields. As the light shifts toward evening, the shadows lengthen across the woodlots, turning the gray stone and green canopy into a study of stark, quiet geometry.

Smithville-Sanders grew from the industry of the earth itself, rooted in the extraction of the dense limestone that once provided the foundation for grand civic buildings across the nation. The local economy shifted over decades, moving from the heavy labor of the quarries to a slower, more deliberate pace of life that persists in the small clusters of homes and workshops. Residents often look toward the nearby Monroe Recreation Area for a reprieve from the workday, finding a different kind of stillness in the protected woodlands that connect this place to the broader, wilder stretches of the state. While the heavy machinery of the past has largely fallen silent, the imprint of that labor remains in the texture of the masonry and the rugged resilience of the neighborhood. It is a landscape that demands a certain patience, where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the way the seasons settle over the creek beds and the heavy, enduring stone.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Smithville Diamonds (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 024° NE
Monroe Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 061° NE
Monroe Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.4 mi, 103° E
Pointe Golf and Tennis Resort (Park) — 1.7 mi, 180° S
Underwood-Grandis Tract (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 187° S
Jebediah Springfield (Public Artwork) — 2.2 mi, 181° S
Hoosier Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 3.1 mi, 123° SE · 35 acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 3.1 mi, 123° SE · 204k acres
Dam Overlook Platform (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 182° S
The Cedars (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 239° SW
Firecrafter Leadership Circle (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 096° E
Leaning Tree Point (Viewpoint) — 4.3 mi, 089° E
Morgan - Monroe State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 046° NE
Cutright State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.9 mi, 086° E
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 5.7 mi, 101° E · 13k acres
Shirley Springs Cave (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 314° NW
Large quarry remnants (Historic Ruins) — 6.3 mi, 342° N
Theodore Rose Well House (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 354° N
Conrad Prebys Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 356° N
Herman B Wells Statue (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 354° N
Cascades Falls (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 351° N
Easter Island Figure (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 177° S
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.8 mi, 349° N · 16k acres
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 20.5 mi, 319° NW
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 20.6 mi, 320° NW
Whip-poor-will Woods (Nature Reserve) — 25.7 mi, 053° NE
Tiemeyer's Farm Market Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 27.4 mi, 125° SE
YES Cinema (Cinema) — 33.0 mi, 072° E
Bulleit Stadium (Stadium) — 33.2 mi, 102° E
FLWB Indoor Karting (Theme Park) — 34.9 mi, 189° S

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