Stone Bluff Indiana Map

About Stone Bluff, Indiana

Stone Bluff is a locality in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 134. The population density is 74.5 people per km². Stone Bluff is located at 40.1700°N, 87.2528°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47987.

Stone Bluff emerges from the landscape where the land flattens into a mosaic of woodlots and heavy, dark soil. It lies 5.7 miles southeast of Fountain, IN (from Fountain, IN: bearing 130°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south of Attica. Coal Creek carves a narrow, rhythmic path past the outskirts, its water reflecting the pale Indiana sky as it moves toward the deeper basins. Beyond the immediate fields, the horizon holds the faint, jagged suggestion of Devils Backbone, a silent gray silhouette against the afternoon haze. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and cooling iron, a weight that settles over the fields long before the sun loses its heat. Four miles away, the Portland Arch Nature Preserve (Original) offers a starker topography, where rock formations suggest the ancient, slow labor of geology that defines the quiet character of the ground beneath Stone Bluff.

Stone Bluff persists as a place built on the steady, unremarkable commerce of the interior, where the economy has long leaned into the yields of the surrounding acreage and the persistence of local trade. Men and women here move with a deliberate pace, acknowledging the history of the region in the way they maintain their fences and the brick facades of the main thoroughfare. To the west, the deeper depressions of Rattlesnake Hollow drain the overflow of seasonal rains, while those seeking stillness often venture toward the edges of Shawnee Lake. Life in Stone Bluff is measured by the changing color of the corn and the brief, bright intensity of a summer thunderstorm. It is a location of practical habits, where the evening light pulls long shadows across the pavement, grounding every resident in the simple, unyielding fact of the horizon.

About This Stone Bluff Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stone Bluff, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.170038, -87.252787. 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 Stone Bluff includes the ZIP code (47987), telephone area code (765), county seat of Fountain County (Covington), and school district assignment (Southeast Fountain School Corporation).

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.