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Switz City Indiana Map

Explore Switz 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 Switz City, Indiana

How to Use This Switz City, Indiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Switz 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 Switz 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	Switz City
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Greene County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.035
Longitude	-87.053
Population	268
Density	512.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47465
Area Code	317
County Seat	Bloomfield
School District	White River Valley School District

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About Switz City, Indiana

Switz City is a locality in Greene County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 268. The population density is 512.3 people per km². Switz City is located at 39.0350°N, 87.0530°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Switz City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47465.

Switz City occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana interior, where the horizon remains wide and the sky asserts an immense, pale gravity over the flat, agrarian grid. It lies 23.5 miles north-northeast of Daviess, IN (from Daviess, IN: bearing 12°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east of Linton. The landscape, defined by a mosaic of woodlots and heavy, dark soil, yields to the slow, meandering currents of Lattas Creek as it carves a path through the low-lying plains. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of Persimmon Ridge punctuates the skyline, reminding the observer of the ancient geological patience that shaped this region. In the quiet hours of dusk, the air cools rapidly, carrying the sharp, honest scent of damp earth and drying corn stalks, while the light settles into a bruised, violet stillness that seems to suspend Switz City in a perpetual, contemplative pause.

Switz City carries the weight of a long agricultural tradition, functioning as a silent intersection where the machinery of modern farming meets the enduring legacy of the regional rail lines. The local economy remains anchored to the harvest, drawing rhythm from the seasonal cycles that dictate the pulse of life here, while the proximity of the Greene County Fairgrounds serves as a persistent focal point for community gathering and seasonal industry. Beyond the immediate fields, the dense, shadowed canopy of the Greene-Sullivan State Forest provides a wild contrast to the orderly, human-tended rows that dominate the basin-like stretches of the Long Bed. Though the pace is measured and the days are marked by the simple, repetitive labor of the land, there is a distinct, unyielding character to the place, a stubborn persistence that remains even when the sun dips below the distant, featureless horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Greene County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 091° E
Goose Pond Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 251° W
Phil Harris Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 270° W
Linton City Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 272° W
Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 115° SE
Eel River Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 7.1 mi, 042° NE
Fred A. Jewell (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 035° NE
War Memorial (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 035° NE
Greene-Sullivan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.7 mi, 263° W
4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 268° W
Martin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.8 mi, 113° SE
Tulip Viaduct (Viewpoint) — 11.1 mi, 075° E
Minnehana Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 287° W
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 315° NW
Soldiers Memorial Pavilion (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 042° NE
Civil War Cannons (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 042° NE
Owen County Art Guild (Arts Centre) — 23.0 mi, 042° NE
Owen County War Memorial (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 042° NE
Tivoli Theater (Cinema) — 23.4 mi, 042° NE
Daviess County Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 194° S
Large quarry remnants (Historic Ruins) — 28.2 mi, 074° E
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 28.5 mi, 156° SE · 204k acres
Jebediah Springfield (Public Artwork) — 29.1 mi, 091° E
Conrad Prebys Amphitheater (Theatre) — 30.0 mi, 072° E
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.1 mi, 056° NE · 16k acres
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 331° NW
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 329° NW
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 34.0 mi, 353° N
Robeson Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 34.2 mi, 229° SW
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.6 mi, 091° E · 13k acres

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