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Velpen Indiana Map

Explore Velpen, 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 Velpen, Indiana

How to Use This Velpen, Indiana Map

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

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	Velpen
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Pike County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Petersburg)

Latitude	38.355329
Longitude	-87.101948
Population	57
Density	124.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	47590
Area Code	812
County Seat	Petersburg
School District	Pike County School Corporation

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About Velpen, Indiana

Velpen is a locality in Pike County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 57. The population density is 124.8 people per km². Velpen is located at 38.3553°N, 87.1019°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Petersburg) timezone. ZIP code: 47590.

Velpen emerges from the flat, stubborn soil of southern Indiana, defined by the quiet intersection of rail lines and the heavy, humid silence of the regional landscape. It lies 9.6 miles west-southwest of Jasper, IN (from Jasper, IN: bearing 255°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west-northwest of Huntingburg. The earth here holds the character of the Midwest, shifting from orderly rows of corn and soybean to the dense, tangled thickets of Pike State Forest just three miles away. A mile from the center, the Patoka River carves a slow, muddy path through the undergrowth, its movement barely perceptible as it feeds the wetlands of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge. When the sun dips low, the light catches the dust motes over the fields, turning the sky a bruised violet and casting long, skeletal shadows that stretch toward the distant, hazy rise of Turkey Hill.

Velpen carries the weight of a past built on the extraction of coal and the steady, rhythmic labor of the locomotive, a legacy that still echoes in the low rumble of passing freight cars. Life moves according to the demands of the seasons and the maintenance of the nearby tracks, leaving the inhabitants to find a measured comfort in the permanence of the surrounding woodlots. Four miles toward the horizon, the surface of Augusta Lake remains a flat, dark mirror, undisturbed by the modern velocity that defines the world beyond these borders. Economic life remains tethered to the land and the industry that once thrived in the shadow of the Hoskins Pits, fostering a culture of self-reliance where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual changing of the leaves and the slow, inevitable return of the Patoka River to its banks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.8 mi, 238° SW · 20k acres
Pike State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 332° NW
Sugar Ridge Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 259° W
Jasper Youth Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.7 mi, 085° E
Huntingburg Country Club (Park) — 7.9 mi, 120° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.3 mi, 118° SE
Jasper Flagpole (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 079° E
Jasper Parklands (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 070° E
Astra Theatre (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 075° E
Lions Club Park (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 077° E
Jasper Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 070° E
Jasper Desk Community Service Placard (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 076° E
Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument (Public Artwork) — 13.2 mi, 265° W
Farm Service Agency Interest Of In (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.7 mi, 314° NW · 462 acres
Traditional Arts Today (Arts Centre) — 15.8 mi, 125° SE
Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 16.9 mi, 166° S
Santa’s Candy Castle (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 148° SE
Daviess County Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 350° N
Scales Lake State Beach (State Park) — 21.5 mi, 201° S
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 22.3 mi, 041° NE · 204k acres
Hindostan Falls (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 036° NE
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 270° W
Jug Rock (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 036° NE
French Lick West Baden Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 063° NE
Indiana Railway Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 062° NE
Springs Stadium (Cinema) — 29.9 mi, 063° NE
FLWB Indoor Karting (Theme Park) — 30.1 mi, 062° NE
Springs Valley State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 31.1 mi, 073° E
Newburgh Academy Of Dance (Arts Centre) — 32.4 mi, 211° SW
Robeson Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 33.6 mi, 317° NW

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