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Waldron Indiana Map

Explore Waldron, 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 Waldron, Indiana

How to Use This Waldron, Indiana Map

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

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	Waldron
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Shelby County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.45366
Longitude	-85.666921
Population	805
Density	247.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	46182
Area Code	260
County Seat	Shelbyville
School District	Shelby Eastern Schools

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About Waldron, Indiana

Waldron is a locality in Shelby County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 805. The population density is 247.3 people per km². Waldron is located at 39.4537°N, 85.6669°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 46182.

Waldron emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a broad, shifting sky. It lies 7.5 miles southeast of Shelbyville, IN (from Shelbyville, IN: bearing 129°T), and is situated 15.6 miles south-southwest of Rush. Conns Creek winds through the landscape, its slow, muddy current serving as a quiet artery for the fields that press against the edges of the streets. The air here holds the scent of turned earth and drying corn stalks, a dry, honest atmosphere that settles over the low-slung houses and the grid of gravel and asphalt. To the far west, the faint, jagged silhouette of McGuire Ridge occasionally catches the light of a dying sun, a distant reminder of the earth’s more violent shifts, while the local terrain remains defined by the patient, sedimentary accumulation of the Midwestern interior.

Waldron traces its internal logic to the rhythms of agriculture and the steady, mechanical hum of regional industry that keeps its people moving through the seasons. Life here is measured in the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, low-frequency vibration of trucks navigating the rural arteries that connect the nearby farms to wider markets. While residents might travel to Blue River Memorial Park for a sense of curated openness or observe the stillness of Burnside Pit when the summer heat makes the land shimmer, the true character of the place is found in the communal focus on local schools and the quiet diligence of those who work the soil. It is a place where history is not a monument but a continuous, unsentimental effort to maintain the integrity of the homestead and the vitality of the local economy against the encroaching silence of the vast, surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Blue River Memorial Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 322° NW
Meridian Street Aquatic Center (Local Recreation) — 7.1 mi, 303° NW
Little Balser and His Bears (Public Artwork) — 7.6 mi, 310° NW
Sunset Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 310° NW
Shelby County Babe Ruth Park (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 307° NW
Marion Township Memorial Stone (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 332° NW
Greensburg Reservoir Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.8 mi, 135° SE
Lest We Forget (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 129° SE
Spanish American War Veterans Marker (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 129° SE
Princess Theater (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 048° NE
Atterbury Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.9 mi, 252° W
Driftwood Public Fishing Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.2 mi, 246° SW
Biergartens (Viewpoint) — 21.3 mi, 145° SE
YES Cinema (Cinema) — 22.1 mi, 218° SW
On Stage Live At The Luxe (Arts Centre) — 24.9 mi, 297° NW
Whip-poor-will Woods (Nature Reserve) — 27.3 mi, 244° SW
Warren Perfoming Arts Center (Theatre) — 29.3 mi, 323° NW
Indiana State Police Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 322° NW
Memorial and External Flame (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 322° NW
Key Stadium (Stadium) — 30.4 mi, 306° NW
Ransburg Auditorium (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 305° NW
Versailles State Park (State Park) — 32.7 mi, 138° SE
School 15 Arch (Historic Ruins) — 32.8 mi, 313° NW
The Archivist (Gallery) — 33.5 mi, 309° NW
Full Circle 9 Gallery (Gallery) — 33.8 mi, 312° NW
Cheerie Joy Studios (Gallery) — 33.8 mi, 312° NW
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.1 mi, 190° S · 16k acres
Brown County State Park (State Park) — 34.2 mi, 232° SW
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 34.4 mi, 221° SW · 204k acres
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 43.6 mi, 229° SW · 13k acres

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