Explore West Baden Springs, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Baden Springs, 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 West Baden Springs.
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 | West Baden Springs |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Orange County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 38.565332 |
| Longitude | -86.611103 |
| Population | 541 |
| Density | 191.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 47469 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| County Seat | Paoli |
| School District | Springs Valley Community School Corporation |
West Baden Springs occupies a basin carved by the persistent, rhythmic passage of French Lick Creek, which cuts a narrow path through the limestone-heavy floor of the valley. It lies 21.1 miles northeast of Jasper, IN (from Jasper, IN: bearing 55°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west of Paoli. The surrounding landscape is defined by the shadowed depths of Dry Hollow and the distant, undulating silhouette of Moores Ridge, which holds the horizon in a perpetual, muted embrace. Beyond the immediate terrain, the verdant density of Hoosier National Forest presses inward, its timbered slopes softening the lines of the earth. Light here gathers in the lower reaches of the valley, thickening as the afternoon wanes until the air itself seems to take on the mineral weight of the water that once drew travelers from across the continent.
West Baden Springs maintains a singular identity forged by a legacy of curative waters and the grand, circular architecture that still defines its skyline. Economic shifts have moved the focus from the Victorian-era pursuit of wellness to a modern reliance on service and hospitality, yet the town retains an atmosphere of quiet industry punctuated by the seasonal migration of visitors. Life in West Baden Springs follows the slow, deliberate pulse of the regional calendar, where the proximity to the expansive Hoosier National Forest offers a constant, wild counterpoint to the manicured grounds of its historic structures. Whether one wanders toward the quiet periphery of Tucker Lake or observes the way the evening mist settles into the low-lying fields, the place feels anchored by a stubborn, enduring sense of its own scale.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Baden Springs, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.565332, -86.611103. 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 West Baden Springs includes the ZIP code (47469), telephone area code (317), county seat of Orange County (Paoli), and school district assignment (Springs Valley Community School Corporation).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |