Indian Hills Kentucky Map
Explore Indian Hills, Kentucky, 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 Indian Hills, Kentucky
How to Use This Indian Hills, Kentucky Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Indian Hills, Kentucky. 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 Kentucky 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 Indian Hills.
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 | Indian Hills |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Russell County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.288218 |
| Longitude | -85.670877 |
| Population | 2,860 |
| Density | 559.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 40324, 41008, 42103, 40207 |
| Area Code | 270, 502 |
| County Seat | Jamestown |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
About Indian Hills, Kentucky
Indian Hills is a locality in Russell County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,860. The population density is 559.4 people per km². Indian Hills is located at 38.2882°N, 85.6709°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Indian Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 40324, 41008, 42103.Indian Hills unfolds across a landscape defined by the persistent, quiet movement of Wolf Creek, which carves a path through the limestone-rich earth. It lies 19.4 miles west-southwest of Somerset, KY (from Somerset, KY: bearing 249°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-southeast of Russell Springs. The terrain here rises in measured swells, creating a sense of permanence where the land feels anchored by the proximity of the Lake Cumberland Wildlife Management Area. Sunlight catches the edge of Mill Hollow at dusk, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the grass and turn the air a deep, cooling violet. The Appalachian Mountains remain a distant, hazy indigo line on the horizon, a suggestion of scale that keeps the immediate, intimate geography of the local woods and meadows firmly in focus.
Indian Hills maintains a character shaped by the steady, deliberate rhythm of the Upper South, where the economy has long been tethered to the slow cultivation of this productive soil. While the influence of the nearby Lake Cumberland provides a backdrop for the regional identity, life in Indian Hills is defined by the deliberate preservation of its shaded residential lanes and its quiet, wooded corridors. The area reflects a history of thoughtful settlement, where the architecture respects the slope of the land rather than seeking to dominate it. Residents carry on with a modest, steady industry, moving through their days with the awareness that they occupy a space where the stillness of the afternoon is as much a part of the local fiber as the limestone beneath the foundations.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Blankenbaker Corner (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 346° N
- Thurman Hutchins (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 254° W
- Louisville Loop (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 278° W
- Six Mile Island State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 355° N
- LeMaster/Signature (Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 247° SW
- WaterWorks Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 253° W
- George Warren Fuller (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 194° S
- Charles Hermany (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 194° S
- Woodlawn Race Course (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 128° SE
- Walden theater (Theatre) — 2.8 mi, 207° SW
- Bingham Park (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 227° SW
- Ash Estates (Local Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 331° NW
- Market Street line sign (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 225° SW
- Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 228° SW
- John Hultgren Photography (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 204° SW
- Heigold House Facade (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 240° SW
- Jeffersonville Overlook (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 251° W
- River Stage and Amphitheater (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 250° W
- Preservation Station Caboose (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 253° W
- Vintage Fire Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 258° W
- Clark County Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 259° W
- Village 8 (Cinema) — 4.3 mi, 152° SE
- Louisville Ballet (Arts Centre) — 4.7 mi, 242° SW
- Wolf Pen Branch Mill (Historic Ruins) — 5.0 mi, 056° NE
- Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 5.4 mi, 017° N
- E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 092° E
- Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 35.9 mi, 284° W · 204k acres
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About This Indian Hills Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Indian Hills, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.288218, -85.670877. 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 Indian Hills includes the ZIP code (40324, 41008, 42103), telephone area code (270, 502), county seat of Russell County (Jamestown), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).
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. |
