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Indian Lake Missouri Map

Explore Indian Lake, Missouri, 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 Lake, Missouri

How to Use This Indian Lake, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Indian Lake, Missouri. 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 Missouri 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 Lake.

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 Lake
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Crawford County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.102648
Longitude	-91.453418
Population	689
Density	185.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	65453
Area Code	573
County Seat	Steelville
School District	Crawford County R-2 School District

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About Indian Lake, Missouri

Indian Lake is a locality in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 689. The population density is 185.3 people per km². Indian Lake is located at 38.1026°N, 91.4534°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 65453.

Indian Lake spreads across a landscape defined by the persistent, winding path of Brush Creek, which carves a modest channel through the thick Missouri soil. It lies 19.9 miles east-northeast of Rolla, MO (from Rolla, MO: bearing 61°T), and is situated 3.2 miles northwest of Cuba. Beyond the immediate water, the terrain rises into low, unassuming elevations that suggest the distant, hazy blue silhouette of the Lower Narrows far to the horizon. The light here settles heavily in the afternoons, turning the fields a dusty, muted gold before the evening shadows stretch across the meadows. A few miles away, the quiet expanse of Unknown Park offers a respite of tangled brush and hardwoods, while the deep, quiet depression of Grant Hollow draws the eye toward the southern reaches of the county. The air maintains a dry, earthen clarity, smelling of damp limestone and the encroaching grasses that define the transition between the plains and the rugged, timbered reaches farther south.

Indian Lake sustains a quiet economy rooted in the cyclical demands of regional agriculture and the steady, unadorned labor of those who maintain the surrounding acreage. The history of the locality remains visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture of older outbuildings, which stand as functional artifacts of a time when the land dictated the rhythm of every household. While the Canaan Conservation Area provides a forested buffer nineteen miles away, the immediate life of the place is tethered to the local currents of Brush Creek, which serves as a constant, low-voiced companion to the residents. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a season, where the primary occupations revolve around the maintenance of the land and a modest, self-reliant commerce. People here value a directness of speech that matches the open, uncluttered horizon, finding a particular contentment in the simple permanence of the local geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 124° SE
Crawford County Historical (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 138° SE
Hood Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 122° SE
World's largest rocker (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 191° S
Rosati Towersite (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 220° SW
Riverview Access (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 169° S
Scotts Ford Access (State Recreation Area) — 8.3 mi, 183° S
Woods (Woodson K.) Memorial Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 197° S
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 10.7 mi, 129° SE · 1.5M acres
Canoe Tower (Public Artwork) — 10.7 mi, 151° SE
Old Derby gas station (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 231° SW
Onondaga Cave State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 102° E
Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.6 mi, 086° E
Rt 66 Museum of Phelps Co., - Mule Trading Post (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 240° SW
Meramec State Park (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 067° NE
Ozark Actors Theatre (Theatre) — 20.1 mi, 238° SW
Meramec Caverns (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 064° NE
WWI Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 110° E
Hawkins Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 31.0 mi, 110° E
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 31.1 mi, 111° E
Dr. Martin Hart Plaque (Monument) — 31.2 mi, 192° S
Obstetrics Wing (Monument) — 31.2 mi, 192° S
Dent county museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 188° S
Caldwell Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 37.9 mi, 042° NE
Machine Shop Gallery (Gallery) — 39.6 mi, 038° NE
MMTAS Art Gallery (Gallery) — 39.7 mi, 037° NE
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.2 mi, 010° N · 32k acres
Clara Eitmann Messmer Amphitheater (Theatre) — 41.5 mi, 001° N
Bell Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 43.2 mi, 136° SE · 9,183 acres
Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Wild & Scenic River) — 45.6 mi, 191° S · 53k acres

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