Explore Blue Jay, Ohio, 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 Blue Jay, Ohio. 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 Ohio 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 Blue Jay.
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 | Blue Jay |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Hamilton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.238473 |
| Longitude | -84.743972 |
| Population | 1,427 |
| Density | 126.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 45002 |
| Area Code | 513 |
| County Seat | Cincinnati |
| School District | Southwest Local School District |
Blue Jay occupies a quiet expanse of the Ohio landscape where the horizon is defined by the dense, persistent greenery of the Miami Whitewater Forest. It lies 4.0 miles north-northwest of Miami Township Hamilton County, OH (from Miami Township Hamilton County, OH: bearing 348°T), and is situated 6.8 miles northwest of Green Township Hamilton County. The terrain here holds a subtle, earthen weight, characterized by gentle slopes that descend toward the banks of the Dry Fork Whitewater River, which carves a modest path through the local topography. Just a mile away, the surface of Miamiview Golf Course Pond Number One catches the low, golden light of late afternoon, reflecting the sky in a mirror of muted, glassy stillness. To the distance, the silhouette of Jackson Ridge rises as a faint, jagged ink line against the twilight, grounding the expanse in a sense of geological permanence that feels removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs.
History in Blue Jay lingers in the quiet persistence of its land-based economy, which has long favored the patient rhythms of agriculture and local trade over the sprawl of heavy industry. Residents move through their days with a steady, deliberate focus, often finding their way to the paths of the Miami Whitewater Forest to traverse the wooded acreage that defines the local character. While the more demanding trails like Little Turtle Trail lie seven miles away near the distinct depression of Bullitts Bottom, the immediate vicinity remains dedicated to a slower, more deliberate stewardship of the soil. Life here is measured not by grand markers, but by the shifting color of the foliage and the reliable, seasonal passage of the sun across the fields, lending Blue Jay a quiet dignity that remains entirely its own.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blue Jay, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.238473, -84.743972. 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 Blue Jay includes the ZIP code (45002), telephone area code (513), county seat of Hamilton County (Cincinnati), and school district assignment (Southwest Local 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. |