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Chippewa Lake Ohio Map

Explore Chippewa Lake, 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.

Interactive Map of Chippewa Lake, Ohio

How to Use This Chippewa Lake, Ohio Map

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

CityChippewa Lake
StateOhio (OH)
CountyMedina County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude41.069777
Longitude-81.900973
Population654
Density1022.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code44215
Area Code440
County SeatMedina
School DistrictCloverleaf Local School District

About Chippewa Lake, Ohio

Chippewa Lake is a locality in Medina County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 654. The population density is 1022.3 people per km². Chippewa Lake is located at 41.0698°N, 81.9010°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Chippewa Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 44215.

Chippewa Lake anchors the landscape as a glacial kettle depression, its waters held within a basin of heavy, dark soil that defines the low-lying terrain of the region. It lies 5.1 miles south-southwest of Medina, OH (from Medina, OH: bearing 202°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-northwest of Wadsworth. McCabe Creek meanders through the surrounding basin, acting as a quiet artery that feeds the moisture into the local ecosystem before winding away into the dense, inland woodland. The air here carries a heavy, damp stillness, particularly at dusk when the silhouettes of trees blur against the flat, gray horizon. While Hinckley Ridge looms sixteen miles to the east as a distant, jagged line, the immediate vicinity remains defined by the slow, rhythmic expansion of Unknown Park, which preserves the wilder, uncultivated edges of the shoreline.

Economic life around Chippewa Lake has long shifted from the early bustle of seasonal recreation toward a quieter, residential permanence. The remnants of past commerce—the faded paint of old structures and the hollowed-out foundations of former attractions—speak to an era when the area served as a primary destination for those fleeing the soot of the industrial belt. Today, the pace is dictated by the seasonal turnover of the forest and the persistent, slow pulse of the creek. Residents walk paths that trace the water’s edge, observing a landscape that has traded the clamor of crowds for the steady, muted endurance of a place reclaiming its own quietude, far from the influence of any distant, salt-swept coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 000° N
  • Chippewa Lake Acquisition (Local Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 248° W
  • Chippewa Rail Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 056° NE
  • Chippewa Lake 5 (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 234° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 171° S
  • Chippewa Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 198° S
  • Chippewa Inlet Trail 6 (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 344° N
  • Medina County Wildlife Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 205° SW
  • Medina Chapter / Izzak Walton League (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 284° W
  • Westfield Country Club (Park) — 2.5 mi, 200° S
  • Westfield Historical Society (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 210° SW
  • Medina Summit Land Conservancy (State Recreation Area) — 5.6 mi, 285° W
  • "skypark" the Flying Community (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 120° SE
  • Rinky Dink (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 055° NE
  • Bauman Orchards (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 142° SE
  • Waymouth school museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 034° NE
  • Susan Hambley Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 12.3 mi, 021° N
  • Hickory Ridge Cinema (Cinema) — 12.6 mi, 015° N
  • Dedication Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.3 mi, 051° NE
  • Mapleside Farms (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 012° N
  • Victory Gallop Horse Barn (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 057° NE
  • Lake 8 Movies (Cinema) — 15.6 mi, 105° E
  • White Rabbits Galleries (Arts Centre) — 15.6 mi, 104° E
  • Magical Theatre Company (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 104° E
  • Grafton Ghost Light Theatre (Theatre) — 16.2 mi, 331° NW
  • Bronson House Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 356° N
  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park (National Park) — 17.1 mi, 068° E · 19k acres
  • Strong House (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 011° N
  • Michelle C. Reynolds Memorial (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 087° E
  • Wayne Johnson Memorial Gym (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 086° E

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About This Chippewa Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chippewa Lake, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.069777, -81.900973. 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 Chippewa Lake includes the ZIP code (44215), telephone area code (440), county seat of Medina County (Medina), and school district assignment (Cloverleaf 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.