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Clay Center Ohio Map

Explore Clay Center, 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 Clay Center, Ohio

How to Use This Clay Center, Ohio Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Clay Center, 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 Clay Center.

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	Clay Center
State	Ohio (OH)
County	Ottawa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.573088
Longitude	-83.364124
Population	262
Density	99.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	43408
Area Code	614
County Seat	Port Clinton
School District	Genoa Area Local School District

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About Clay Center, Ohio

Clay Center is a locality in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 262. The population density is 99.9 people per km². Clay Center is located at 41.5731°N, 83.3641°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Clay Center is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 43408.

Clay Center occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Ohio landscape where the horizon seems to pull the sky down toward the dark, fertile earth. It lies 8.5 miles southeast of Oregon, OH (from Oregon, OH: bearing 131°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east-southeast of Northwood. The land here is defined by its unrelenting levelness, a wide-reaching expanse of fields that drink in the heavy, humid air of the Midwestern summer and turn brittle under the frost of winter. South Branch Turtle Creek carves a quiet, unassuming path through the periphery, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace that mirrors the stillness of the surrounding plains. At the center of this quiet geography, Clay Center Village Park provides a small, green anchor of oaks and open grass, a place where the light at dusk catches the edges of the leaves and turns the atmosphere a bruised, quiet purple.

Limestone and the labor of the earth have long dictated the rhythm of life in Clay Center, as the deep quarries have shaped both the physical ground and the livelihoods of those who dwell here. The industry of the region remains tied to the bedrock, a stubborn persistence that speaks to a history of extraction and steady, mechanical toil. To the north, the vast, shimmering expanse of Lake Erie exerts a subtle pressure on the climate, drawing storms across the flatlands and keeping the air feeling heavy with the weight of distant water. Even as the decades have shifted the focus of the local economy, the people of Clay Center retain a measured, deliberate pace, moving through their days with the same steady endurance found in the ancient, crushed stone that lies beneath their feet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clay Center Village Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 175° S
Chippewa Golf Course (Park) — 2.0 mi, 323° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 259° W
Genoa Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 174° S
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 174° S
Firefighter's Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 176° S
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.0 mi, 064° NE · 21k acres
Grimm Prairie - Ottawa NWR (Nature Reserve) — 6.1 mi, 064° NE
Antique FireHose Reel (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 279° W
Howard Farms Land Acquisition (Local Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 038° NE
Stange Prairie - Ottawa NWR (Nature Reserve) — 6.9 mi, 068° E
Maumee Bay State Park (State Park) — 7.0 mi, 360° N
Mallard Club Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 006° N
Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.3 mi, 015° N · 7,798 acres
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 052° NE
Duck blind (Viewpoint) — 7.6 mi, 003° N
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (Marine Protected Area) — 9.3 mi, 074° E
KeyBank Discovery Theatre (Cinema) — 10.3 mi, 302° NW
City Candy (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 303° NW
Burts Theater (historical) (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 301° NW
Peristyle Theatre (Theatre) — 11.6 mi, 300° NW
Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 203° SW
Fishing, Hicking, Canoeing (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 202° S
Toledo Harbor Light (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 008° N
Fort Miamis (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 270° W
West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.3 mi, 049° NE · 77 acres
Bowling Green Athletics Hall of Fame (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 225° SW
Hudson Gallery (Gallery) — 20.1 mi, 300° NW
Fuller Art House (Gallery) — 20.1 mi, 300° NW
Bowling Green High School Student Artwork (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 227° SW

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