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Creola Ohio Map

Explore Creola, 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 Creola, Ohio

How to Use This Creola, Ohio Map

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

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	Creola
State	Ohio (OH)
County	Vinton County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.315347
Longitude	-82.466267
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	45622, 44930
Area Code	937, 419
County Seat	McArthur

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About Creola, Ohio

Creola is a locality in Vinton County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Creola is located at 39.3153°N, 82.4663°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 45622, 44930.

Creola emerges from the low, shaded basins of southeastern Ohio where the earth holds the cool dampness of deep woods and the quiet persistence of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 19.5 miles west of Athens, OH (from Athens, OH: bearing 267°T), and is situated 4.8 miles north of McArthur. Brushy Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its waters pulling away from the higher elevations of The Pinnacle to collect in the moisture-rich soil of Mitchell Hollow. The light here filters through the dense canopy of Wayne National Forest, which blankets the surrounding terrain in a thick, verdant layer that seems to absorb the noise of the modern world. In the autumn, the air turns crisp and carries the scent of decaying leaves and woodsmoke, a reminder that the land is dictated by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the industrial corridors further north.

Creola maintains a tether to the rugged history of the region, where the economy was once defined by the extraction of raw earth and the labor of the timber trade. The legacy of those early extractive days remains visible in the quiet, weathered architecture that dots the landscape, standing as functional relics of a time when the local economy relied heavily on the bounty of the nearby Zaleski State Forest. While the bustle of larger centers remains hundreds of miles away, the character of the place is defined by a sturdy independence and a profound connection to the surrounding wilderness. Residents often look toward the distant silhouettes of the ridgelines or travel the nine miles to Lake Rupert to find a mirror for the sky, content in a life that values the stillness of the hollows and the enduring, unadorned beauty of the Ohio interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 0.5 mi, 300° NW · 243k acres
Zaleski State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 131° SE
Turkey Ridge Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 079° E
Hocking Hills State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 326° NW
Hope Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 6.8 mi, 080° E
Ash Cave (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 324° NW
Lower Falls Lookout (Viewpoint) — 9.1 mi, 333° NW
Devils Tea Table (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 086° E
Table Rock/Fat Mans Squeeze (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 335° NW
Vinton Furnace Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 11.2 mi, 162° S
Airplane Rock (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 332° NW
Lake Alma State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 191° S
Stroth-Rader Habitat Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 12.7 mi, 193° S
Memory Garden (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 193° S
David Ousley Memorial Field (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 197° S
Soldier's Square (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 193° S
Hocking Canal Lock 19 (Historic Ruins) — 13.7 mi, 044° NE
Ten Commandments (Public Artwork) — 15.8 mi, 011° N
Wayne Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 17.0 mi, 069° E · 1,082 acres
Trisolini Gallery (Gallery) — 19.5 mi, 088° E
Athena Cinema (Cinema) — 19.5 mi, 087° E
The School of Visual Communication Gallery (Gallery) — 19.6 mi, 087° E
Passionworks (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 087° E
Ohio University Art Gallery (Gallery) — 19.7 mi, 087° E
Scioto Trail State Forest (State Recreation Area) — 22.4 mi, 250° W
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.0 mi, 135° SE · 6,562 acres

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