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Croton Ohio Map

Explore Croton, 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 Croton, Ohio

How to Use This Croton, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	40.238674
Longitude	-82.692393
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	43013
Area Code	614
County Seat	Newark

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About Croton, Ohio

Croton is a locality in Licking County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Croton is located at 40.2387°N, 82.6924°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 43013.

Croton occupies a quiet expanse of the Ohio landscape where the earth settles into a slow, deliberate cadence of fields and open sky. It lies 7.2 miles north-northwest of Concord, OH (from Concord, OH: bearing 336°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east of Sunbury. The land here is defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Otter Fork Licking River, which carves a modest path through the soil, and the calm waters of P E Grubb Lake resting nearby. To the east, the horizon is held by the distant, soft silhouettes of the Welsh Hills, providing a frame for the vast, inland plains that stretch away from the village. At Village View Golf Course, the grass catches the slanted, amber light of late afternoon, turning the wide, manicured fairways into a theater for the lengthening shadows of the day.

Croton grew from the patient labor of those who broke the stubborn ground, transforming the fertile soil into a landscape of agriculture and small-scale enterprise that still defines the local economy. The rhythms of the day are dictated by the movement of the seasons and the quiet persistence of a place that values its own internal pace over the frantic speed of the wider world. Residents walk paths that trace the edges of the fields, carrying the history of generations who recognized that true substance is found in the yield of the harvest and the enduring nature of the terrain. Even as the modern world shifts around it, Croton remains anchored to the character of its land, a place where the air holds the smell of turned earth and the quiet dignity of a community that knows its own borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Village View Golf Course (Park) — 0.3 mi, 128° SE
Hartford Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 040° NE
Table Rock Golf Course (Park) — 3.1 mi, 352° N
Ohio to Erie Trail (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 309° NW
Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 360° N
Geographical Center of Ohio (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 000° N
High Point of the Ohio to Erie Trail (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 013° N
Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 272° W
Hoover Reservoir Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 250° W
Rose Taylor Dryer house (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 209° SW
Char-Mar Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 258° W
Oak Grove at Jorgensen Farms (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 220° SW
Eagles Stadium (Stadium) — 12.4 mi, 212° SW
Kerr-Harrington House Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 209° SW
Alum Creek State Park (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 260° W
Alum Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 260° W
Alum Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.5 mi, 277° W
Denison Biological Reserve / Polly Anderson Field Station (Nature Reserve) — 14.1 mi, 140° SE
The Innis Sisters (Public Artwork) — 14.5 mi, 230° SW
Granville Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 14.9 mi, 142° SE
Kussmaul Gallery (Gallery) — 14.9 mi, 142° SE
Art @ 43023 (Gallery) — 14.9 mi, 142° SE
Robbins Hunter Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 142° SE
Westerville Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 239° SW
Knox County Memorial Theatre Building (Theatre) — 15.4 mi, 046° NE
Alligator Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 15.4 mi, 139° SE
Gahanna Woods Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 206° SW
Owens Mound (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 131° SE
Haunted Hootchie (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 190° S
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 45.9 mi, 153° SE · 243k acres

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