Explore Dry Ridge, 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 Dry Ridge, 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 Dry Ridge.
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 | Dry Ridge |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Hamilton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.2539 |
| Longitude | -84.643397 |
| Population | 2,698 |
| Density | 252.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 45252 |
| Area Code | 513 |
| County Seat | Cincinnati |
| School District | Northwest Local School District |
Dry Ridge occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the Midwestern interior, where the land rises into firm, clay-heavy swells that suggest the slow, ancient movement of tectonic plates. Owl Creek carves a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain, its waters often appearing as a dark ribbon of slate that reflects the shifting colors of the canopy above. To the west, the horizon is held by the faint, blue-misted silhouette of the Clifton Hills, while the nearby Zillig Pond remains a still, glass-like presence that traps the amber light of dusk. The air here holds a distinct, crisp weight, carrying the scent of damp earth and cooling limestone that seems to settle in the hollows of the landscape long after the sun has retreated.
St. John The Baptist Church stands as the primary anchor of the local geography, its architecture serving as a grounding point for the daily movements of those who live and work in Dry Ridge. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the surrounding expanse, drawing its character from the proximity of the Miami Whitewater Forest and the productive, open reaches of Harper Meadows. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the steady, cumulative labor of generations who have navigated the transition from agrarian roots to the modern industrial pulse of the region. Life in Dry Ridge proceeds with an unforced cadence, where the intersection of faith and industry creates a persistent, quiet focus, leaving the inhabitants to find their own measure of satisfaction in the changing seasons and the long, steady shadows cast by the trees.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dry Ridge, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.2539, -84.643397. 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 Dry Ridge includes the ZIP code (45252), telephone area code (513), county seat of Hamilton County (Cincinnati), and school district assignment (Northwest 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. |