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Glenford Ohio Map

Explore Glenford, 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 Glenford, Ohio

How to Use This Glenford, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	39.888122
Longitude	-82.317094
Population	165
Density	563.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	43739
Area Code	740
County Seat	New Lexington
School District	Northern Local School District

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About Glenford, Ohio

Glenford is a locality in Perry County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 165. The population density is 563.8 people per km². Glenford is located at 39.8881°N, 82.3171°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Glenford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 43739.

Glenford occupies a quiet, unassuming stretch of land where the persistent, muddy pulse of Jonathan Creek dictates the rhythm of the local topography. It lies 11.5 miles southeast of Heath, OH (from Heath, OH: bearing 144°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-southeast of Buckeye Lake. The landscape here is characterized by the modest, rounded elevations of a region shaped by ancient glacial shifts, where the air holds the heavy, cooling moisture of the inland plains. Five miles to the west, the quiet silhouette of Eagle Nest Hill rises against the sky, serving as a silent sentinel over the surrounding fields. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, bruised quality, casting long shadows that seem to stretch from the creek beds toward the distant, tree-lined horizon, grounding the village in a stillness that feels both permanent and deeply earned.

History in Glenford lingers in the weathered brick of older structures and the lingering memory of an economy once tethered to the extraction of the earth’s resources. Residents often look toward the nearby Hanby Wildlife Area for a reprieve from the daily grind, finding solace in the dense, tangled undergrowth that remains largely undisturbed by modern encroachment. While the larger industrial hum of the state echoes faintly in the periphery, life here is defined by the proximity of Perry State Forest and the quiet, reflective surface of Crane Lake, located just six miles away. The people carry themselves with a steady, pragmatic grace, moving through a landscape that demands little but offers a deep, quiet connection to the cycles of the seasons and the slow, deliberate turning of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Secret Dreams Festival in Legend Valley (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 306° NW
Hanby Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 264° W
Perry County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 171° S
Rushcreek Golf Course (Park) — 5.9 mi, 218° SW
Taft Reserve (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 347° N
Harbor Hills Golf Course (Park) — 7.1 mi, 298° NW
Dawes Arboretum (Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 317° NW
Perry State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 150° SE
Buckeye Lake State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 290° W
American Electric Power - Avondale Wildlife Area (Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 114° SE
Dillon Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.8 mi, 020° N
The Works (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 340° N
10 Commandments (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 339° N
Attack On America (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 339° N
John Lincoln Clem Monument (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 339° N
Licking County Historical Society (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 337° NW
National Trail Raceway (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 292° W
Ohio Historical Society Pottery Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 119° SE
Dillon Reservoir Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.3 mi, 029° NE
Owens Mound (Historic Ruins) — 14.6 mi, 332° NW
Alligator Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 15.9 mi, 322° NW
Robbins Hunter Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 319° NW
Art @ 43023 (Gallery) — 16.4 mi, 319° NW
Kussmaul Gallery (Gallery) — 16.4 mi, 319° NW
Granville Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 16.4 mi, 319° NW
Y Bridge Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 16.6 mi, 077° E
Girl UPcycled Studio (Gallery) — 16.6 mi, 078° E
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 16.7 mi, 177° S · 243k acres
Muskingum River State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 059° NE
Wayne Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 32.4 mi, 160° S · 1,082 acres

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