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Glouster Ohio Map

Explore Glouster, 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 Glouster, Ohio

How to Use This Glouster, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	39.503126
Longitude	-82.084589
Population	1,659
Density	489.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	45732
Area Code	937
County Seat	Athens
School District	Trimble Local School District

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About Glouster, Ohio

Glouster is a locality in Athens County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,659. The population density is 489.3 people per km². Glouster is located at 39.5031°N, 82.0846°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Glouster is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 45732.

Glouster occupies a basin where the landscape presses inward, defined by the persistent, winding presence of Sunday Creek. It lies 12.0 miles north of Athens, OH (from Athens, OH: bearing 4°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east-northeast of Nelsonville. The terrain rises toward the slopes of Taylor Ridge, casting long, bruised shadows across the valley floor as the sun dips behind the incline. Beyond the immediate clearing, the density of the Wayne National Forest - Athens Ranger District - Athens Unit exerts a quiet pressure on the horizon, its timbered expanses holding the damp, earthen scent of a region carved by ancient shifts in the bedrock. Within the local geography, Glouster Memorial Park serves as an open, level anchor for the inhabitants, a place where the light at dusk flattens against the grass, turning the sky a muted, industrial gray before the stars assert themselves over the hollows.

Coal once dictated the rhythm of Glouster, its veins running deep through the earth and defining the lives of those who labored in the dark to extract the fuel that powered a distant, hungry nation. Today, the economy bears the quiet, weathered patina of a post-industrial transition, where the echoes of the mines have settled into the stillness of a life lived closer to the land. Residents look toward Oakdale Hollow or the nearby waters of Burr Oak Reservoir for a reprieve from the weight of history, finding a different kind of industry in the seasonal cycles of the woods. For those who seek the deeper silence of the hills, the Wild Cat Hollow Hiking Trail offers a passage through the dense, tangled fiber of the woods, far removed from the clamor of the main roads that once served the bustling coal tipples.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Glouster Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 191° S
Wallace H. O'Dowd Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 296° NW
Taylor Ridge Wildlife Area (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 244° SW
Valley Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 167° S
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 1.7 mi, 034° NE · 243k acres
Burr Oak State Park (State Park) — 2.1 mi, 061° NE
Burr Oak Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 043° NE
Forest Hills Golf Course (Park) — 2.4 mi, 079° E
Burr Oak Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 027° NE
Wayne Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 4.2 mi, 197° S · 1,082 acres
Sunday Creek Coal Co Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 294° NW
Lindy's Lookout (Viewpoint) — 6.9 mi, 192° S
Tinker's Cave (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 291° W
Central School Bell (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 250° W
Peach Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.4 mi, 181° S
Hocking Canal Lock 19 (Historic Ruins) — 11.3 mi, 253° W
Quaker Meeting House (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 095° E
Passionworks (Arts Centre) — 11.9 mi, 184° S
Cube 4 Gallery (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 183° S
Ohio University Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 184° S
Athena Cinema (Cinema) — 12.1 mi, 184° S
The School of Visual Communication Gallery (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 184° S
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 184° S
The Green Lady / "American Woman" (Public Artwork) — 12.3 mi, 184° S
Muskingum River State Park (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 052° NE
Devils Tea Table (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 219° SW
Twin City Opera House (Cinema) — 15.9 mi, 051° NE
Acadia Cliffs Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.9 mi, 135° SE
Hope Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 229° SW
Ohio Historical Society Pottery Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 360° N

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