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Hockingport Ohio Map

Explore Hockingport, 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 Hockingport, Ohio

How to Use This Hockingport, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	39.193645
Longitude	-81.742073
Population	205
Density	185.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	45739
Area Code	937
County Seat	Athens
School District	Federal Hocking Local School District

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About Hockingport, Ohio

Hockingport is a locality in Athens County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 205. The population density is 185.8 people per km². Hockingport is located at 39.1936°N, 81.7421°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 45739.

Hockingport emerges from the confluence of earth and water, where the Hocking River carves a deliberate path through the terrain of Whites Hollow. It lies 21.1 miles east-southeast of Athens, OH (from Athens, OH: bearing 117°T), and is situated 8.4 miles southwest of Blennerhassett. The land here possesses a raw, unvarnished gravity, defined by the low-slung profiles of Youba Ridge that cast long, cooling shadows across the basin as the sun descends. Beyond the immediate banks, the topography rises into the dense, timbered reaches of Shade River State Forest, where the air holds the damp, metallic scent of shale and wet leaves. Two miles distant, the surface of Neal Pond remains perpetually still, reflecting the gray-blue sky like a pane of dark glass set into the quiet floor of the valley.

Hockingport endures as a quiet sentinel of the Appalachian foothills, its character forged by the slow, seasonal labor of the soil and the legacy of river commerce. The local economy persists in the rhythm of small-scale agriculture and timber, a life dictated by the stubborn resilience of the terrain rather than the frantic pace of the industrial centers further north. History here is kept not in grand monuments, but in the enduring stone foundations and the faint, persistent memory of those who navigated the Hocking River long before the modern roads were paved. Life in Hockingport moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, leaving residents to find beauty in the golden light that hits the ridge at dusk or the simple, stark clarity of the woods after a winter frost.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shade River State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 223° SW
Belleville Pools Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.9 mi, 179° S
Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park (State Park) — 7.1 mi, 038° NE
Tefft Memorial Nature Sanctuary Site Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 006° N
Ohio River Forked Run State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 197° S
Putnam Family Library / Belpre Farmers' Library (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 052° NE
Civitan Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 055° NE
Devol’s Floating Mill (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 055° NE
Belpre and The Ohio River (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 056° NE
Fort Boreman (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 064° NE
Acadia Cliffs Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 10.4 mi, 328° NW
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.4 mi, 063° NE
Mid-Ohio Railroad Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 056° NE
Southwood Stage (Theatre) — 10.7 mi, 073° E
Actors Guild (Theatre) — 11.1 mi, 063° NE
Veto Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 015° N
Mound Cemetery Mound (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 240° SW
Veterans Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 066° NE
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.4 mi, 185° S · 6,562 acres
Mini Farm Figurines (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 079° E
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 16.8 mi, 310° NW · 243k acres
Washington's Western Lands Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 183° S
Cube 4 Gallery (Gallery) — 21.2 mi, 296° NW
Ohio University Art Gallery (Gallery) — 21.2 mi, 296° NW
Trisolini Gallery (Gallery) — 21.3 mi, 295° NW
Hidden Marietta Tour Company (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 044° NE
Athena Cinema (Cinema) — 21.3 mi, 296° NW
Passionworks (Arts Centre) — 21.4 mi, 296° NW
Wayne Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 24.2 mi, 063° NE · 1,082 acres

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