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Howard Ohio Map

Explore Howard, 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 Howard, Ohio

How to Use This Howard, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	40.407564
Longitude	-82.326825
Population	246
Density	424.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	43028
Area Code	614
County Seat	Mount Vernon
School District	East Knox Local School District

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About Howard, Ohio

Howard is a locality in Knox County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 246. The population density is 424.0 people per km². Howard is located at 40.4076°N, 82.3268°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 43028.

Howard rises from the landscape as a quiet convergence of water and earth, defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Jelloway Creek as it carves through the local topography. It lies 8.4 miles east of Mount Vernon, OH (from Mount Vernon, OH: bearing 83°T), and is situated 2.6 miles south-southeast of Apple Valley. The land here holds a patient, muted character, where the light at dusk settles heavy and gold against the cooling silt of the banks, and the proximity of Apple Valley Lake lends the air a consistent, dampened coolness that lingers even through the heat of mid-summer. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain shifts into the subtle, unforced slopes of the surrounding plains, occasionally broken by the shadowed depressions of Arbutus Glen, where the soil remains dark and damp long after the rains have ceased.

Howard functions as a stillness in the wider movement of the region, anchored by the modest, purposeful presence of Rotary Park where the daily errands of life find a momentary pause. The local economy persists in a slow dialogue with the land, drawing from a legacy of agricultural labor that has long defined the character of these quiet corridors. There is a weight to the history here, felt in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying fields and the deliberate pace of those moving toward the distant, hazy prominence of Braddock Mound. Life in Howard maintains an internal gravity, indifferent to the rush of more frantic geographies, favoring instead the steady, repetitive cycles of the seasons and the quiet persistence of the woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rotary Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 139° SE
Kokosing Gap Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.0 mi, 142° SE
Mohawk Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 154° SE
Hidden Hills Golf Course (Park) — 1.3 mi, 117° SE
Apple Valley Lake Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 334° NW
Apple Valley Golf Course (Park) — 2.8 mi, 329° NW
Mayer Art Center (Arts Centre) — 4.0 mi, 243° SW
The Pirates Cove (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 240° SW
Port Kenyon Airport (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 232° SW
Indian Hunter & Pronghorn Antelope (Public Artwork) — 4.3 mi, 237° SW
The Alwin C. Ernst Center (1981-2009) (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 234° SW
Sunset Point (Viewpoint) — 4.5 mi, 239° SW
Mohican Valley Trail (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 054° NE
Mohican River Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 092° E
Knox County Memorial Theatre Building (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 263° W
Mohican State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 041° NE
Mohican-Memorial State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 004° N
Mohican 100 - Fire Tower Aid Station (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 005° N
Clear Fork Gorge State Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.0 mi, 005° N
Mohican 100 - Gorge Overlook Aid Station (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 009° N
Mohican 100 - Covered Bridge Aid Station (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 002° N
Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 002° N
Malabar Farm State Park (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 350° N
Owens Mound (Historic Ruins) — 23.7 mi, 195° S
The Works (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 189° S
Dillon Reservoir Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 24.5 mi, 162° S
Licking County Historical Society (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 190° S
Alligator Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 25.1 mi, 202° S
Triple Locks Theater (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 110° E
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 52.3 mi, 174° S · 243k acres

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