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Junction City Ohio Map

Explore Junction City, 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 Junction City, Ohio

How to Use This Junction City, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	39.721179
Longitude	-82.298762
Population	721
Density	432.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	43748
Area Code	740
County Seat	New Lexington
School District	New Lexington City School District

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About Junction City, Ohio

Junction City is a locality in Perry County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 721. The population density is 432.9 people per km². Junction City is located at 39.7212°N, 82.2988°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Junction City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 43748.

Junction City emerges from the intersection of rugged topography and the quiet, persistent flow of Rush Creek, which carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape. It lies 16.0 miles east of Lancaster, OH (from Lancaster, OH: bearing 88°T), and is situated 4.8 miles west of New Lexington. The earth here is defined by the elevation of Bristol Ridge rising five miles to the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows over the fields during the brief, golden stretch of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate tree lines, the terrain transitions into the dense, timbered expanse of Perry State Forest, where the soil holds the damp, cool scent of decaying leaves and ancient stone. Only two miles distant, the still, glassy surface of Rush Creek Structure 3a Reservoir anchors the local watershed, reflecting the shifting gray and amber clouds that sweep across the inland plains.

Junction City retains the architectural grit of a region once defined by extraction, where the rhythm of the workweek was measured by the movement of raw materials rather than the clock. While the echoes of older industries have faded into the quietude of the present, the heritage of the soil remains, kept by those who navigate the nearby Clouse Lake Wildlife Area or tend to the plots bordering the deeper silence of Coon Hollow. Life in Junction City moves with a deliberate, steady frequency, shaped by the seasonal turn of the hardwood canopy and the persistent influence of the Appalachian foothills. It is a place where the history of the ground is written in the stubborn persistence of its vegetation and the way the light catches the rusted edges of old machinery, grounding the modern day in a long, unbroken lineage of labor and land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clouse Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 355° N
Perry County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 088° E
Perry Country Club (Park) — 3.7 mi, 038° NE
Perry State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 049° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 091° E
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 5.1 mi, 182° S · 243k acres
Perry County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 359° N
Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 259° W
Rushcreek Golf Course (Park) — 8.3 mi, 327° NW
American Electric Power - Avondale Wildlife Area (Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 060° NE
Ohio Historical Society Pottery Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 067° NE
Tinker's Cave (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 163° S
Logan High School bell (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 206° SW
Chief Logan (Public Artwork) — 13.8 mi, 205° SW
Stewart's Folly (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 212° SW
Secret Dreams Festival in Legend Valley (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 342° N
Washington County grindstone (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 226° SW
William Tecumseh Sherman (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 268° W
Burr Oak State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 127° SE
Hocking Canal Lock 19 (Historic Ruins) — 18.3 mi, 178° S
Hocking Hills State Park (State Park) — 18.7 mi, 231° SW
Three Sister's Studio (Arts Centre) — 20.9 mi, 049° NE
National Trail Raceway (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 321° NW
The Stone Academy (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 047° NE
The Dr. Increase Mathews House (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 046° NE
Girl UPcycled Studio (Gallery) — 21.4 mi, 046° NE
BunkoJess Gallery (Gallery) — 21.4 mi, 046° NE
Wayne Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 21.4 mi, 152° SE · 1,082 acres
Y Bridge Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 21.5 mi, 045° NE
The Elk's Eye Art Market (Gallery) — 21.6 mi, 046° NE

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