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McGuffey Ohio Map

Explore McGuffey, 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 McGuffey, Ohio

How to Use This McGuffey, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	40.69283
Longitude	-83.785491
Population	466
Density	483.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	45859
Area Code	234, 330
County Seat	Kenton
School District	Upper Scioto Valley Local School District

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About McGuffey, Ohio

McGuffey is a locality in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 466. The population density is 483.7 people per km². McGuffey is located at 40.6928°N, 83.7855°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. McGuffey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 45859.

McGuffey occupies a flat, expansive stretch of black-soil earth where the horizon pulls the sky tight against the fields. It lies 17.1 miles east-southeast of Lima, OH (from Lima, OH: bearing 101°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-northwest of Kenton. The Cottonwood Ditch carves a deliberate, narrow path through the landscape, its slow-moving waters acting as a dark artery for the surrounding agricultural plains. Beyond the immediate reach of the horizon, the faint silhouette of Bristol Ridge suggests a distant, rising boundary, though the immediate world remains defined by the open, unshadowed reach of the farmland. During the late afternoon, the light here grows heavy and golden, casting long, thin silhouettes of fence posts that seem to measure the very passage of the sun. The proximity of Alger Park provides a quiet, green buffer, a place where the stillness of the region is punctuated only by the shift of wind through the tall grasses.

McGuffey traces its roots to the reclamation of the great marshlands, a transformation that dictated the rhythm of its economy and the character of its people. The soil, dark and rich from the ancient basin, remains the primary engine of the locality, supporting a legacy of intensive cultivation that has long defined the local labor. While the bustle of larger industrial centers resides elsewhere, the pace here stays tethered to the harvest cycle, marked by the steady movement of machinery and the quiet maintenance of the land. Residents often make the short trek to Lake Idlewild when the summer heat settles over the plains, finding in its waters a necessary respite from the flat, exposed terrain. Life in McGuffey proceeds with a deliberate, unassuming gravity, shaped by generations who have learned to read the subtle changes in the weather and the persistent, fertile demand of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alger Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 296° NW
Ada War Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 345° N
Elzay Gallery of Art (Gallery) — 5.5 mi, 338° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 340° N
Colonial Hills Golf Course (Park) — 6.3 mi, 300° NW
Hardin County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 10.0 mi, 115° SE
Prairie View Golf Course (Park) — 10.3 mi, 231° SW
Wildlife Production Area 32 (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 357° N
Indian Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 193° S
Wolf Creek Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 13.3 mi, 121° SE
Shannon Theater (Cinema) — 14.9 mi, 338° N
Bird Bath (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 281° W
Coach Rod Memorial (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 027° NE
Ohio Historical Marker: The Village of Arlington (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 027° NE
Nickel Plate 779 (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 281° W
Collett Street Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 17.5 mi, 279° W
Russell E. Wilke Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 049° NE
Regal Cinemas 12 (Cinema) — 19.7 mi, 279° W
Old Quarry Pump house (Historic Ruins) — 20.5 mi, 322° NW
Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.8 mi, 088° E
Presbyterian Church Bell (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 318° NW
Shortest Street in America (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 177° S
Logan County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 175° S
Riverside Art Center (Gallery) — 23.0 mi, 249° W
Findlay Art League (Arts Centre) — 24.8 mi, 016° N
Fisher/Wall Gallery (Gallery) — 25.0 mi, 016° N
Hester Powell Grimm Theatre (Theatre) — 25.8 mi, 015° N
Mazza Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 015° N
Lake Loramie State Park (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 232° SW
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 65.4 mi, 034° NE · 21k acres

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