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Ridgeway Ohio Map

Explore Ridgeway, 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 Ridgeway, Ohio

How to Use This Ridgeway, Ohio Map

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

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.

CityRidgeway
StateOhio (OH)
CountyHardin County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.513943
Longitude-83.572706
Population314
Density214.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code43345
Area Code614
County SeatKenton
School DistrictRidgemont Local School District

About Ridgeway, Ohio

Ridgeway is a locality in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 314. The population density is 214.2 people per km². Ridgeway is located at 40.5139°N, 83.5727°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ridgeway is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 43345.

Ridgeway occupies a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon pulls the sky low over broad fields of corn and soybean. It lies 14.4 miles northeast of Bellefontaine, OH (from Bellefontaine, OH: bearing 43°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southeast of Kenton. The air here holds a distinct, metallic clarity during the autumn months, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the distant silhouette of Bristol Ridge. A mile to the west, the thin, winding ribbon of Panther Creek carves a shallow path through the dark, loamy soil, providing a quiet corridor for local wildlife. While the land appears uniform to the passing traveler, the subtle shifts in elevation reveal a landscape shaped by glacial retreat, leaving behind a quiet, rigorous geometry of earth and light.

Ridgeway maintains a steady, deliberate pace defined by the cycle of the harvest and the maintenance of its modest, brick-fronted center. Economic life remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, though the influence of regional industry lingers in the quietude of the evening streets. Residents often look toward the open space of Mt. Victory Park for recreation, or find a different kind of stillness near the quiet water of Ziegler Pond. History here is not spoken in grand proclamations, but in the enduring structure of the local grain elevators and the way the shadow of the past informs the daily chores of the present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Mt. Victory Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 057° NE
  • Lawrence Woods Dedicated Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 325° NW
  • Wolf Creek Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 5.4 mi, 002° N
  • Saulisberry Park (Local Park) — 7.9 mi, 335° NW
  • Hardin County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 347° N
  • Veteran's Memorial Park Golf Course (Park) — 8.6 mi, 359° N
  • Mountain Lake Camp (Private Recreation) — 9.3 mi, 219° SW
  • Camp Myeerah (Local Recreation) — 9.4 mi, 202° S
  • Cherokee Hills Golf Course (Park) — 10.8 mi, 238° SW
  • Indian Lake State Park (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 270° W
  • Logan County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 222° SW
  • Shortest Street in America (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 224° SW
  • Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 037° NE
  • Big Darby Cr SR (State Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 175° S
  • War of 1812 Blockhouse (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 152° SE
  • Ohio Caverns (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 199° S
  • Elzay Gallery of Art (Gallery) — 21.9 mi, 323° NW
  • Centre 71 (Cinema) — 23.9 mi, 082° E
  • Marion County Steam Shovel (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 075° E
  • Russell E. Wilke Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 007° N
  • 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 26.2 mi, 097° E
  • Coach Rod Memorial (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 352° N
  • Mid America Flight Museum North (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 199° S
  • Champaign County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 199° S
  • Johnny Appleseed Education Center and Museum (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 199° S
  • Bird Bath (Public Artwork) — 30.1 mi, 300° NW
  • Strand Theatre (Cinema) — 30.5 mi, 119° SE
  • Mayhew Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 30.5 mi, 119° SE
  • Nickel Plate 779 (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 300° NW
  • Alum Creek State Park (State Park) — 35.1 mi, 118° SE

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About This Ridgeway Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ridgeway, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.513943, -83.572706. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Ridgeway includes the ZIP code (43345), telephone area code (614), county seat of Hardin County (Kenton), and school district assignment (Ridgemont Local School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.