Salem Heights Ohio Map
Explore Salem Heights, 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 Salem Heights, Ohio
How to Use This Salem Heights, Ohio Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Salem Heights, 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 Salem Heights.
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 | Salem Heights |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Hamilton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.071728 |
| Longitude | -84.378273 |
| Population | 3,862 |
| Density | 917.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 44460, 45230 |
| Area Code | 513 |
| County Seat | Cincinnati |
| School District | Forest Hills Local School District |
About Salem Heights, Ohio
Salem Heights is a locality in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,862. The population density is 917.1 people per km². Salem Heights is located at 39.0717°N, 84.3783°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 44460, 45230.Salem Heights occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of Fourmile Creek, which carves a narrow path through the local topography. It lies 1.8 miles west of Forestville, OH (from Forestville, OH: bearing 263°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-southeast of Cincinnati. The landscape here is characterized by the modest, earthbound elevation of Johns Hill rising six miles distant, a silent sentinel watching over the low-lying terrain that slopes gently toward the depths of Turkey Bottom. The light in Salem Heights often settles into a pale, bruised violet at dusk, catching the high, wind-swept grasses that fringe the edge of Beech Acres Park, where the transition from woodland to open field feels like a held breath. Seven miles away, the surface of Mirror Lake remains undisturbed, a singular, glassy eye reflecting the expansive, unhurried sky of the interior plains.
Salem Heights retains the quiet, industrious composure of a place that has long balanced the legacy of its early agrarian roots with the steady, mechanical pulse of regional commerce. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the surrounding fields and the small-scale manufacturing that persists in the pockets of the county, favoring a pace that values endurance over rapid expansion. Life in Salem Heights unfolds with a deliberate, measured quality, where the seasonal turning of the crops dictates the mood of the streets more surely than any clock. On quiet afternoons, the air carries a faint, metallic tang of the distant industrial corridors, a reminder of the broader machinery of the state, yet the immediate horizon remains dominated by the stubborn, enduring textures of the soil and the persistent flow of the local creek.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- G.A.P.P. Peace Pole (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 059° NE
- Hopkins Preserved Greenspace (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 160° S
- Mt. Washington Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 348° N
- Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 346° N
- Greenspace(Pickton) (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 196° S
- Withrow Nature Preserve (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 185° S
- Ohio River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.7 mi, 173° S
- Clark Stone House (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 018° N
- Coldstream Country Club (Park) — 1.8 mi, 133° SE
- California Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 252° W
- Miller-Leuser Log House (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 012° N
- St. Anne's Stream Restoration Site (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 179° S
- Blessed Virgin Mary (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 163° S
- Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 309° NW
- Irish Heritage Center of Cincinnati (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 311° NW
- The Pines (Gallery) — 4.0 mi, 329° NW
- Madisonville Village (Historic Ruins) — 4.5 mi, 355° N
- Madisonville Site (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 356° N
- Schott Amphitheater (Theatre) — 6.7 mi, 289° W
- Purple Paisley, Local Artisan Shop (Gallery) — 7.0 mi, 276° W
- Queen City Clay (Arts Centre) — 7.4 mi, 333° NW
- The Andrew J Brady Music Center (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 283° W
- Weston Art Gallery (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 287° W
- ArtsWave (Arts Centre) — 7.7 mi, 289° W
- Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 183° S
- American Legacy Tours (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 290° W
- East Fork State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 108° E
- Stonelick State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 058° NE
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About This Salem Heights Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Salem Heights, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.071728, -84.378273. 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 Salem Heights includes the ZIP code (44460, 45230), telephone area code (513), county seat of Hamilton County (Cincinnati), and school district assignment (Forest Hills 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
