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Sinking Spring Ohio Map

Explore Sinking Spring, 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 Sinking Spring, Ohio

How to Use This Sinking Spring, Ohio Map

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

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	Sinking Spring
State	Ohio (OH)
County	Highland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.072846
Longitude	-83.386857
Population	118
Density	97.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	45172
Area Code	513
County Seat	Hillsboro
School District	Adams County/Ohio Valley Local School District

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About Sinking Spring, Ohio

Sinking Spring is a locality in Highland County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 118. The population density is 97.6 people per km². Sinking Spring is located at 39.0728°N, 83.3869°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Sinking Spring is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 45172.

Sinking Spring occupies a limestone-rich basin where the earth seems to exhale a cool, subterranean breath through the fractured bedrock. It lies 28.1 miles southwest of Chillicothe, OH (from Chillicothe, OH: bearing 230°T), and is situated 15.0 miles southeast of Hillsboro. The Baker Fork carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its current often low and clear as it navigates the limestone strata that give the terrain its porous, shifting character. To the horizon, the silhouette of Washburn Hill provides a steady, muted anchor against the expanse of the sky, while the immediate surroundings are defined by the Strait Creek Prairie Bluffs Fee, where the grasses bow under the weight of passing weather. The light here has a peculiar, heavy quality in the late afternoon, catching the pale dust of the limestone and turning the fields into a muted palette of ochre and silver.

Sinking Spring maintains a quiet adherence to the rhythms of the land, its history etched into the rural commerce that persists despite the shifting tides of the wider economy. Residents move with a cautious familiarity, their days dictated by the needs of the surrounding acreage and the persistence of local trade that favors utility over ornament. Those seeking the remnants of earlier passage often traverse the Fort Trail, a route that winds toward the deeper silence of Pin Hook Hollow, far from the louder clamor of the industrial centers that define the state’s northern reaches. Even the proximity of Longs Retreat Lake, lying just a few miles away, offers a stillness that complements the town’s character, serving as a mirror for the changing seasons rather than a destination for spectacle.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Strait Creek Prairie Bluffs Fee (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 178° S
Pike State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 075° E
Circle Mound (Historic Ruins) — 2.3 mi, 332° NW
Brush Creek State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 140° SE
Spruce Hill-Rocky Fork-Hope Springs-Rock Run-Kamama Prairie (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 006° N
Wickerham Inn 1800-01 (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 183° S
Rocky Fork State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 341° N
Peebles (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 186° S
Cairn of Peace (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 187° S
Pike Lake State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 057° NE
Three Sisters (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 007° N
Paint Creek State Park (State Recreation Area) — 10.7 mi, 359° N
Paint Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.8 mi, 005° N
Paint Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 11.2 mi, 002° N
World's Largest Horseshoe Crab (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 308° NW
John and Marion Becker Cedar Falls Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.2 mi, 181° S
Brush Creek Iron Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 181° S
Buzzardroost Rock Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.0 mi, 186° S
Rieveschl Overlook (Viewpoint) — 22.8 mi, 191° S
Natural Bathtub (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 044° NE
Frankfort Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 026° NE
Shawnee State Park Lookout (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 154° SE
Dogwood Pass (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 099° E
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.1 mi, 200° S · 6,562 acres
Mighty Children's Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 050° NE
Candyland Children's Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 139° SE
Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 138° SE
Portsmouth Stars Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 31.5 mi, 139° SE
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 39.5 mi, 122° SE · 243k acres
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 46.8 mi, 182° S · 564k acres

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