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Sterling Ohio Map

Explore Sterling, 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 Sterling, Ohio

How to Use This Sterling, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	40.967555
Longitude	-81.84847
Population	432
Density	170.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	44276
Area Code	440
County Seat	Wooster
School District	Norwayne Local School District

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About Sterling, Ohio

Sterling is a locality in Wayne County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 432. The population density is 170.9 people per km². Sterling is located at 40.9676°N, 81.8485°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 44276.

Sterling exists as a quiet intersection of flat Midwestern farmland and the persistent, low-slung movement of Chippewa Creek. It lies 7.4 miles west-southwest of Wadsworth, OH (from Wadsworth, OH: bearing 237°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northwest of Orrville. The water follows a deliberate, earthen path through the landscape, carving a subtle depression into the soil that defines the local topography long before the land rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Hinckley Ridge. Fields of corn and soy stretch toward the horizon, occasionally broken by the dark, vertical punctuation of a woodlot or the rusted iron of a crossing. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, singular gold, casting long shadows across the fields that seem to amplify the stillness of the air, as if the landscape itself is pausing to catch its breath before the coming of the night.

History in Sterling remains tied to the iron rails that once dictated the pace of commerce and the growth of the modest grain elevators that still stand as sentinels of the regional economy. While the bustle of the industrial age has receded into a memory, the people maintain a practical rhythm, marked by the steady maintenance of equipment and the seasonal cycles of the harvest. A short distance away, the quiet grounds of Rawiga Country Club offer a groomed contrast to the wilder banks of the creek, and the nearby waters of Rawiga Country Club Lake provide a mirror for the changing sky. Though the deeper, shadowed folds of Rogue Hollow lie miles to the south, the character of Sterling is defined by this openness, a place where the work of the day is measured by the length of the sun against the silos and the slow, inevitable flow of the local water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rawiga Country Club (Park) — 2.2 mi, 050° NE
Creston Community Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 309° NW
Bauman Orchards (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 085° E
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 077° E
Hawks Nest Golf Club (Park) — 4.0 mi, 220° SW
"skypark" the Flying Community (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 033° NE
Maple Lakes (Private Recreation) — 5.5 mi, 001° N
Muhl Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 057° NE
Westfield Historical Society (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 313° NW
Chippewa Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 332° NW
Chippewa Lake Acquisition (Local Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 335° NW
Giant Swing (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 195° S
Medina Summit Land Conservancy (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 021° N
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 201° S
Rinky Dink (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 018° N
Lake 8 Movies (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 076° E
White Rabbits Galleries (Arts Centre) — 12.8 mi, 076° E
Magical Theatre Company (Theatre) — 12.8 mi, 076° E
Wayne Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 12.8 mi, 202° S
Waymouth school museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 010° N
Turkeyfoot Lake State Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 092° E
East Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 083° E
Painting with a Twist (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 047° NE
Michelle C. Reynolds Memorial (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 062° NE
Wayne Johnson Memorial Gym (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 061° NE
Watkins Academy Museum of the Cultural Arts (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 062° NE
Dedication Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.3 mi, 026° NE
Woodrow Nash Art Gallery (Gallery) — 17.5 mi, 062° NE
Native American Statue (Public Artwork) — 18.1 mi, 060° NE
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (National Park) — 18.8 mi, 044° NE · 19k acres

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