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Thurston Ohio Map

Explore Thurston, 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 Thurston, Ohio

How to Use This Thurston, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	39.840342
Longitude	-82.545993
Population	603
Density	576.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	43157, 43105
Area Code	614
County Seat	Lancaster
School District	Liberty Union-Thurston Local School District

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About Thurston, Ohio

Thurston is a locality in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 603. The population density is 576.3 people per km². Thurston is located at 39.8403°N, 82.5460°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Thurston is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 43157, 43105.

Thurston emerges from the flat, fertile plains of Ohio as a quiet junction where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered. It lies 9.2 miles north-northeast of Lancaster, OH (from Lancaster, OH: bearing 18°T), and is situated 2.9 miles east of Baltimore. Walnut Creek carves a singular, winding path through the landscape, its waters drawing a thin, silver line across the earth that catches the amber light of late afternoon. To the east, the distant silhouette of Chestnut Ridge rises against the sky, a faint, jagged reminder of the Appalachian foothills that anchor the regional topography. A few miles away, the still surface of Crane Lake reflects the changing clouds, while the nearby Park provides a modest expanse of greenery where the air carries the scent of damp soil and drying grass. Even in the stillness of midday, the land feels deliberate, defined by the slow, steady movement of the water and the vastness of the Midwestern sky.

Thurston traces its roots to the early expansion of the rail lines, which once dictated the rhythm of daily commerce and brought a steady pulse of industry to the region. While the grand age of the locomotive has faded, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the legacy of the surrounding farmland. Men and women here work with a quiet tenacity, maintaining the grain silos and fields that have long served as the backbone of the local prosperity. Residents occasionally venture toward the denser woods of Perry State Forest to find solitude, yet the character of Thurston remains firmly rooted in the intersection of agriculture and the legacy of the rails. Life proceeds with a measured, intentional pace, marked by the changing colors of the crops and the seasonal shifts in the light that falls across the fields, revealing a place that values continuity over the frantic speed of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 154° SE
Alt Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 295° NW
Estate Golf Club (Park) — 4.3 mi, 202° S
Buckeye Lake State Park (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 013° N
Pleasant Valley Golf Course (Park) — 5.1 mi, 206° SW
Buckeye Lake Canal Wa (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 016° N
Greenfield Dam Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 224° SW
Fairfield County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 201° S
National Trail Raceway (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 360° N
William Tecumseh Sherman (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 199° S
Fairfield County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 199° S
The Space Between Us (Public Artwork) — 9.3 mi, 199° S
Secret Dreams Festival in Legend Valley (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 054° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 295° NW
Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 285° W
Perry County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 100° E
Pickerington Pond Wetlands Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.6 mi, 282° W
National Barber Museum and Hall of Fame (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 271° W
Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 297° NW
Haunted Hootchie (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 314° NW
Walter A Tucker Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.5 mi, 296° NW
Granville Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 15.8 mi, 005° N
Robbins Hunter Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 005° N
Art @ 43023 (Gallery) — 15.8 mi, 005° N
Kussmaul Gallery (Gallery) — 15.8 mi, 005° N
Alligator Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 16.0 mi, 009° N
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 19.3 mi, 146° SE · 243k acres
Hocking Hills State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 184° S
Wayne Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 36.3 mi, 146° SE · 1,082 acres

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