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Torch Ohio Map

Explore Torch, 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 Torch, Ohio

How to Use This Torch, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	39.23952
Longitude	-81.749021
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	45723, 45779
Area Code	937
County Seat	Athens

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About Torch, Ohio

Torch is a locality in Athens County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Torch is located at 39.2395°N, 81.7490°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 45723, 45779.

Torch rises from the landscape as a collection of quiet intersections and low-slung dwellings, defined by the persistent, unhurried movement of Sawyer Run just a mile to the west. It lies 19.8 miles east-southeast of Athens, OH (from Athens, OH: bearing 108°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-southwest of Belpre. The terrain here is an intricate series of slopes and depressions, where the land drops into the shadowed crease of Bogie Hollow and climbs again toward the rounded silhouette of Walnut Hill. Light in this corner of the state possesses a peculiar weight, thickening into a bruised violet hue as it settles against the tree lines at dusk, grounding Torch in a geography that feels both ancient and deeply settled. Beyond the immediate clearings, the horizon is held by the quiet density of the regional woods, creating a space where the air tastes of damp earth and coming rain, far removed from the press of any distant shore.

History in Torch remains tied to the slow, deliberate pulse of the regional economy, where the remnants of earlier extraction industries have long since softened into the quietude of modern residential life. The inhabitants often look toward the nearby Tefft Memorial Nature Sanctuary Site Fee to mark the passing of seasons, finding a steady rhythm in the way the leaves turn and the creek beds shift. While the nearby Highland Lake offers a mirror for the changing clouds, daily life remains tethered to the local roads that thread between the farms and the encroaching forest. It is a place of modest endurance, where the character of the day is measured not by grand events, but by the way the shadow of the hills lengthens across the pavement, grounding Torch in a persistent, quiet reality that asks for nothing more than observation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tefft Memorial Nature Sanctuary Site Fee (Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 015° N
Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 062° NE
Shade River State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 204° SW
Acadia Cliffs Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 7.6 mi, 318° NW
Belleville Pools Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 177° S
Ephraim Cutler (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 030° NE
Putnam Family Library / Belpre Farmers' Library (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 071° E
Veto Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 023° NE
Glasshouse Works Garden (Private Recreation) — 8.6 mi, 300° NW
Civitan Park (Local Park) — 8.7 mi, 074° E
Devol’s Floating Mill (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 074° E
Fort Boreman (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 082° E
Mid-Ohio Railroad Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 073° E
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 081° E
Actors Guild (Theatre) — 10.4 mi, 079° E
Southwood Stage (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 090° E
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.8 mi, 068° E · 6,562 acres
Veterans Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 081° E
Mound Cemetery Mound (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 227° SW
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 14.6 mi, 301° NW · 243k acres
Mini Farm Figurines (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 090° E
Hidden Marietta Tour Company (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 052° NE
Cube 4 Gallery (Gallery) — 19.7 mi, 288° W
Ohio University Art Gallery (Gallery) — 19.7 mi, 288° W
Peach Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.7 mi, 293° NW
Valley Gem Sternwheeler (Attraction) — 19.7 mi, 051° NE
The School of Visual Communication Gallery (Gallery) — 19.8 mi, 288° W
Peddler of Dreams Art Space for Children (Arts Centre) — 19.8 mi, 052° NE
Muskingum River State Park (State Park) — 21.1 mi, 041° NE
Wayne Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 23.1 mi, 303° NW · 1,082 acres

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