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West Salem Ohio Map

Explore West Salem, 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 West Salem, Ohio

How to Use This West Salem, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	40.971445
Longitude	-82.109875
Population	1,430
Density	517.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	44287
Area Code	440
County Seat	Wooster
School District	Northwestern Local School District

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About West Salem, Ohio

West Salem is a locality in Wayne County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,430. The population density is 517.5 people per km². West Salem is located at 40.9714°N, 82.1099°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. West Salem is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 44287.

West Salem occupies a quiet stretch of the Ohio landscape where the horizon is defined by the steady, measured geometry of agricultural fields rather than the dramatic upheaval of distant peaks. It lies 13.0 miles east-northeast of Ashland, OH (from Ashland, OH: bearing 57°T), and is situated 6.7 miles southwest of Lodi. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and drying cornstalks, a dry, inland stillness that settles over the land long before the sun dips below the western edge of the plains. A mile to the east, the Muddy Fork carves a slow, deliberate path through the silt, its waters reflecting the pale, washed-out sky of late autumn. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the landscape shifts into the wooded seclusion of Wildwood Lakes, while the surface of Cinnamon Lake catches the afternoon light like a piece of polished lead dropped into the green expanse of the countryside.

History in West Salem remains etched in the simple, sturdy architecture of red-brick storefronts and the deep-rooted patterns of a regional economy built on the labor of the soil. While Sugar Ridge waits on the distant horizon as a silent, hazy silhouette against the clouds, the people here find their rhythm in the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, unyielding maintenance of their homesteads. The village retains a character forged by the pragmatic spirit of the Western Reserve, where the pace is dictated by the arrival of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of the industrial belt to the north. Life here moves with the quiet confidence of those who have long understood that prosperity is tied to the strength of the land, keeping the local focus on the steady continuity of a life lived close to the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wildwood Lakes (Private Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 001° N
Hidden Hollow Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 035° NE
Boy Scout Camp (Private Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 124° SE
Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 079° E
Knollbrook Golf Course (Park) — 6.2 mi, 040° NE
Spencer Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 355° N
Spencer Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 008° N
Medina Summit Land Conservancy (State Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 031° NE
Westfield Historical Society (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 067° NE
Chippewa Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 057° NE
Findley State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 335° NW
Mohicanville Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 183° S
Verterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 239° SW
Johnny Appleseed Monument (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 240° SW
Jack Miller Stadium (Stadium) — 13.5 mi, 237° SW
Observation Mound (Viewpoint) — 13.7 mi, 330° NW
Wellington Reservation (Nature Reserve) — 13.7 mi, 332° NW
Giant Swing (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 127° SE
Spirit of '76 Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 338° N
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 141° SE
Wayne Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 15.0 mi, 144° SE
Bauman Orchards (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 090° E
"skypark" the Flying Community (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 077° E
Rinky Dink (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 057° NE
Grafton Ghost Light Theatre (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 008° N
Greenwich Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 280° W
Waymouth school museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 048° NE
Oberlin Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.2 mi, 343° N
Foldspace (Gallery) — 22.8 mi, 346° N
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (National Park) — 29.8 mi, 064° NE · 19k acres

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