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Wightmans Grove Ohio Map

Explore Wightmans Grove, 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 Wightmans Grove, Ohio

How to Use This Wightmans Grove, Ohio Map

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

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.

CityWightmans Grove
StateOhio (OH)
CountySandusky County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude41.422552
Longitude-83.051862
Population55
Density150.6 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code43420
Area Code614
County SeatFremont
School DistrictFremont City School District

About Wightmans Grove, Ohio

Wightmans Grove is a locality in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 55. The population density is 150.6 people per km². Wightmans Grove is located at 41.4226°N, 83.0519°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 43420.

Wightmans Grove occupies a quiet bend where the Sandusky River carves a slow, deliberate path through the flat, fertile earth of northern Ohio. It lies 6.2 miles northeast of Fremont, OH (from Fremont, OH: bearing 36°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northeast of Ballville Township. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, dark soil of the plains, where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed, save for the occasional silhouette of a distant silo or the subtle, hazy rise of Ruhl Ridge far to the south. Moisture from Lake Erie, sitting only two miles away, hangs in the air, softening the edges of the afternoon light until the fields take on a bruised, metallic sheen. Within the Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area, the marshy edges of the land provide a sanctuary for migratory birds, their cries cutting through the stillness that settles over the reeds during the long, humid dusk.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Wightmans Grove, though the rhythm of the work has shifted as the seasons dictate the labor of the harvest. The proximity to the Sandusky River has historically served as a conduit for both commerce and drainage, allowing the surrounding acreage to yield consistent crops that feed the local economy. Life in Wightmans Grove moves with the deliberate pace of the machinery that traverses these straight, unyielding roads, reflecting a resilience born from generations of working the same stubborn, productive ground. There is a quiet, functional beauty in the way the town maintains its focus, indifferent to the clamor of the outside world, content to exist in the steady, damp shadow of the lake.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 119° SE
  • Ottawa Shooting Club (Park) — 0.5 mi, 034° NE
  • Wildlife Production Area 63 (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 138° SE
  • Decoy Marsh Acquisition (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 091° E
  • Wings & Water Marsh Ltd. (Private Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 015° N
  • Mud Creek (Private Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 349° N
  • Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.4 mi, 354° N · 21k acres
  • Turkey Run Unit - Ottawa NWR (Nature Reserve) — 3.9 mi, 352° N
  • Little Portage Unit - Ottawa NWR (Nature Reserve) — 4.3 mi, 337° NW
  • North Bay Shooting Club Inc (Park) — 4.6 mi, 043° NE
  • Blue Heron Reserve (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 102° E
  • Darr-Root Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 208° SW
  • Sandusky County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 219° SW
  • De Lery Portage (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 054° NE
  • Ottawa County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 044° NE
  • Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 011° N
  • American Expedition 1813 (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 044° NE
  • Lagoon deer park (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 083° E
  • Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (Marine Protected Area) — 13.6 mi, 343° N
  • Kneeling Chaplain (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 260° W
  • Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 332° NW
  • Follett House Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 083° E
  • Ghostly Manor Thrill Center (Theme Park) — 19.1 mi, 089° E
  • Thunder Canyon (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 077° E
  • Palace Theatre (Theatre) — 19.1 mi, 077° E
  • Town Hall Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 077° E
  • Camp Snoopy Theatre (Theatre) — 19.3 mi, 077° E
  • Lily Pad Walk (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 076° E
  • The Poignon Project Art Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 22.0 mi, 196° S
  • Tiffin Glass Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 197° S

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About This Wightmans Grove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wightmans Grove, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.422552, -83.051862. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Wightmans Grove includes the ZIP code (43420), telephone area code (614), county seat of Sandusky County (Fremont), and school district assignment (Fremont City School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.