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Winchester Ohio Map

Explore Winchester, 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 Winchester, Ohio

How to Use This Winchester, Ohio Map

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

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.

CityWinchester
StateOhio (OH)
CountyAdams County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude38.9435
Longitude-83.654068
Population987
Density145.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes45640, 45697
Area Code937
County SeatWest Union
School DistrictAdams County/Ohio Valley Local School District

About Winchester, Ohio

Winchester is a locality in Adams County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 987. The population density is 145.7 people per km². Winchester is located at 38.9435°N, 83.6541°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Winchester is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 45640, 45697.

Winchester occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon is defined by the steady, measured geometry of agricultural fields and the encroaching shadow of distant timber. It lies 24.7 miles east-northeast of Franklin Township Clermont County, OH (from Franklin Township Clermont County, OH: bearing 69°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-northwest of Wayne Township Adams County. The landscape here does not offer sudden drama, but rather a slow, deliberate gravity, with the waters of Winchester Lake sitting just a mile away, reflecting the pale, thin light of the Midwestern sky. Nearby, the current of Elk Fork carves a narrow, persistent path through the earth, its movement a constant, soft murmur against the silence of the surrounding plains. To the southeast, the faint, blue-hued silhouette of Wheat Ridge anchors the perspective, providing a permanent boundary to the open fields that stretch toward the horizon. The air carries the scent of damp soil and drying stalks, a heavy, grounded atmosphere that settles over the region as the sun begins its long, gold-tinted descent.

Winchester carries the weight of a long-standing agrarian heritage, its economy rooted in the deep, fertile loam that has sustained generations of local families. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest, a pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of more urban corridors. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips into the quiet seclusion of Decan Hollow, a place where the land seems to hold its breath. Residents often look toward the Tranquility Wildlife Area, a nearby expanse that preserves the integrity of the native brush and hardwood, allowing the wilder edges of the territory to persist alongside the managed plots. Despite the slow evolution of its industries, Winchester maintains a character defined by its independence, a place where the social fabric is stitched together by the shared labor of those who work the land and the quiet, persistent pride in a life lived away from the noise of the main thoroughfares.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • The Ten Commandments (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 116° SE
  • Bicentennial Monument (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 110° E
  • Winchester First School 1808 Site Marker (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 127° SE
  • Winchester First Doctor Memorial Marker (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 127° SE
  • Tranquility Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 075° E
  • Adams Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 143° SE
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.9 mi, 151° SE
  • Ohio Brush Creek Swirl Preserve Site Fee (Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 119° SE
  • John and Marion Becker Cedar Falls Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.3 mi, 120° SE
  • Brush Creek Iron Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 120° SE
  • Buzzardroost Rock (Viewpoint) — 16.4 mi, 139° SE
  • Brush Creek State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 16.8 mi, 074° E
  • Ripley Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 218° SW
  • Rocky Fork State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 022° N
  • Circle Mound (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 050° NE
  • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.9 mi, 169° S · 6,562 acres
  • E. Lucy Braun Lynx Prairie Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.4 mi, 134° SE
  • Aberdeen–Huntington Township Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 196° S
  • Paint Creek State Park (State Recreation Area) — 24.2 mi, 033° NE
  • Three Sisters (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 039° NE
  • Lewis County Historical Society (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 143° SE
  • Shawnee State Park Lookout (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 120° SE
  • Military Air Disaster (Attraction) — 35.7 mi, 347° N
  • North South Studios (Gallery) — 35.9 mi, 345° N
  • Sabina Historical Society (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 001° N
  • Campfire Bowl (Theatre) — 38.0 mi, 299° NW
  • Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 40.1 mi, 163° S · 564k acres
  • Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 49.6 mi, 108° E · 243k acres
  • Clifty Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 71.6 mi, 177° S · 13k acres

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About This Winchester Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winchester, Ohio. Coordinates: 38.9435, -83.654068. 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 Winchester includes the ZIP code (45640, 45697), telephone area code (937), county seat of Adams County (West Union), and school district assignment (Adams County/Ohio Valley Local 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.