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Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio Map

Explore Wright-Patterson AFB, 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 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

How to Use This Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wright-Patterson AFB, 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 Wright-Patterson AFB.

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.

CityWright-Patterson AFB
StateOhio (OH)
CountyGreene County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude39.822834
Longitude-84.048504
Population1,567
Density61.3 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code45433
Area Code937
County SeatXenia
School DistrictFairborn City School District

About Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Wright-Patterson AFB is a locality in Greene County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,567. The population density is 61.3 people per km². Wright-Patterson AFB is located at 39.8228°N, 84.0485°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 45433.

Wright-Patterson AFB occupies a sprawling expanse of the Ohio landscape where the horizon is defined by an interplay of vast, flat plains and the modest elevation of Reeds Hill rising two miles to the west. The air here holds the crisp, tempered quality of the American Midwest, often shimmering with a pale, pearlescent light as the sun dips behind the distant tree lines of Maplewood Park, which borders the installation grounds. Nearby, the quiet progress of Beaver Creek carves a thin, reflective ribbon through the terrain, its course meandering toward the horizon with a steady, hushed persistence. The land feels expansive and deliberate, a wide-open theater where the sky dominates the view, its shifting grays and blues casting long, transient shadows over the manicured grass and the industrial silhouettes of the base.

History at Wright-Patterson AFB is measured in the rapid evolution of flight and the steady hum of research that fuels the regional economy. This is a place of perpetual intellectual movement, where the legacy of aviation pioneers lingers in the architecture and the disciplined rigor of the daily routine. While Clifton Gorge lies eleven miles away, offering a deeper geological contrast to the leveled earth of the airfield, the local character remains anchored in the intersection of aerospace innovation and suburban stability. The rhythms of the day are dictated by the transition of shifts and the distant, rhythmic thrum of engines, a sound that has become as natural to the environment as the wind moving through the trees. Even for those who travel nine miles to walk the Arboretum Trail, the presence of the base serves as a constant, gravity-like influence on the identity of the surrounding region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Fairborn Phoenix (Theatre) — 1.1 mi, 098° E
  • Fairfield Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 065° NE
  • Hilltop Concrete - Fairborn Quarry (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 003° N
  • Blue 42 MiG-29 (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 179° S
  • Hebble Creek Reserve (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 092° E
  • Wright Brothers Hill (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 225° SW
  • City Of Dayton Greenspace (Local Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 242° SW
  • Pioneer Flyers who were trained at Wright Brothers Field (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 228° SW
  • Beavercreek Municipal Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 165° S
  • Beavercreek Wetlands (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 138° SE
  • Beaver Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 144° SE
  • Duval Wetlands (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 149° SE
  • Beavercreek Community Theatre (Theatre) — 6.1 mi, 195° S
  • Heartpeople LLC. (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 237° SW
  • Mikee Huber Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 7.9 mi, 246° SW
  • Paradigm Industrial (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 250° W
  • Cash Register (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 241° SW
  • Record the Gallery (Gallery) — 8.6 mi, 238° SW
  • The Contemporary Dayton Visual Arts Center (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 241° SW
  • White House Event Center (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 241° SW
  • The International Peace Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 241° SW
  • Native American Burial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 098° E
  • John Bryan State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 102° E
  • Dayton Holocaust Resource Center (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 229° SW
  • CCC Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 105° E
  • Aviation Trail Parachute Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 242° SW
  • Dayton Air Show Entrance Arch (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 304° NW
  • Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument (National Monument) — 11.1 mi, 134° SE · 60 acres
  • Sycamore State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 265° W

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About This Wright-Patterson AFB Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.822834, -84.048504. 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 Wright-Patterson AFB includes the ZIP code (45433), telephone area code (937), county seat of Greene County (Xenia), and school district assignment (Fairborn 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.