Free tool
Radius map: draw a circle on a map
Search an address or click the map, choose a radius in kilometres or miles, and the tool draws the circle and shows the area it covers. Add up to five circles to compare service areas, delivery zones or distances from a yard, then copy a link that opens the same map.
Or click the map to place a circle with this radius. Up to 5 circles.
Your circles
Search a place or click the map to draw your first circle.
Place search and addresses: Nominatim (nominatim.openstreetmap.org), using OpenStreetMap data, a community-maintained map, so an address can be missing, approximate or out of date; check it before you rely on it. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Area is π × radius², on a flat-map basis. 1 mile = 1.609344 km.
Why draw a radius on a map
A circle on a map answers a planning question at a glance: which customers sit within 50 km of the yard, how far a service area reaches, or where two depots overlap. It helps when you set a delivery zone, quote a job outside your usual area or decide where a new location would fill a gap. A radius is straight-line distance, so road distance is always longer.
Turn a circle into a geofence
A radius drawn here is the same idea as a geofence in the High Point GPS platform. A geofence is a zone around a yard, a job site or a customer, and the platform can flag a vehicle entering or leaving it, so you see arrivals, departures and after-hours movement without a call. Trips, stops and distance are recorded for every vehicle.
Get a quoteTips for a useful radius map
Use a smaller radius than the drive you have in mind: roads bend, so a 50 km circle holds places that are much more than 50 km away by road.
Draw one circle per depot or yard to see where your service areas overlap and where nobody is close.
Click the map to drop a circle on a spot with no street address, such as a gravel pit, a field or a highway exit.
Copy the share link before you close the page: the circles live in the link, not on our servers.
Radius map questions
- How do I draw a radius on a map?
- Type an address, city or postal code and choose a radius, then press Draw circle. You can also click any point on the map to place a circle there with the radius you chose. Each circle appears in the list with its radius in kilometres and miles and its area, and you can remove it.
- How is the area of the circle calculated?
- The area is pi times the radius squared. A 10 km radius covers about 314 square kilometres, and a 10 mile radius covers about 314 square miles. The tool shows the result in both square kilometres and square miles, whichever unit you entered the radius in, so you can compare circles drawn in different units.
- Is the radius a driving distance?
- No. The circle shows straight-line distance from the centre, the way a bird would fly. Driving distance is longer because roads curve, cross rivers at bridges and go around lakes and hills. To see the real distance and time between two places, use a mileage or drive time calculator that follows the roads.
- How many circles can I draw?
- You can draw up to five circles on the same map, each in its own colour, and remove any of them from the list. Each one can have its own radius and unit, so you can mix a 25 km circle around one yard with a 30 mile circle around another and see where they overlap.
- Can I share or save my radius map?
- Yes. Use Copy a link to this result under the list: the centre and radius of every circle are stored in the link itself, so anyone who opens it sees the same circles. High Point GPS does not keep the places you search or the circles you draw. Without the link, the map starts empty next time.