Middle-earth interactive map
Ranked 6 of 26 interactive maps by recommenders
Polished, free map of Middle-earth that helps follow the story for casual fans. Critics say it is more labeled than interactive and shows water as land.
Polished, free map of Middle-earth that helps follow the story for casual fans. Critics say it is more labeled than interactive and shows water as land.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 22
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 22 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polished, nicely designed map
“Looks really nice. There are tons of interactive Middle Earth maps, but this looks really polished.”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth” “Still a very nice looking map.”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth” Fans love the cartography
“Great work! A window into one of the most important universe we have created.”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth” “Beautiful work, I love fantasy cartography.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: A cartographer's attempt to realistically map Tolkien's world” “This is so cool, I love it.”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth” Shared openly on GitHub
“This is pretty cool man, I appreciate you sharing what you did on GitHub.”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth” “And all this without OpenGL! Kudos.”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth” Fits casual fans and readers
“very nice work! I think it's appropriate especially for casual fans”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth” “this map will actually be handy to follow through the story!”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth”
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The four most recommended other interactive maps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| CheapFoodMap | 29 | 8 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Isopolis | 27 | 7 | 79% | 1 | — | — |
| Middle-earth interactive mapThis page | 22 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 22 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is so cool, I love it.”
“Of course the water here is land which is an issue, but I think it's fun.”
“And all this without OpenGL! Kudos.”
“The sea is very dry. And some mountains are looking very strange.”
“This is pretty cool man, I appreciate you sharing what you did on GitHub.”
“Interactive is generous - more like labeled.”
“this map will actually be handy to follow through the story!”
“this makes showing events from the Silmarillion for example very confusing”
“Wish I had this thing when I was young.”
“Looks really nice. There are tons of interactive Middle Earth maps, but this looks really polished.”
“Still a very nice looking map.”
“But it did kind of spoil the rest of the books since i am reading LOTR for the first time”
“Great work! A window into one of the most important universe we have created.”
“very nice work! I think it's appropriate especially for casual fans”
“There is a great (Free!) interactive map of Middle-earth (The Hobbit+ LOTR journeys)”
“Beautiful work, I love fantasy cartography.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.