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Ashland Illinois Map

Explore Ashland, Illinois, 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 Ashland, Illinois

How to Use This Ashland, Illinois Map

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

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.

City	Ashland
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Cass County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.887826
Longitude	-90.007891
Population	1,218
Density	628.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62612
Area Code	217
County Seat	Virginia
School District	A-C Central Community Unit School District 262

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About Ashland, Illinois

Ashland is a locality in Cass County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,218. The population density is 628.7 people per km². Ashland is located at 39.8878°N, 90.0079°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ashland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62612.

Ashland occupies a quiet expanse of flat, fertile earth where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 15.8 miles northeast of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 48°T), and is situated 17.0 miles northeast of South Jacksonville. The landscape around Ashland is defined by the steady, rhythmic labor of agriculture, where fields of corn and soybeans compose a patchwork of deep green and gold that shifts with the turning seasons. Two miles to the east, the waters of Conover Branch move with a sluggish, deliberate grace through the soil, while four miles away, the surface of Wyatt Pond captures the stillness of the afternoon light. In the distance, the faint, hazy outline of Red Oak Ridge rises thirty miles off against the sky, a reminder of the geologic scale that frames this prairie plateau. During the harvest, the air carries the dry, sweet scent of stalks and chaff, and at dusk, the light turns a bruised purple that settles heavily over the flat, open ground.

Ashland maintains a deliberate pace, rooted in a history of rail lines and grain elevators that once served as the central nervous system for regional commerce. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of the land itself, supporting a way of life that values the maintenance of fences and the steady operation of machinery. Five miles away, the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area provides a sprawling refuge of timber and brush, offering a contrast to the manicured rows of the surrounding farms. Ten miles to the south, the terrain dips into the low, sheltered expanse of Buck Hollow, where the shadows grow long and dense in the late hours. Life in Ashland remains focused on the immediate, tangible needs of the season, a persistent, grounded endurance that keeps the center of the place firmly fixed to the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 323° NW
Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 162° S
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 054° NE
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.5 mi, 329° NW
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 053° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.8 mi, 046° NE
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 045° NE
Woodlawn Farm Underground RR (Historic Ruins) — 12.6 mi, 214° SW
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 325° NW
Potawatomi Trail of Death - McCoys Mill Encampment (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 121° SE
Centennial Park (Local Park) — 15.5 mi, 124° SE
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 15.7 mi, 228° SW
Long Nine Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 072° E
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 15.9 mi, 124° SE
Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 16.1 mi, 228° SW
Ronald McDonald Statue (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 072° E
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 227° SW
AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 17.5 mi, 122° SE
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.0 mi, 313° NW
DIM Art House (Gallery) — 18.0 mi, 110° E
Malibu Jack's (Theme Park) — 18.1 mi, 117° SE
Air Combat Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 100° E
Lauterbach Man Statue (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 116° SE
Milk a Cow (Attraction) — 19.7 mi, 101° E
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 20.0 mi, 095° E
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.5 mi, 276° W · 7,396 acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.6 mi, 352° N · 5,262 acres
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 32.2 mi, 128° SE
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 35.3 mi, 064° NE

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