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Ashley Illinois Map

Explore Ashley, 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 Ashley, Illinois

How to Use This Ashley, Illinois Map

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

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	Ashley
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.329494
Longitude	-89.19091
Population	462
Density	158.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62808
Area Code	618
County Seat	Nashville
School District	Ashley Community Consolidated School District 15

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About Ashley, Illinois

Ashley is a locality in Washington County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 462. The population density is 158.1 people per km². Ashley is located at 38.3295°N, 89.1909°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ashley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62808.

Ashley asserts its presence across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 13.9 miles south-southwest of Centralia, IL (from Centralia, IL: bearing 193°T), and is situated 15.6 miles west of Mount Vernon. The landscape around Ashley remains defined by the methodical geometry of Midwestern agriculture, where corn and soybean fields stretch toward the sky in long, emerald rows that catch the low, heavy light of late afternoon. A mile away, the waters of Ashley Lake hold the reflection of the clouds, while the nearby Little Muddy River carves a quiet, unassuming path through the silty soil. Far to the south, the distant silhouette of the Pelican Pouch rises like a jagged promise against the haze, grounding the otherwise limitless reach of the prairie.

History in Ashley reveals itself in the weathered brick facades of the center and the enduring rhythm of the railroad, which once dictated the pace of commerce and growth. The economy here remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, a legacy of labor that continues to shape the character of the people who call Ashley home. Life moves at the speed of the seasons, punctuated by the occasional excursion to the greenery of Irvington Park or the quiet observation of the North Prairie basin. Even as modern transit lines pull attention toward the distant, grid-locked sprawl of cities to the north, the daily existence here retains a singular, unvarnished integrity, defined by the persistence of the crops and the steady, honest work of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Washington County State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 246° SW
Nashville Memorial Park (Local Park) — 9.9 mi, 277° W
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 9.9 mi, 246° SW
Cardinal Point Witness Corner (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 014° N
Third Principal Meridian (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 014° N
Welcome to Nashville Mural (Public Artwork) — 10.4 mi, 276° W
Monument in memory of Ryan Fark (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 276° W
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 089° E
Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 138° SE
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 14.6 mi, 090° E
Granada (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 093° E
Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center (State Conservation Area) — 17.1 mi, 112° E
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 20.9 mi, 213° SW
White Oak (Theatre) — 21.3 mi, 151° SE
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 23.0 mi, 340° N
Party Cove (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 350° N
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 30.8 mi, 245° SW
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 243° SW
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 35.3 mi, 039° NE
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 184° S
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 36.8 mi, 204° SW · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 38.0 mi, 210° SW · 7,712 acres
Johnson Creek Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 38.0 mi, 207° SW
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.0 mi, 175° S · 91k acres
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 171° S
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 39.8 mi, 192° S
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 40.7 mi, 343° N
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.5 mi, 218° SW · 16k acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 48.9 mi, 177° S · 4,387 acres
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 50.9 mi, 194° S · 4,739 acres

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