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Blairsville Illinois Map

Explore Blairsville, 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 Blairsville, Illinois

How to Use This Blairsville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.810539
Longitude	-89.123826
Population	243
Density	93.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62859, 62918
Area Code	618
County Seat	Marion
School District	Herrin Community Unit School District 4

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About Blairsville, Illinois

Blairsville is a locality in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 243. The population density is 93.0 people per km². Blairsville is located at 37.8105°N, 89.1238°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62859, 62918.

Blairsville occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the deliberate geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 5.3 miles west of Herrin, IL (from Herrin, IL: bearing 276°T), and is situated 7.7 miles northeast of Carbondale. The atmosphere here is defined by a heavy, fertile stillness, particularly at dusk when the low light turns the soil a deep, bruised violet and catches the silvered surface of Madison Lake. A mile to the west, the Big Muddy River carves a slow, serpentine path through the low-lying terrain, its banks thick with hardwoods that hold the humidity of the plains. Far to the south, the faint, hazy silhouette of Dutch Ridge suggests a more rugged geography, though it remains a distant promise rather than a neighbor, leaving Blairsville to exist in a landscape of horizontal patience.

Industrial echoes linger in the soil of Blairsville, a legacy of a time when the extraction of coal shaped the local economy and defined the rhythm of daily life. While the heavy machinery has largely fallen silent, the imprint remains in the modest, sturdy houses and the grid of streets that speak to a history of labor and endurance. Residents seek respite in the quiet green space of Cambria City Park, where the tall grasses and open shade offer a reprieve from the relentless sun of the growing season. The pace of the day is dictated not by the clock, but by the slow rotation of the seasons, as the town moves with the steady, unpretentious gravity of a place that knows its own weight in the vast, midwestern landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 322° NW
Cambria City Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 173° S
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.0 mi, 180° S · 91k acres
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 144° SE
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 144° SE
Carterville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 144° SE
Herrin Service Member Memorial (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 093° E
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 275° W
Pyles Fork Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 221° SW
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 214° SW
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 221° SW
Martha's Theatre (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 140° SE
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 219° SW
Amplitheatre (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 217° SW
Crab Orchard Wildlife Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 8.8 mi, 156° SE
Blue Dragon (Public Artwork) — 9.0 mi, 198° S
Campbell Pond State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 343° N
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 255° W
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.0 mi, 182° S · 4,387 acres
Lake Murphysboro State Park (State Park) — 13.5 mi, 261° W
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 13.7 mi, 246° SW · 7,712 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 13.9 mi, 202° S · 274k acres
Panther Den Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.8 mi, 174° S · 988 acres
Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 227° SW
Little Grand Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 17.3 mi, 239° SW
Shawnee Bluffs Canopy Tour (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 175° S
Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 214° SW
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 20.2 mi, 318° NW
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 200° S
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 23.1 mi, 227° SW · 1,959 acres

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