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Bluffs Illinois Map

Explore Bluffs, 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 Bluffs, Illinois

How to Use This Bluffs, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.75199
Longitude	-90.535126
Population	618
Density	267.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62621
Area Code	217
County Seat	Winchester
School District	Scott-Morgan Consolidated Unit School District 2

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About Bluffs, Illinois

Bluffs is a locality in Scott County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 618. The population density is 267.2 people per km². Bluffs is located at 39.7520°N, 90.5351°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bluffs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62621.

Bluffs rises from the flat expanse of the Illinois prairie like a quiet assertion of human persistence against the vastness of the Midwestern horizon. It lies 16.3 miles west of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 274°T), and is situated 19.3 miles south-southwest of Beardstown. The Wolf Run carves a modest path through the earth nearby, its waters charting a slow, deliberate course that defines the drainage of the local fields. To the west, the distant rise of Spunky Ridge provides a fixed, earthen anchor to the sky, while the nearby expanse of Smith Lake catches the shifting light of the afternoon, turning a muted, metallic gray as the sun descends. The air here holds the dry, honest scent of turned soil and distant cornstalks, a sensory reminder that the landscape is one of deep, productive stillness where the sky seems to occupy more space than the land itself.

Bluffs carries the weight of a settlement forged by the rhythm of the rail and the plow, its identity rooted in the steady output of the surrounding agricultural expanse. The economy remains tethered to these dark, fertile acres, where the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of commerce and conversation. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge offers a quiet sanctuary where the local ecology persists in a wilder, less managed state, providing a sharp contrast to the geometric precision of the nearby farm rows. Travelers passing through might find the descent into Church Hollow a moment of sudden geological transition, a reminder that the land, while broad and seemingly uniform, possesses subtle folds and recesses that have quietly shaped the lives of those who have stayed here for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.7 mi, 345° N · 7,396 acres
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 240° SW
Meredosia Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 344° N
Naples Mound 8 (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 236° SW
Meredosia Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 345° N
America's Most Wanted Bird (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 253° W
Lenz Field & Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 14.3 mi, 091° E
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 099° E
Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 16.1 mi, 095° E
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 16.4 mi, 094° E
Beardstown Marsh (Conservation Area) — 17.3 mi, 016° N
Mound House (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 188° S
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 016° N
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 19.1 mi, 303° NW
217 Terror Haunted House (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 155° SE
New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 261° W
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 28.7 mi, 045° NE
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 29.2 mi, 051° NE
Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 088° E
Center for American Archeology Museum (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 187° S
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.2 mi, 212° SW · 10k acres
Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.4 mi, 188° S
Karl's Movies (Cinema) — 34.4 mi, 233° SW
John Stoeckley's Reflections of Missouri Gallery (Gallery) — 34.7 mi, 233° SW
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 37.9 mi, 040° NE
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 39.4 mi, 067° NE
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 39.8 mi, 066° NE

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