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Cache Illinois Map

Explore Cache, 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 Cache, Illinois

How to Use This Cache, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.10005
Longitude	-89.261466
Population	280
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62988, 62907
Area Code	618
County Seat	Cairo

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About Cache, Illinois

Cache is a locality in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Cache is located at 37.1001°N, 89.2615°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62988, 62907.

Cache occupies a low, verdant expanse where the Cache River carves a deliberate path through the heavy, dark soil of the Illinois bottomlands. It lies 43.4 miles south of Carbondale, IL (from Carbondale, IL: bearing 183°T), and is situated 13.3 miles north-northeast of Charleston. The landscape unfolds in a series of quiet, humid flats, bordered by the dense, tangled growth of the Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, which blankets the immediate earth in a verdant, swampy stillness. To the north, the distant silhouettes of the Gilson Hills provide a faint, jagged punctuation to the horizon, while the waters of Grand Lake catch the dying light of the afternoon, holding the sky in a mirror of muted slate and amber. Here, the air carries a persistent, damp vitality, heavy with the scent of wet moss and the slow, rhythmic exhaling of the river basin.

Cache remains a place defined by the stubborn endurance of the land, where the rhythms of agriculture dictate the slow turn of the seasons across the surrounding plains. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the soil and the timber, drawing life from the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy rise of Coakley Hollow. Life in Cache moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of the northern urban grids, favoring the steady work of the harvest and the maintenance of the wild, protected wetlands that define the region's character. Residents recognize the quiet strength of this geography, finding a grounded beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the flat, fertile earth as the day retreats into the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.0 mi, 048° NE · 33k acres
Horseshoe Lake-Alexander State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 270° W
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 3.6 mi, 279° W
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 4.1 mi, 353° N · 274k acres
Boatwright Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 107° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 146° SE
Desert Storm Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 146° SE
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 8.3 mi, 142° SE
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 145° SE
Caboose (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 142° SE
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 8.6 mi, 143° SE
Fort Defiance Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 142° SE
Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 10.4 mi, 140° SE
Proceeding On (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 140° SE
Ceremonial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 134° SE
Chief's Mound (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 134° SE
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 13.7 mi, 359° N · 7,712 acres
Lower Cache River Access Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.8 mi, 040° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.7 mi, 037° NE · 665 acres
Malco (Cinema) — 22.9 mi, 229° SW
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 197° S
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 313° NW
Trail Of Tears State Park (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 337° NW
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 083° E
Lois Lane Statue (Attraction) — 29.5 mi, 083° E
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.5 mi, 348° N · 5,830 acres
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 001° N
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 31.6 mi, 342° N · 1,959 acres
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.8 mi, 346° N · 4,739 acres
Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 34.2 mi, 091° E

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