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Carlyle Illinois Map

Explore Carlyle, 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 Carlyle, Illinois

How to Use This Carlyle, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.622266
Longitude	-89.375442
Population	3,253
Density	366.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62231
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carlyle
School District	Carlyle Community Unit School District 1

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About Carlyle, Illinois

Carlyle is a locality in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,253. The population density is 366.7 people per km². Carlyle is located at 38.6223°N, 89.3754°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carlyle is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62231.

Carlyle emerges from the expansive Midwestern plains as a quiet intersection of flat, fertile earth and the reflective presence of water. It lies 14.2 miles west-northwest of Centralia, IL (from Centralia, IL: bearing 295°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east of Breese. The horizon here stretches wide, dominated by the heavy, golden light that settles over the crops in late summer, while the Kaskaskia River carves a deliberate path through the landscape just a mile away. To the north, the subtle, distant elevation of Pelican Pouch provides a faint, jagged punctuation against the sky, grounding the otherwise level horizon. At the edge of the community, Bruemmer Park offers a local sanctuary where the soil feels ancient and the air carries the scent of damp loam and tall grasses. Those seeking the stillness of the landscape often walk the Litle Prairie Nature Trail, where the rhythm of the seasons is measured in the slow swaying of stalks and the shifting shadows cast across the path.

Carlyle carries the imprint of mid-nineteenth-century settlement, having grown outward from the early commerce that defined this inland region. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding fields, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of daily existence. Proximity to Carlyle Lake serves as a defining feature of the local character, drawing those who find solace in the vast, open expanse of the water against the prairie backdrop. Further out, the terrain dips toward the Santa Fe Bottoms, a reminder of the low-lying, intricate drainage that has shaped the history of the region’s development. Life in Carlyle moves with the steady, unadorned persistence of the prairie winds, reflecting a heritage built on endurance and the quiet labor of those who work the land and sustain its local markets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Maple Hill Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 136° SE
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 0.8 mi, 085° E
Carlyle Parks & Recreation (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 130° SE
Future Soccer Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 247° SW
Kaskaskia River - Carlyle (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 131° SE
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 056° NE
Party Cove (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 039° NE
Cholera Cross (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 256° W
Paul and Dorothy Legermann Memorial (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 265° W
East Fork Management Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 054° NE
In Memory of Theodore "Dick" Kues, Oct 1, 1987 (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 265° W
Dachshund Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.3 mi, 266° W
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.5 mi, 030° NE
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 18.4 mi, 355° N
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 354° N
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.8 mi, 355° N
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 24.4 mi, 178° S
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 033° NE
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 029° NE
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 033° NE
O'Fallon Historical Society (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 266° W
Scenic Red Caboose (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 266° W
Browns Mound (Historic Ruins) — 29.1 mi, 281° W
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 129° SE
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 31.9 mi, 129° SE
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.9 mi, 077° E
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 37.8 mi, 182° S
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.3 mi, 289° W · 32k acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 53.0 mi, 190° S · 274k acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 71.3 mi, 213° SW · 1.5M acres

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