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Clarksburg Illinois Map

Explore Clarksburg, 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 Clarksburg, Illinois

How to Use This Clarksburg, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.330041
Longitude	-88.74173
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62565, 62433
Area Code	217
County Seat	Shelbyville

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About Clarksburg, Illinois

Clarksburg is a locality in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Clarksburg is located at 39.3300°N, 88.7417°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62565, 62433.

Clarksburg emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie as a collection of muted tones and sturdy, rectangular silhouettes. It lies 18.0 miles northwest of Effingham, IL (from Effingham, IL: bearing 324°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-southeast of Shelbyville. The landscape surrounding Clarksburg leans into an agrarian quietude, where the vast sky pushes against the earth, broken only by the thin, dark line of trees following the banks of Howe Creek. Three miles to the east, the thick, green canopy of Hidden Springs State Forest offers a dense contrast to the open fields, while the still, dark water of Hickory Ridge Pond catches the fading light of late afternoon. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of Corley Ridge barely disturbs the western skyline, a reminder of the subtle shifts in elevation that define this inland geography.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of the days in Clarksburg, where the rhythm of the seasons is marked by the turning of soil and the slow maturation of grain. The local economy remains tethered to these cycles, drawing sustenance from the deep, dark loam that has supported settlement here since the earliest pioneers carved their lives from the tallgrass. Beyond the fields, the proximity to Hidden Springs State Forest, a SRMA, provides a quiet sanctuary for the land, preserving a fragment of the wild that once covered the entire region. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, colored by the stark beauty of winter frost and the humid, heavy heat of summer, leaving the residents to find their own meaning in the steady persistence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hidden Springs State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 136° SE
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 343° N
Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 6.1 mi, 326° NW
Shelbyville Sunken Garden Aquatic Center Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 338° N
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 005° N
Margaret Guzy Pothole Wetlands State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 346° N
Rock Cave State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 192° S
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 056° NE
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 143° SE
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 18.0 mi, 143° SE
Ballard Nature Center (Private Recreation) — 18.1 mi, 173° S
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 18.6 mi, 283° W
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 283° W
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 283° W
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 001° N
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 000° N
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.1 mi, 062° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 120° SE
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 22.8 mi, 062° NE
WW2 Tank (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 063° NE
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 27.4 mi, 012° N
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 30.8 mi, 078° E
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 31.3 mi, 348° N
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 217° SW
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 217° SW
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 32.9 mi, 296° NW
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 297° NW
Raggedy Ann and Andy Statue (Public Artwork) — 33.7 mi, 043° NE
Cheetahs (Viewpoint) — 35.3 mi, 345° N
Staley Museum (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 342° N

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