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Clay City Illinois Map

Explore Clay City, 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 Clay City, Illinois

How to Use This Clay City, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.688659
Longitude	-88.354212
Population	847
Density	183.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62824
Area Code	618
County Seat	Louisville
School District	Clay City Community Unit District 10

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About Clay City, Illinois

Clay City is a locality in Clay County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 847. The population density is 183.5 people per km². Clay City is located at 38.6887°N, 88.3542°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clay City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62824.

Clay City occupies a stretch of fertile Illinois flatland where the horizon pulls the sky taut over endless rows of corn and soybeans. It lies 31.5 miles south-southeast of Effingham, IL (from Effingham, IL: bearing 161°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east of Flora. The Little Wabash River bends through the landscape a mile away, its slow, sediment-heavy current carving a quiet path through the soil that has sustained generations. To the west, the distant elevation of Pleasant Ridge marks the edge of the visible world, a faint, blurred line against the pale blue firmament. Sunlight here possesses a particular weight, turning the dust of late summer into a fine, suspended gold that settles over the fields and Salt Pond, three miles distant, where the water mirrors the shifting clouds with a glassy, unblinking intensity.

Clay City maintains the steady, measured pulse of a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest and the changing seasons. The Little Wabash River offers a secluded sanctuary for those who walk its wooded banks, providing a respite from the mechanical hum of agricultural machinery that defines the local work day. History here is kept not in grand monuments but in the sturdy brick facades of the storefronts and the deep, quiet knowledge of families who have worked this same earth for decades. Life in Clay City moves with a deliberate, grounded grace, defined by the simple intersection of rural industry and the long, expansive silence of the Midwestern plain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Little Wabash River (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 095° E
Flora Kiwanis Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 260° W
Flora Library & Veterans War Memorial (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 260° W
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 306° NW
Hanging Rock Sandstone Cliff State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 251° W
Richland County Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 098° E
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 079° E
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 17.8 mi, 032° NE
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.0 mi, 273° W
Lincoln Monument (Monument) — 21.3 mi, 180° S
War Memorial (Monument) — 21.3 mi, 180° S
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 181° S
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 23.1 mi, 277° W
Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 357° N
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 30.4 mi, 340° N
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 31.5 mi, 341° N
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 341° N
Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 38.7 mi, 127° SE
Granada (Theatre) — 39.2 mi, 229° SW
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 39.4 mi, 232° SW
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 39.5 mi, 231° SW
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.7 mi, 128° SE · 20k acres
Unique Stones (Public Artwork) — 40.4 mi, 230° SW
Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 44.6 mi, 149° SE
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 44.8 mi, 149° SE
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 44.8 mi, 149° SE
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 46.5 mi, 152° SE
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 67.4 mi, 178° S · 7,712 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 67.7 mi, 178° S · 274k acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.3 mi, 207° SW · 91k acres

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