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Collison Illinois Map

Explore Collison, 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 Collison, Illinois

How to Use This Collison, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.225036
Longitude	-87.803916
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61831
Area Code	309
County Seat	Danville

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About Collison, Illinois

Collison is a locality in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Collison is located at 40.2250°N, 87.8039°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61831.

Collison reveals itself through the steady, patient passage of the Collison Branch, a waterway that marks the rhythm of the surrounding plains with quiet persistence. It lies 11.5 miles northwest of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 307°T), and is situated 19.4 miles east-southeast of Rantoul. The landscape unfolds as a vast expanse of fertile earth, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the seasonal transformation of grain fields and the occasional rise of land toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Devils Backbone. Just a few miles away, the quiet waters of Lake Mingo mirror the shifting Midwestern sky, while the nearby terrain dips into the secluded, shaded basin of Cox Hollow. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially at dusk, when the light catches the golden stalks of harvest and casts long, cooling shadows across the open prairie, grounding the senses in the physical weight of the soil.

Collison maintains a distinct character forged by the cycles of the earth and the industry of those who work it. The economy remains tethered to the land, an extension of the agricultural traditions that define this corridor of the state, where the quiet labor of the fields provides the underlying pulse of everyday life. Residents find space for reflection just a mile away at the Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area, a sanctuary where the natural character of the region is preserved against the encroaching pace of the modern world. While the University of Illinois Research Forest stands nineteen miles away as a testament to regional study and growth, the local existence in Collison favors a more modest, deliberate scale. It is a place where the stillness of the plains dictates the tempo, and the history of the land is written not in monuments, but in the enduring, repetitive grace of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 064° NE
Horseshoe Bottom Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.6 mi, 083° E
Middle Fork Seeps (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 091° E
Windfall Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.1 mi, 101° E
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 129° SE
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 123° SE
Fairchild Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 096° E
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 6.5 mi, 149° SE
Kickapoo Rail Trail (Local Recreation) — 7.6 mi, 178° S
North Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 101° E
Everyday Heroes (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 101° E
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 111° E
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 10.2 mi, 124° SE
Espenscheid Park (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 116° SE
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 127° SE
Danville Art League (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 126° SE
Tilton Atv Park (Local Recreation) — 11.2 mi, 132° SE
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 126° SE
Gifford War Memorial (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 294° NW
Homer Lake Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 222° SW
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 221° SW
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 145° SE
Trail of Death marker (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 099° E
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 22.7 mi, 250° W
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 22.7 mi, 250° W
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 250° W
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 256° W
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 26.5 mi, 256° W
Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 026° NE
Shades State Park (State Park) — 41.3 mi, 119° SE

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