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Columbus Illinois Map

Explore Columbus, 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 Columbus, Illinois

How to Use This Columbus, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.988103
Longitude	-91.146807
Population	114
Density	201.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62320
Area Code	217
County Seat	Quincy
School District	Central CUSD 3

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About Columbus, Illinois

Columbus is a locality in Adams County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 201.0 people per km². Columbus is located at 39.9881°N, 91.1468°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Columbus is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62320.

Columbus unfolds across a landscape of expansive, productive plains where the horizon remains a thin, unwavering line drawn between the dark earth and the pale, Midwestern sky. It lies 14.4 miles east-northeast of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 75°T), and is situated 22.4 miles north-northeast of Hannibal. Moisture gathers in the low swales near McKee Creek, a watercourse that carves a quiet, serpentine path through the fields just a mile from the center of Columbus. Beyond the immediate reach of the cultivated rows, the terrain shifts into a series of subtle rises and depressions, suggesting the distant, hazy silhouette of Long Ridge far to the west. At dusk, the light loses its sharp edge, casting a long, violet shadow across the stubble of the harvested fields and turning the surface of Columbus Dry Gulch Club Lake into a sheet of hammered, tarnished silver.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the movement of heavy machinery along the two-lane roads that bisect the grid. The history of Columbus is anchored in the patient labor of those who broke this soil, creating a community defined by the sturdy, unadorned architecture of brick and timber that stands against the seasonal winds. A short distance away, the karst geology of Burton Cave State Natural Area reveals the secret, subterranean complexity of the region, where limestone formations hold the cool, damp breath of the earth. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting a quiet confidence in the cycles of growth and rest that have sustained the inhabitants for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burton Cave State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 217° SW
Progress Park (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 257° W
Wavering Park (Local Park) — 11.1 mi, 255° W
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 122° SE
Bridge Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 13.7 mi, 124° SE
All Wars Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 260° W
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 267° W
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 255° W
Govenor John Wood Statue (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 255° W
History Museum on the Square (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 254° W
Fall Creek Scenic Overlook State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 209° SW
Soulard Access (State Recreation Area) — 17.7 mi, 249° W
Wakonda State Park (State Park) — 18.6 mi, 274° W
Bay Island Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 21.3 mi, 216° SW
Samuel Langhorne Clemens "Mark Twain" Statue (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 213° SW
Scenic Overlook Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (Viewpoint) — 21.7 mi, 212° SW
Canton CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 297° NW
Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot (Public Artwork) — 22.0 mi, 210° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 211° SW
Tom & Huck Statue (Public Artwork) — 22.1 mi, 211° SW
Art Gallery 310 (Gallery) — 22.1 mi, 210° SW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.3 mi, 299° NW · 3,906 acres
New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 154° SE
Dr. J.W. Well Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 23.9 mi, 239° SW
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.5 mi, 318° NW · 10k acres
Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 29.0 mi, 184° S
Kibbe Museum (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 001° N
Historic Carthage Jail (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 001° N
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 36.5 mi, 029° NE

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