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Crainville Illinois Map

Explore Crainville, 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 Crainville, Illinois

How to Use This Crainville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.751994
Longitude	-89.067854
Population	1,443
Density	337.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62918
Area Code	618
County Seat	Marion
School District	Carterville Community Unit School District 5

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About Crainville, Illinois

Crainville is a locality in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,443. The population density is 337.1 people per km². Crainville is located at 37.7520°N, 89.0679°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Crainville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62918.

Crainville emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of southern Illinois as a quiet collection of residences defined by the subtle shift of the seasons and the expansive sky above the plains. It lies 4.2 miles south-southwest of Herrin, IL (from Herrin, IL: bearing 212°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east-northeast of Carbondale. The landscape here is characterized by a low, rhythmic topography that softens the horizon, occasionally broken by the dense, tangled thickets of local woodlands. Moisture from the nearby Crab Orchard Lake brings a heavy, silver quality to the dusk, while the slow movement of Hurricane Creek provides a constant, low-frequency hum to the rural air. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant silhouette of Dutch Ridge creates a faint, jagged charcoal line against the pale blue of a late afternoon sky, grounding the view in a geography that feels both ancient and enduring.

Crainville maintains a deliberate, measured pace of life, functioning as a residential anchor within a region once shaped by the industrious extraction of coal and the steady output of agricultural labor. The local economy persists as a reflection of these deep-rooted connections to the land, where the daily rhythms are dictated more by the cycles of the harvest than by the frantic pulse of larger metropolitan centers. Residents often find themselves passing through the open boundaries of Unknown Park, a space that preserves the quiet character of the area without the need for artificial adornment. In this corner of the state, history is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the architecture and the way the community organizes its time around the changing light that falls across the corn and soybean fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 156° SE
Carterville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 319° NW
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 320° NW
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.0 mi, 181° S · 91k acres
Cannon Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 299° NW
Bogard Point (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 171° S
Martha's Theatre (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 134° SE
Crab Orchard Wildlife Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 172° S
Herrin Service Member Memorial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 030° NE
Herrin Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.6 mi, 042° NE
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 257° W
Pyles Fork Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 264° W
3 Wizards (Public Artwork) — 7.4 mi, 232° SW
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 258° W
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 253° W
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.7 mi, 179° S · 4,387 acres
Amplitheatre (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 252° W
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 297° NW
Panther Den Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.7 mi, 180° S · 988 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 10.7 mi, 179° S · 274k acres
Giant City State Park (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 205° SW
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 14.2 mi, 171° S · 7,712 acres
Shawnee Bluffs Canopy Tour (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 186° S
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 14.7 mi, 273° W
Water Fall (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 161° S
Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 166° S
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 214° SW
Little Grand Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 18.6 mi, 255° W
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 23.1 mi, 240° SW · 1,959 acres
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.8 mi, 179° S · 33k acres

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