Explore Cutler, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cutler, 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 Cutler.
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 | Cutler |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Perry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.032273 |
| Longitude | -89.565651 |
| Population | 361 |
| Density | 297.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 62238 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| County Seat | Pinckneyville |
| School District | Trico Community Unit School District 176 |
Cutler emerges from the flat, industrious stretch of the Illinois plains where the horizon is defined by the relentless geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 28.4 miles northwest of Carbondale, IL (from Carbondale, IL: bearing 318°T), and is situated 9.7 miles southeast of Sparta. Pipestone Creek carves a deliberate path through the earth here, its waters moving with a quiet, muddy persistence that dictates the moisture of the surrounding soil. Beyond the immediate banks, the land opens into an expansive, level terrain that catches the late afternoon light, turning the dry stalks into a sea of muted amber. Unknown Park serves as the local anchor for the wilder edges of this landscape, providing a quiet refuge where the wind moves through the brush with a sighing, singular rhythm. In the distance, the silhouette of Gum Ridge marks the far edge of the sky, a faint, serrated line that reminds the traveler of the vast distance stretching toward the horizon.
Cutler maintains a steady, internal pace, its character forged by the long-standing tradition of rail and rural commerce that once turned these fields into a vital node of midwestern transit. The proximity of East C Streamline Lake adds a subtle, reflective stillness to the air, balancing the mechanical hum of agricultural machinery that dominates the seasonal work cycle. Residents here exist in a cycle governed by the soil and the iron tracks, a life lived in the shadow of the grain elevator and the slow, deliberate work of the harvest. Five miles to the west, the depressions of Lost Prairie offer a slight variation in the topography, a reminder that the land is not merely a flat plane but a complex, ancient basin. Life in Cutler remains rooted in this quiet persistence, where the brick-and-limestone architecture holds the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the western fields.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cutler, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.032273, -89.565651. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Cutler includes the ZIP code (62238), telephone area code (217), county seat of Perry County (Pinckneyville), and school district assignment (Trico Community Unit School District 176).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |