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De Witt Illinois Map

Explore De Witt, 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 De Witt, Illinois

How to Use This De Witt, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.181147
Longitude	-88.786184
Population	160
Density	260.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61735
Area Code	309
County Seat	Clinton
School District	Clinton Community Unit School District 15

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About De Witt, Illinois

De Witt is a locality in De Witt County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 260.7 people per km². De Witt is located at 40.1811°N, 88.7862°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. De Witt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61735.

De Witt occupies a broad, quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered by the shadow of any distant peak. The landscape surrounding De Witt is defined by a rhythmic, flat topography, where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous influence upon the soil. Only twenty-five miles away, the faint, hazy suggestion of Yankee Ridge occasionally brushes the edge of the sky, though the immediate view is dominated by the silver-gray currents of Salt Creek and the still, expansive waters of Lake Clinton. A particular quality of light settles over these fields at dusk, casting a long, amber glow that softens the rigid geometry of the surrounding farmland and makes the air feel thick with the scent of earth and turning grain.

Economic life in De Witt remains tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding agricultural plains, where corn and soybeans form the primary architecture of the economy. The history of the region is written in the deep, fertile dark of the soil, a legacy that has drawn generations to cultivate the land and maintain the steady, internal pace of the Midwestern interior. Beyond the immediate fields, residents often look toward the quiet, wooded trails of Weldon Springs State Park to find a reprieve from the labor of the harvest. De Witt maintains a distinctive, deliberate character, one defined less by the velocity of modern life than by the enduring, quiet stability of a place that understands its own relationship to the changing seasons and the vast, open plains that define the local identity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Weldon Springs State Park (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 236° SW
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 262° W
Bronze Fireman (Public Artwork) — 9.8 mi, 257° W
Friends Creek Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 180° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.3 mi, 315° NW
Robert Allerton Park (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 150° SE
Lodge Park (Local Park) — 13.7 mi, 123° SE
Mettler Woods Natural Heritage Landmark (Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 261° W
Piatt County Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 146° SE
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 008° N
Kenneth L. Schroeder Wildlife Sanctuary (Local Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 327° NW
Bosarth Memorial (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 336° NW
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 20.4 mi, 031° NE
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 21.2 mi, 011° N
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 21.9 mi, 342° N
Historic US Route 66 Sign (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 329° NW
Sound of Illinois Chorus (Theatre) — 23.4 mi, 332° NW
The Sesquicentennial Gates (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 333° NW
Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 23.9 mi, 333° NW
American Giants Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 283° W
Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 283° W
Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 283° W
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 200° S
University Galleries (Gallery) — 24.9 mi, 335° NW
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 202° S
Allen Theatre (Theatre) — 24.9 mi, 335° NW
Staley Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 202° S
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 263° W
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.2 mi, 278° W · 5,262 acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.7 mi, 334° NW · 13k acres

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