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Edinburg Illinois Map

Explore Edinburg, 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 Edinburg, Illinois

How to Use This Edinburg, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.65727
Longitude	-89.389534
Population	1,085
Density	670.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62531
Area Code	217
County Seat	Taylorville
School District	Edinburg Community Unit School District 4

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About Edinburg, Illinois

Edinburg is a locality in Christian County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,085. The population density is 670.3 people per km². Edinburg is located at 39.6573°N, 89.3895°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Edinburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62531.

Edinburg occupies a vast stretch of the Illinois prairie where the horizon pulls the sky downward to meet the fields in a seamless, muted line. It lies 9.0 miles northwest of Taylorville, IL (from Taylorville, IL: bearing 326°T), and is situated 9.9 miles southeast of Rochester. The terrain remains largely level, a product of ancient glacial retreat that left behind a deep, dark soil capable of sustaining endless rows of corn and soybeans. Two miles to the west, the South Fork Sangamon River carves a quiet, serpentine path through the earth, its banks shaded by dense stands of timber that break the monotony of the open plains. Eight miles distant, the subtle rise of Sand Ridge provides a modest variation to the topography, while four miles away, the waters of Sangchris Lake reflect the changing colors of the Midwestern seasons. At the center of the grid, Edinburg Park offers a patch of maintained green space where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and the steady, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery from the surrounding acreage.

Agriculture functions as the lifeblood of Edinburg, dictating the tempo of the calendar from the first thaw of spring to the final harvest of autumn. Established as a product of the nineteenth-century expansion, the locality bears the marks of a region built upon the rail lines that once connected the rural interior to the wider world. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, with grain elevators standing as the tallest sentinels over the rooftops, visible for miles across the flat landscape. Life moves with a deliberate, measured quality, defined by the seasonal cycles of planting and dormancy rather than the frantic pace of the urban centers to the north. In the quiet transition from afternoon to evening, the light turns a soft, bruised gold, illuminating the brick facades and the straight, orderly streets that define the character of Edinburg.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Edinburg Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 342° N
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 241° SW
Ivarene Wild Life Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 205° SW
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 146° SE
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 9.0 mi, 146° SE
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 146° SE
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 148° SE
War Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 357° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 250° W
The Muni (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 300° NW
Trutter Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 290° W
Lincoln Memorial (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 292° W
Impermanent Column (Public Artwork) — 13.3 mi, 293° NW
AMC Showplace 8 (Cinema) — 13.8 mi, 302° NW
Rotary Sundial (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 290° W
Selvaggio Historic Arches (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 290° W
Calamus Lake State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 041° NE
Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 15.8 mi, 309° NW
Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 302° NW
Elijah Iles House (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 305° NW
Vachel Lindsay Home (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 305° NW
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space (Gallery) — 16.9 mi, 306° NW
Gallery 1624 (Gallery) — 16.9 mi, 301° NW
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 19.0 mi, 321° NW
Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 19.1 mi, 318° NW
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 20.0 mi, 301° NW
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 30.6 mi, 000° N
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 31.5 mi, 313° NW
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.4 mi, 321° NW · 5,262 acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.4 mi, 329° NW · 13k acres

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