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Elsah Illinois Map

Explore Elsah, 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 Elsah, Illinois

How to Use This Elsah, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.956159
Longitude	-90.359836
Population	519
Density	183.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62028
Area Code	309
County Seat	Jerseyville
School District	Jersey Community Unit School District 100

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About Elsah, Illinois

Elsah is a locality in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 519. The population density is 183.5 people per km². Elsah is located at 38.9562°N, 90.3598°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elsah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62028.

Elsah presents a limestone stillness that seems to hold its breath against the changing seasons. It lies 9.3 miles west of Godfrey, IL (from Godfrey, IL: bearing 270°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-northwest of Old Jamestown. The village clings to the base of steep, wooded bluffs, where the heavy, humid air of the Mississippi River bottomlands often settles in a cool, silver haze. High above the valley floor, the landscape transitions into the delicate, swaying grasses of Principia Hill Prairies East, a place where the sunlight strikes the native flora with a sharp, unfiltered clarity. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant, hazy silhouette of Goat Ranch Ridge anchors the horizon, reminding the observer that the earth here is folded into deep, ancient pleats. Nearby, the quiet surface of Luesse Lake reflects the turning of the leaves, while the shadows in Babbs Hollow grow long and indigo well before the sun has fully vanished behind the western rise.

Elsah retains a stubborn, quiet independence, its architecture characterized by the sturdy, hand-cut stone masonry that speaks to a mid-nineteenth-century arrival of settlers who sought shelter in the deep, protective ravines. Economy and life here operate in a different register than the frantic pace of the plains to the north, favoring a preservation of the limestone facades that define the streetscape. The presence of a prominent college has long colored the local character, infusing the quiet lanes with an intellectual air and a rhythm dictated by the academic calendar rather than the harvest cycles of the surrounding fields. Residents move through the narrow, winding streets with a deliberate gait, aware that they occupy a space where history is not a museum exhibit, but a physical weight that shapes the way light falls across a porch or how the evening wind funnels through the limestone gaps.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Elsah Soldiers (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 025° NE
Vadalabene Bike Trail (State Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 199° S
Principia Hill Prairies West (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 210° SW
Principia Hill Prairies East (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 187° S
Our Lady of the Rivers Shrine (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 147° SE
Raging Rivers Water Park (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 287° W
Stone Bridge Footing (Historic Ruins) — 3.9 mi, 105° E
Katy Trail (State Park) — 3.9 mi, 157° SE
Piasa Creek (Pool No. 26) (Private Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 105° E
Mary the Turtle (Public Artwork) — 4.0 mi, 282° W
Ruebel Adventures (Private Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 284° W
Distillery Hollow Glade (Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 298° NW
Missouri Wing (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 243° SW
Piasa Creek Wetland #2 (Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 075° E
Pere Marquette State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 281° W
LaVista Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 107° E
Olin Foundation (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 107° E
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.8 mi, 276° W · 1,866 acres
McAdams Memorial (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 113° SE
Duncan Farm (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 276° W
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.6 mi, 201° S · 32k acres
Alton Military Prison Site (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 116° SE
Jacoby Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 10.2 mi, 116° SE
Alton Hauntings Ghost Tours (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 115° SE
New Town Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 221° SW
James J Eagan Center Theatre (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 163° S
Museum of Western Jesuit Missions (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 185° S
Robert Pershing Wadlow (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 107° E
Michelle's Arts and Crafts (Gallery) — 12.7 mi, 244° SW
Little Creek Nature Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.2 mi, 164° S

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