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Evansville Illinois Map

Explore Evansville, 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 Evansville, Illinois

How to Use This Evansville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.090329
Longitude	-89.938441
Population	547
Density	268.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62242
Area Code	217
County Seat	Chester
School District	Sparta Community Unit School District 140

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About Evansville, Illinois

Evansville is a locality in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 547. The population density is 268.0 people per km². Evansville is located at 38.0903°N, 89.9384°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Evansville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62242.

Evansville emerges from the flat, industrious expanse of southern Illinois as a quiet confluence of riparian shadow and agricultural patience. It lies 20.5 miles southeast of Waterloo, IL (from Waterloo, IL: bearing 146°T), and is situated 9.9 miles northeast of Ste. Genevieve. Genevieve. The Kaskaskia River traces a deliberate path past the edge of the houses, its currents carving a slow, dark ribbon through the alluvial soil that defines the local horizon. To the east, the terrain rises in subtle, rhythmic increments, eventually meeting the distant silhouette of the Sugar Hills that anchor the far view like a dormant, earthen spine. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area stretches its protected acreage, offering a sanctuary where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp loam and wild grasses. Sunlight here possesses a particular, honeyed weight at dusk, thickening as it spills across the open plains and catches the surface of the nearby Schaffner Lake, turning the water into a polished, obsidian mirror before the evening chill settles over the land.

Evansville carries the quiet gravity of a place built upon the labor of the soil and the steady, unyielding cycle of the seasons. Historically sustained by the rhythms of regional agriculture, the economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the golden persistence of corn and soybeans dictates the tempo of the calendar. The proximity of Burns Hollow, six miles away, serves as a reminder of the subtle depressions that shape this geography, influencing the drainage and the character of the local woods. Life in Evansville moves with a measured, deliberate pulse, far removed from the frantic pace of distant urban grids, favoring the endurance of community and the preservation of a landscape that has remained largely indifferent to the passing of decades. Here, the modern world feels like a distant hum, eclipsed by the immediate reality of the harvest, the turning of the leaves, and the persistent, quiet flow of the river that has witnessed the town’s slow evolution since its founding.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 326° NW
Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 7.1 mi, 254° W
Randolph county Rod and Gun Club (Park) — 7.7 mi, 092° E
Mississippi River - Mudds Landing (Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 178° S
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.5 mi, 177° S · 16k acres
Demint Prairie/Prairie Du Rocher Herpetological Area (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 272° W
Red Bud Area Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 340° N
Randolph County State Recreation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 135° SE
Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 217° SW
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 080° E
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 13.1 mi, 075° E
Marissa Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 051° NE
World War One Doughboy (Public Artwork) — 20.0 mi, 323° NW
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 20.3 mi, 102° E
Mill Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 20.8 mi, 130° SE
Swayne Hollow SNA (Nature Reserve) — 21.0 mi, 131° SE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 22.1 mi, 136° SE · 274k acres
Hawn State Park (State Park) — 22.5 mi, 220° SW
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 172° S
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 24.4 mi, 200° S · 1.5M acres
Perry Park Center (Cinema) — 25.7 mi, 170° S
September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois (Monument) — 28.4 mi, 355° N
Gummershiemer Memorial (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 329° NW
Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 356° N
Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 29.3 mi, 355° N
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 33.9 mi, 068° E
Fine Arts Theater (Theatre) — 34.1 mi, 241° SW
Old Time Flea Market (Attraction) — 34.1 mi, 235° SW
Village Theatre (Theatre) — 34.4 mi, 345° N
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 43.1 mi, 141° SE · 4,739 acres

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