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Gale Illinois Map

Explore Gale, 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 Gale, Illinois

How to Use This Gale, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.24894
Longitude	-89.447588
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62990, 61239
Area Code	618, 847, 224
County Seat	Cairo

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About Gale, Illinois

Gale is a locality in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Gale is located at 37.2489°N, 89.4476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62990, 61239.

Gale anchors itself to the alluvial earth where the quiet current of Sexton Creek carves a path through the landscape. It lies 35.4 miles south-southwest of Carbondale, IL (from Carbondale, IL: bearing 201°T), and is situated 5.5 miles southeast of Cape Girardeau. The air here holds the heavy, fertile scent of damp soil and drying stalks, a perennial reminder of the vast agricultural plains that stretch toward the horizon. To the east, the Santa Fe Hills rise in soft, muted silhouettes against the sky, their presence tempering the winds that sweep across the bottomlands. The nearby Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area acts as a sanctuary for the local ecosystem, providing a sprawling, undisturbed expanse of brush and timber. Beyond the immediate fields, the shadows lengthen across the depression of Sawmill Hollow, where the light at dusk turns the tall grasses into a sea of bruised violet and gold.

Gale remains a place defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons and the enduring labor of the harvest. History in these parts is measured not by monuments, but by the resilience of the local economy, which has long relied on the bounty of the surrounding black soil and the seasonal rhythm of the grain trade. Residents often venture toward Edmondson Slough when the heat of midsummer settles over the fields, finding a rare stillness in the water’s edge that contrasts with the mechanical hum of the nearby transit lines. While the modern world moves with a frantic cadence, Gale retains a grounded character, where the architecture of modest, weathered structures reflects a life lived in direct conversation with the land. The quietude of the region is punctuated only by the seasonal migration of waterfowl and the distant, rhythmic clatter of freight moving through the rural corridors.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.0 mi, 291° W
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 091° E · 274k acres
Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 1.0 mi, 342° N · 3,877 acres
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 320° NW
Devil's Island tate Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 000° N
Fort D (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 304° NW
Shawnee Park (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 297° NW
Ozark Hill Prairie Research Natural Area Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 6.0 mi, 044° NE
(former Site) Terrace Inn (Historic Ruins) — 6.3 mi, 278° W
World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 293° NW
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.7 mi, 102° E · 33k acres
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 310° NW
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 11.8 mi, 146° SE
Trail Of Tears State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 355° N
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.0 mi, 354° N
Ozark Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.2 mi, 018° N
Wolf Lake Memorial Garden (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 001° N
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.9 mi, 011° N · 5,830 acres
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 19.7 mi, 000° N · 1,959 acres
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.7 mi, 006° N · 4,739 acres
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 028° NE
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 22.8 mi, 138° SE
Caboose (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 138° SE
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 23.1 mi, 138° SE
Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 017° N
Malco (Cinema) — 26.4 mi, 195° S
John Bridges Tavern Location (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 061° NE
Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 28.2 mi, 012° N
Amplitheatre (Theatre) — 34.4 mi, 021° N
McLeod Theatre (Theatre) — 34.4 mi, 021° N

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