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Germantown Illinois Map

Explore Germantown, 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 Germantown, Illinois

How to Use This Germantown, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.55366
Longitude	-89.538421
Population	1,324
Density	504.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62245
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carlyle
School District	Central Community High School District 71

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About Germantown, Illinois

Germantown is a locality in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,324. The population density is 504.1 people per km². Germantown is located at 38.5537°N, 89.5384°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Germantown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62245.

Germantown emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of heavy, shifting clouds. It lies 14.7 miles south-southeast of Highland, IL (from Highland, IL: bearing 151°T), and is situated 4.0 miles south of Breese. The landscape remains defined by the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields, interrupted only by the quiet movement of Shoal Creek as it winds its way through the nearby soil. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of Pelican Pouch provides a rare vertical anchor to the otherwise level earth, while the low-lying terrain of the Santa Fe Bottoms collects the morning mist. At the center of this rural vista, Lake Park offers a green sanctuary where the grass grows thick and the air carries the dry, honest scent of cultivated earth and turning seasons.

Germantown reflects a heritage of endurance, rooted in the steady industry of those who first broke the prairie sod to build a life upon the plains. The local economy persists as a quiet engine of agricultural productivity, maintaining a pace that moves in accordance with the planting and the harvest rather than the frantic pulse of distant urban grids. Life in Germantown gathers around the shared values of a grounded, Midwestern character, where the social fabric is held together by the simple maintenance of property and the preservation of community spaces. On quiet afternoons, one might catch the light catching the surface of Foppe Lake, a nearby stillness that mirrors the deliberate, unassuming nature of the people who call this place home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 180° S
Schoendienst Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 115° SE
Cholera Cross (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 004° N
Paul and Dorothy Legermann Memorial (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 320° NW
In Memory of Paul W. Nettemeier, May 12, 1989 (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 318° NW
Kaskaskia River - Carlyle (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 180° S
Dachshund Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.2 mi, 318° NW
Sipple Slough Woods State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 211° SW
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.7 mi, 063° NE
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 12.1 mi, 061° NE
Party Cove (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 051° NE
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.2 mi, 227° SW
7 Gates of Hell: Gate 7 (Viewpoint) — 19.7 mi, 303° NW
O'Fallon Historical Society (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 278° W
Scenic Red Caboose (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 278° W
Browns Mound (Historic Ruins) — 22.4 mi, 298° NW
Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 263° W
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 017° N
Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 24.1 mi, 264° W
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 016° N
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.5 mi, 017° N
Cahokia Mounds State Historical Site (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 283° W
Edwardsville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 28.5 mi, 305° NW
Mound 55 (Historic Ruins) — 29.0 mi, 284° W
Mustang Corral (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 300° NW
Town & Country Motel sign (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 299° NW
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 33.9 mi, 170° S
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.3 mi, 300° NW · 32k acres
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.7 mi, 207° SW · 16k acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 47.5 mi, 180° S · 274k acres

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