Enter your search query in the box below.

Gillespie Illinois Map

Explore Gillespie, 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 Gillespie, Illinois

How to Use This Gillespie, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.129769
Longitude	-89.819541
Population	3,168
Density	824.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62033
Area Code	309
County Seat	Carlinville
School District	Gillespie Community Unit School District 7

🌦 Goto Gillespie Weather Page: Gillespie, Illinois — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Gillespie, Illinois

Gillespie is a locality in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,168. The population density is 824.2 people per km². Gillespie is located at 39.1298°N, 89.8195°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gillespie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62033.

Gillespie emerges from the flat, wide expanse of the Illinois prairie like a quiet assertion of industry held against the long, soybean-scented horizon. It lies 23.1 miles east-northeast of Godfrey, IL (from Godfrey, IL: bearing 58°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-southwest of Litchfield. The light at dusk here possesses a particular amber weight, catching the edges of the grain elevators and the quiet, weathered brick of the storefronts before settling over the modest, green expanse of Big Brick Park. Nearby, the land tilts gently toward the low-lying basin of Bear Creek, which marks the local topography with its slow, seasonal pulse, while the deeper stillness of Columbia Quarry Lake waits only two miles away, holding the sky in its dark, glassy surface. To the west, the distant, rounded rise of Brushy Mound offers the only true interruption to the otherwise unbroken, level line of the earth, providing a constant, muted anchor for the eye.

Gillespie carries the gravity of a place built on the hard, subterranean labor of the coal mines that once defined its rhythm and brought a diverse influx of families to these plains. The economy has shifted since the shafts closed, yet the town retains the sturdy, utilitarian character of its origins, where the work of the day is still measured by the slow turn of the seasons and the maintenance of the local grid. Residents move with a deliberate pace, navigating the intersection of history and the present, where the legacy of the miners lingers in the architecture and the shared, quiet pride of a place that remains anchored to its own soil. Even as the modern world brushes against the perimeter, the life of Gillespie persists in the steady, familiar patterns of the Midwestern interior, defined by the enduring reach of the fields and the persistent, unadorned beauty of the prairie sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Brick Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 172° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 128° SE
Gillespie Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 062° NE
Gillespie (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 004° N
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 126° SE
Stauton Country Club (Park) — 5.8 mi, 178° S
Golf Course (Park) — 6.5 mi, 153° SE
Illinois Traction System (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 169° S
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 167° S
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 230° SW
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 308° NW
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 11.2 mi, 346° N
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 342° N
Weigh Station Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 11.7 mi, 054° NE
Carlinville Fairground (Local Recreation) — 12.4 mi, 347° N
Henry Eilers Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.6 mi, 072° E
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 034° NE
Bethalto Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 218° SW
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 19.8 mi, 004° N
Nesting Stand (Public Artwork) — 23.2 mi, 202° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 23.3 mi, 202° S
Robert Pershing Wadlow (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 228° SW
Charles Raich Field (Stadium) — 23.7 mi, 215° SW
Edwardsville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 25.0 mi, 199° S
Edward "ted" And Pat Jones-confluence Point State Park (State Park) — 25.3 mi, 219° SW
Alton Hauntings Ghost Tours (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 229° SW
Blind (Viewpoint) — 25.8 mi, 227° SW
Ralph Korte Stadium (Stadium) — 26.1 mi, 203° SW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.1 mi, 222° SW · 32k acres
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.4 mi, 253° W · 1,866 acres

Latest News: Gillespie

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News