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Gilson Illinois Map

Explore Gilson, 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 Gilson, Illinois

How to Use This Gilson, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.861705
Longitude	-90.201511
Population	156
Density	182.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61436
Area Code	815
County Seat	Galesburg
School District	Knoxville Community Unit School District 202

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About Gilson, Illinois

Gilson is a locality in Knox County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 156. The population density is 182.0 people per km². Gilson is located at 40.8617°N, 90.2015°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61436.

Gilson marks its presence upon the flat, expansive plains where the dark, fertile soil yields to the steady, rhythmic passage of the seasons. It lies 10.7 miles southeast of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 124°T), and is situated 5.4 miles southeast of Knoxville. Little Haw Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the local landscape, its waters feeding the quiet moisture that sustains the surrounding timber and thick grasses. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially when the sun descends and casts long, amber shadows across the fields, lending the horizon a sharp, metallic edge. To the distant west, the faint, blue silhouette of Hoxie Ridge suggests a world beyond the immediate reach of the prairie, though the horizon remains dominated by the immense, cloud-swept sky. Those who wander five miles away find the quiet terrain of Pigeon Hollow or the expanse of Knox Park, while Horseshoe Lake rests four miles from the center, offering a reflective stillness to the rural expanse.

Gilson persists as a quiet node in the vast, agricultural geometry of the Midwest, defined by the seasonal pulse of planting and harvest that dictates the local economy. The legacy of the nineteenth-century rail expansion remains etched into the layout of the land, where tracks once funneled the bounty of the fields toward larger markets, leaving behind a stillness that now defines the daily pace of life. Families who have occupied these acres for generations maintain the steady, unadorned work of the farm, their lives measured by the cycles of corn and soybean growth. There is little artifice in the way the day unfolds here, only the persistent hum of machinery during the harvest and the profound silence that settles over the frost-hardened earth when the winter light turns gray and thin. Gilson endures not through grand monuments, but through the persistent, quiet labor of those who remain tethered to the rhythm of the changing fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Knox Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 310° NW
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 305° NW
Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 301° NW
CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 304° NW
Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 305° NW
Poet Carl Sandburg and Nellie the Goat (Public Artwork) — 10.7 mi, 304° NW
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 029° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 121° SE
Camp Wilderness (Private Recreation) — 11.5 mi, 207° SW
Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 12.2 mi, 212° SW
Maple Lane Country Club (Local Recreation) — 13.2 mi, 111° E
Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 115° SE
The Pioneers (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 115° SE
Public Triangle (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 355° N
Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 137° SE
Nature Conservancy (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 160° S
Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.5 mi, 306° NW
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 010° N
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 078° E
Warren County History Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 278° W
Rock Island (State Recreation Area) — 24.8 mi, 051° NE
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 25.8 mi, 110° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 216° SW
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 28.6 mi, 141° SE
Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 30.2 mi, 258° W
Jubliee College State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 101° E
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 32.0 mi, 150° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 165° S · 13k acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.4 mi, 171° S · 5,262 acres

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