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Gorham Illinois Map

Explore Gorham, 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 Gorham, Illinois

How to Use This Gorham, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.718384
Longitude	-89.485929
Population	173
Density	54.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62940
Area Code	618
County Seat	Murphysboro
School District	Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186

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About Gorham, Illinois

Gorham is a locality in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 173. The population density is 54.8 people per km². Gorham is located at 37.7184°N, 89.4859°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gorham is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62940.

Gorham occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that feels remarkably immense. It lies 14.7 miles west of Carbondale, IL (from Carbondale, IL: bearing 268°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-southwest of Murphysboro. The land here is defined by the subtle, deliberate shifts of the terrain, rising toward the gentle elevation of Sand Ridge to the north while dipping into the quiet, shaded moisture of Happy Hollow. Matusky Brook cuts a thin, silver thread through the fields, its path marked by the thicker growth of riparian trees that break the monotony of the cultivated plains. To the southwest, the Shawnee Purchase Unit blankets the earth in a sprawling, managed wildness, while the still waters of Turkey Bayou offer a glassy reflection of the Midwestern light, which at dusk turns the color of bruised plums and weathered copper.

Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of Gorham, manifesting in the orderly geometry of corn and soybean fields that define the seasonal rhythm of the residents. This landscape is a product of deep-rooted, inland industry, where the labor of the soil informs the steady pace of daily life and the modest, utilitarian architecture of the streetscapes. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the proximity to the expansive Trail of Tears State Forest provides a dense, wooded counterpoint to the open, industrious fields that dominate the regional economy. There is a singular, unadorned beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across these flat expanses, revealing a place that values the persistence of the harvest and the reliable, unchanging nature of the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 060° NE · 7,712 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 0.8 mi, 177° S · 274k acres
Main Lookout (Viewpoint) — 4.9 mi, 117° SE
Little Grand Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 5.6 mi, 118° SE
Seventy-Six Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 265° W
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.8 mi, 270° W · 16k acres
Lake Murphysboro State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 052° NE
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.1 mi, 161° S · 4,739 acres
Johnson Creek Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 8.5 mi, 351° N
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 8.7 mi, 069° E
Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 122° SE
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 9.2 mi, 164° S · 1,959 acres
La Rue-Pine Hills Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 9.2 mi, 164° S
Larue-Pine Hills/Otter Pine Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 9.2 mi, 164° S
Shawnee Cave Amphitheater (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 117° SE
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.4 mi, 150° SE · 5,830 acres
Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 138° SE
SIU Entrance Monument (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 091° E
McLeod Theatre (Theatre) — 14.2 mi, 091° E
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 090° E
Merideth Funeral Home (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 088° E
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 088° E
Pyroglyphics (Public Artwork) — 14.8 mi, 326° NW
Wolf Lake Memorial Garden (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 170° S
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 063° NE
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 087° E
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 16.5 mi, 352° N
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.5 mi, 091° E · 91k acres
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 135° SE
Perry Park Center (Cinema) — 20.1 mi, 271° W

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