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Janesville Illinois Map

Explore Janesville, 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 Janesville, Illinois

How to Use This Janesville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.374203
Longitude	-88.243653
Population	76
Density	481.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62440, 62435
Area Code	217
County Seat	Toledo
School District	Charleston Community Unit School District 1

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About Janesville, Illinois

Janesville is a locality in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 76. The population density is 481.0 people per km². Janesville is located at 39.3742°N, 88.2437°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62440, 62435.

Janesville occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, defined by the steady, unassuming passage of the Fulfer Branch as it carves a path through the flat, fertile earth. It lies 9.2 miles south-southwest of Charleston, IL (from Charleston, IL: bearing 203°T), and is situated 10.2 miles southeast of Mattoon. The landscape here is one of vast, open horizons where the sky claims more space than the land, punctuated by the subtle, rhythmic depression of Gold Hollow to the west. Four miles away, the quiet waters of Crabill Pond catch the early light, reflecting the shifting clouds that drift over the prairie. To the east, the distant silhouette of Fox Ridge rises against the horizon, a firm boundary that anchors the view and suggests the slow, ancient folding of the crust beneath the rich topsoil.

Janesville emerged from the practical necessity of the agricultural frontier, its character forged by the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of local life. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding fields, where the deep color of the soil supports a culture of hard work and quiet resilience. Residents often traverse the nearby trails of Fox Ridge State Park, finding a reprieve in the woodlands that have stood long before the grid of roads formalized the terrain. The spirit of Janesville is found in the way the afternoon sun hits the weathered silos and the uncomplicated grace of a life lived in harmony with the seasonal gravity of the interior plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 4.1 mi, 072° E
Warbler Woods Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 047° NE
Reasor Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 021° N
Woodyard Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 038° NE
Hurricane Creek State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 074° E
Lakeview Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 038° NE
Douglas Hart Nature Center (Local Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 337° NW
Neco Park (Local Recreation) — 9.2 mi, 018° N
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 324° NW
WW2 Tank (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 321° NW
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 316° NW
Embarras River - Camargo (Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 036° NE
World's Biggest Barber Pole (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 111° E
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 111° E
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 294° NW
DoD War Memorial (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 112° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 207° SW
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 21.7 mi, 360° N
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 223° SW
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 23.6 mi, 222° SW
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 24.7 mi, 221° SW
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.3 mi, 289° W
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.5 mi, 094° E
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 355° N
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 088° E
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 306° NW
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 32.5 mi, 174° S
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 42.2 mi, 121° SE
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 42.8 mi, 077° E
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 43.8 mi, 198° S

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