Joy Illinois Map
Explore Joy, 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 Joy, Illinois
How to Use This Joy, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Joy, 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 Joy.
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 | Joy |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Mercer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.1967 |
| Longitude | -90.88042 |
| Population | 372 |
| Density | 335.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61260 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Aledo |
| School District | Mercer County School District 404 |
About Joy, Illinois
Joy is a locality in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 372. The population density is 335.6 people per km². Joy is located at 41.1967°N, 90.8804°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Joy is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61260.Joy sits upon a landscape of expansive, flat horizons where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 26.7 miles southwest of Rock Island, IL (from Rock Island, IL: bearing 216°T), and is situated 6.8 miles west of Aledo. The soil here is dark and heavy, prone to holding the morning frost, while the Mad River cuts a quiet, persistent path through the low-lying terrain just one mile away. Beyond the flat fields, the distant silhouette of Army Ridge Bluffs marks the edge of the horizon, and the air carries the dry, clean scent of turning earth and ripening stalks. Three miles out, the waters of Morrison Lake provide a still, reflective surface that breaks the monotony of the plains, offering a place where the wind settles and the light turns a soft, bruised purple at the end of the day.
Joy functions as a quiet pivot point for the surrounding agriculture, where the rhythm of the year is dictated by the planting and the harvest. The economic life of the region remains tied to the fertility of the soil, with trucks hauling grain along narrow roads that stretch toward the horizon like taut lines. Travelers passing through might find a moment of stillness at the Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area, which offers a respite from the intensity of the open fields, or observe the dense, managed growth of the Big River State Forest thirteen miles away. There is a weight to the silence here, a sense that the residents of Joy prefer the steady, predictable turning of the seasons over the haste of the modern world, finding their measure in the slow growth of the crops and the unchanging breadth of the sky.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.6 mi, 222° SW
- Mississippi River Islands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 227° SW
- Northside Park (Local Recreation) — 6.7 mi, 082° E
- Fenton Park (Local Recreation) — 6.7 mi, 095° E
- Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.8 mi, 209° SW · 24k acres
- Lake Odessa Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 252° W
- Mississippi River - Muscatine (Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 268° W
- Delabar State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 190° S
- Louisa County Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 267° W
- Hoover Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 263° W
- Pearl Bottom Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 331° NW
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.8 mi, 333° NW
- Mark Twain Overlook (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 333° NW
- Wildcat Den State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 000° N
- Muscatine Art Center (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 332° NW
- Benjamin Nye Memorial (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 357° N
- United States Armed Forces Memorial (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 327° NW
- Rural Free Delivery Postal Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 250° W
- Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 22.6 mi, 198° S
- Warren County History Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 150° SE
- Old Canon (Public Artwork) — 23.0 mi, 149° SE
- Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 23.9 mi, 035° NE
- Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.8 mi, 121° SE
- Zion School Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 224° SW
- Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 27.0 mi, 032° NE
- Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 30.1 mi, 168° S
- Little Theater (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 210° SW
- Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 30.5 mi, 210° SW
- Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 31.9 mi, 122° SE
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.6 mi, 044° NE · 274k acres
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About This Joy Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Joy, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.1967, -90.88042. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Joy includes the ZIP code (61260), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Mercer County (Aledo), and school district assignment (Mercer County School District 404).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
