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Marley Illinois Map

Explore Marley, 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 Marley, Illinois

How to Use This Marley, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityMarley
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyEdgar County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.548225
Longitude-87.926043
Population128
Density470.7 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes61944, 60448
Area Code309, 708
County SeatParis
School DistrictLincoln Way Community High School District 210

About Marley, Illinois

Marley is a locality in Edgar County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 128. The population density is 470.7 people per km². Marley is located at 41.5482°N, 87.9260°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 61944, 60448.

Marley endures as a quiet expanse of flat, fertile earth where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 23.6 miles north of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 3°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-southeast of Paris. The horizon stretches thin and taut, broken only by the rhythmic geometry of corn rows and the occasional stand of timber that marks the passage of Clear Creek. A mile away, the surface of Farm Pond remains glassy and still, acting as a dark mirror for the passing clouds during the humid heat of mid-afternoon. Far to the south, the faint, hazy suggestion of Fox Ridge hints at a different topography, though here the ground maintains a level, patient consistency that demands steady labor from those who tend it.

Marley traces its origins to the expansion of midwestern rail lines, which once dictated the movement of grain and livestock that fueled the local economy. While the physical rails have long since faded into the landscape, the legacy of that era remains in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that defines the streetscape. Residents often travel nine miles to walk the Lincoln Heritage Trail, connecting their daily lives to the broader narrative of the state, or spend quieter weekends at the Green Valley Public Fishing Area. Life in Marley moves with the slow, deliberate pulse of the changing seasons, marked by the smell of turned soil in the spring and the metallic chill that settles over the fields long before the winter snow arrives.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Boulder Ridge North Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 160° S
  • Sanctuary Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 210° SW
  • Messenger Marsh Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 347° N
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 240° SW
  • HVP Hadley Valley 1 (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 310° NW
  • Messenger Woods Nature Preserve 1 (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 341° N
  • Schmuhl School (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 181° S
  • Hadley Valley Preserve 10 (Local Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 293° NW
  • Messenger Woods Nature Preserve 4 (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 324° NW
  • Van Horne Woods Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.5 mi, 141° SE
  • Hickory Creek Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.7 mi, 120° SE
  • Yugo Griffin (Public Artwork) — 4.4 mi, 124° SE
  • Nativity Scene (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 021° N
  • The Grainery Building (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 131° SE
  • Illinois & Michigan Canal Office (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 293° NW
  • Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 7.4 mi, 292° W
  • 3rd Floor Gallery (Gallery) — 7.4 mi, 293° NW
  • Old Zion Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 076° E
  • Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 260° W
  • Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 260° W
  • Neil Carey Arena (Stadium) — 9.0 mi, 296° NW
  • Philip Lynch Theatre (Theatre) — 9.0 mi, 297° NW
  • Palos Park Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 029° NE
  • Old telephone poles (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 235° SW
  • SEPA Station weirs (Viewpoint) — 10.4 mi, 354° N
  • Midewin Other (National Forest) — 11.1 mi, 205° SW · 18k acres
  • In the Game - Hollywood Park (Theme Park) — 11.9 mi, 051° NE
  • Channahon State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 241° SW
  • Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 25.0 mi, 095° E · 11k acres
  • Silver Springs (State Park) — 30.8 mi, 282° W

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About This Marley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marley, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.548225, -87.926043. 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 Marley includes the ZIP code (61944, 60448), telephone area code (309, 708), county seat of Edgar County (Paris), and school district assignment (Lincoln Way Community High School District 210).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.