Milton Illinois Map
Explore Milton, 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 Milton, Illinois
How to Use This Milton, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Milton, 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 Milton.
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 | Milton |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Pike County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.564615 |
| Longitude | -90.649874 |
| Population | 214 |
| Density | 214.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 62002, 62352 |
| Area Code | 309, 217 |
| County Seat | Pittsfield |
| School District | Pikeland Community Unit School District 10 |
About Milton, Illinois
Milton is a locality in Pike County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 214. The population density is 214.1 people per km². Milton is located at 39.5646°N, 90.6499°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Milton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62002, 62352.Milton rests upon a landscape defined by the modest, purposeful flow of Little Blue Creek, which carves a quiet path through the surrounding fields. It lies 25.3 miles west-southwest of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 243°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-southeast of Pittsfield. The terrain expands into a vast, open horizon where the light of late afternoon turns the soybean stalks to a muted, dusty gold. Three miles to the north, the stillness of Chandler Pond mirrors the shifting clouds, while the distant, rugged rise of Tick Ridge anchors the view to the west. Four miles away, the Pilot Knob Limestone Glade preserves a fragment of the native prairie, its thin, rocky soil supporting hardy grasses that have weathered the centuries.
Milton bears the marks of a history rooted in the steady, agrarian labor of the interior plains. The local economy persists in the rhythm of the harvest, drawing its vitality from the fertile earth that sustains generations of families. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place long familiar with the cycles of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger hubs. Memories of earlier settlement linger in the weathered brick of the older structures, while the nearby Napolean Hollow suggests the deep, quiet folds of the land that define the broader region. Residents recognize the value of this slow, inland permanence, finding a simple, enduring clarity in the wide sky that hangs over Milton every day.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Pilot Knob Limestone Glade (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 136° SE
- Kampsville Archeology Center (Park) — 5.4 mi, 137° SE
- Mound House (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 144° SE
- Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 008° N
- Lake Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 310° NW
- Naples Mound 8 (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 000° N
- America's Most Wanted Bird (Public Artwork) — 10.7 mi, 338° N
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 15.6 mi, 124° SE
- 217 Terror Haunted House (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 110° E
- Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.1 mi, 217° SW · 10k acres
- Center for American Archeology Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 173° S
- McCulley Heritage Project (State Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 177° S
- New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 299° NW
- Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.0 mi, 014° N · 7,396 acres
- Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 19.2 mi, 176° S
- North Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.3 mi, 174° S
- Karl's Movies (Cinema) — 22.7 mi, 249° W
- John Stoeckley's Reflections of Missouri Gallery (Gallery) — 23.0 mi, 249° W
- Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 064° NE
- Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 25.0 mi, 062° NE
- Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 25.3 mi, 336° NW
- Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 25.3 mi, 062° NE
- City of Greenfield Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 28.3 mi, 123° SE
- Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 020° N
- Cuivre River State Park (State Park) — 36.5 mi, 204° SW
- Art Gallery 310 (Gallery) — 39.0 mi, 285° W
- William Henry Hatch (Monument) — 39.0 mi, 285° W
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 39.1 mi, 285° W
- Bay Island Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 40.8 mi, 287° W
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About This Milton Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Milton, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.564615, -90.649874. 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 Milton includes the ZIP code (62002, 62352), telephone area code (309, 217), county seat of Pike County (Pittsfield), and school district assignment (Pikeland Community Unit School District 10).
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. |
