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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	Madison 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	Edwardsville
School District	Pikeland Community Unit School District 10

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About Milton, Illinois

Milton is a locality in Madison 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 emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie like a quiet assertion of human endurance against the immense scale of the horizon. It lies 2.3 miles east-northeast of Alton, IL (from Alton, IL: bearing 76°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-northeast of Old Jamestown. The landscape surrounding Milton is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of farmland, where the air possesses a peculiar clarity that sharpens the edges of every wooden fence post and silo. A mile away, the waters of Shields Branch carve a modest, persistent path through the earth, while Alton Slough waits two miles further, a still mirror reflecting the expansive Midwestern sky. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of Les Mamelles suggests a boundary to the world, though the immediate terrain remains dominated by the quiet dignity of open fields and the nearby tranquility of Rock Springs Park, where the wind moves through the tall grass in rhythmic, sighing waves.

Milton carries the weight of a long-settled history, an inheritance of labor and soil that informs the slow, deliberate pace of its modern economy. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the region, yet the collective memory of the populace preserves the echoes of earlier days when the rhythm of the seasons dictated every facet of existence. Those seeking the more dramatic contours of the earth often look toward the depths of Hop Hollow or the distant, rushing energy of the Chain of Rocks, yet the people of Milton find their own beauty in the subtle shifts of color across the soybean fields as dusk settles. The local character is forged by this proximity to the land, resulting in a community that values the predictable cycle of harvest and growth over the clamor of more crowded centers.

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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