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Mitchell Illinois Map

Explore Mitchell, 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 Mitchell, Illinois

How to Use This Mitchell, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.763065
Longitude	-90.081621
Population	1,217
Density	840.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62865, 62040
Area Code	618, 309
County Seat	Edwardsville
School District	Granite City Community Unit School District 9

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About Mitchell, Illinois

Mitchell is a locality in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,217. The population density is 840.6 people per km². Mitchell is located at 38.7631°N, 90.0816°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62865, 62040.

Mitchell stretches across the flat, wide expanse of the American bottomlands, a place where the horizon seems to pull the sky down toward the dark, fertile soil. It lies 5.4 miles northeast of Granite City, IL (from Granite City, IL: bearing 39°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west-southwest of Edwardsville. The earth here is heavy and patient, holding the memory of seasonal floods and the slow, persistent work of the sun that bleaches the grain silos to a pale, bone-white in the late summer heat. To the north, the terrain remains largely level, though the distant rise of Fox Hill breaks the monotony of the plains, standing as a solitary silhouette against the bruised purple of a Midwestern dusk. Air moves across the open fields with an unobstructed weight, carrying the scent of damp earth from Dobrey Slough, which carves a quiet, unassuming path through the landscape two miles away. Within the borders of Mitchell, the light at sunset catches the dust motes above the asphalt, turning the mundane intersections into fleeting stages of gold and shadow.

Industry and the steady hum of commerce provide the pulse of Mitchell, where the freight lines and regional roads dictate the rhythm of the day. The local economy persists through the enduring utility of the land and the movement of goods, a legacy of labor that has defined this stretch of Illinois since the first tracks were laid. Families gather for respite at Mitchell Athletic Park, where the manicured grass offers a sharp, green contrast to the industrial grit of the nearby rail yards and warehouses. Beyond the immediate bustle, the quiet waters of Horseshoe Lake draw those seeking a moment of stillness, its surface reflecting the vast, unbroken sky that dominates the region. History in Mitchell is not found in grand monuments, but in the persistent work of its people and the way the shadows of the machinery grow long and jagged as the day yields to the inevitable, quiet dark.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mitchell Athletic Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 198° S
Bel Air drive in sign (Attraction) — 0.7 mi, 099° E
Swic-Granite City Campus Athletic Fields (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 221° SW
Poag Railroad Prairie (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 037° NE
Il Historic Preservation Agency Ppty (Local Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 273° W
Structure (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 358° N
Hartford Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 2.6 mi, 356° N
Chouteau Island State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 292° W
Poag Sand Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 3.1 mi, 054° NE
Lewis & Clark Expidition (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 330° NW
Columbia Bottom Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 317° NW
Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 343° N
Town & Country Motel sign (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 093° E
Mct Schoolhouse Trail Spur (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 178° S
Horshoe Lake State Park (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 178° S
Mustang Corral (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 092° E
Ralph Korte Stadium (Stadium) — 4.0 mi, 071° E
Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point (Viewpoint) — 4.2 mi, 331° NW
Edward "ted" And Pat Jones-confluence Point State Park (State Park) — 4.2 mi, 331° NW
The Age of the Extinguished (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 065° NE
Granite City Cinema (Cinema) — 5.6 mi, 221° SW
Charles Raich Field (Stadium) — 6.0 mi, 003° N
Edwardsville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 6.1 mi, 073° E
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.1 mi, 322° NW · 32k acres
Mosenthein Island (State Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 249° W
U.S. Navy A-7E Corsair (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 077° E
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 056° NE
Mound 76 (Historic Ruins) — 7.1 mi, 174° S
10 Commandments (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 060° NE
Gateway Arch National Park (National Park) — 10.7 mi, 211° SW · 85 acres

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