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Muddy Illinois Map

Explore Muddy, 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 Muddy, Illinois

How to Use This Muddy, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.765048
Longitude	-88.516717
Population	61
Density	77.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	62965, 62946
Area Code	618
County Seat	Harrisburg
School District	Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3

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About Muddy, Illinois

Muddy is a locality in Saline County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 61. The population density is 77.7 people per km². Muddy is located at 37.7650°N, 88.5167°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Muddy is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62965, 62946.

Muddy occupies a low-lying stretch of Southern Illinois where the Middle Fork Saline River carves a slow, deliberate path through the heavy, dark soil. It lies 22.9 miles east of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 84°T), and is situated 2.3 miles northeast of Harrisburg. The landscape here is defined by the flat, expansive reach of the prairie, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Big Ridge rising to the horizon like a dormant spine. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips into quiet, shaded depressions, while the light at dusk settles over the corn and soybean rows with a bruised, metallic quality that turns the sky a deep, bruised violet. This quietude is punctuated by the presence of the Gaskins City Complex, which offers a stark contrast to the surrounding agricultural order, grounding the area in a landscape that feels perpetually caught between the industry of the past and the stillness of the plains.

History in Muddy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the earth and the extractive legacies that once drew men into the deep seams of the ground. The economy, long shaped by the fluctuating fortunes of coal and the seasonal cycle of the harvest, retains a certain flinty resilience, evident in the weathered siding of older structures and the way the town organizes itself around the shifting riverbed. Residents navigate their days with an awareness of the Eldorado Reservoir nearby, a steady, reflective presence that anchors the local geography against the vast, open horizon. Life in Muddy moves with a measured, deliberate pace, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and the distant, cooling promise of the Kaskaskia Experimental Forest, reminding those who live here that the wilderness is always just beyond the reach of the plow.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gaskins City Complex (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 194° S
Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 213° SW
WSILTV 3 (Harrisburg) Tower (Viewpoint) — 2.3 mi, 216° SW
Graf Ink Printing (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 215° SW
David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 225° SW
Whites Florist (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 225° SW
Harrisburg Memorial Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 228° SW
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 3.9 mi, 210° SW
Karel Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 010° N
Big John (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 055° NE
Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 047° NE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 6.2 mi, 161° S · 274k acres
Saline County State Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 131° SE
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 243° SW
Cave Hill Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 7.7 mi, 136° SE
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 7.7 mi, 226° SW
Gary Jones Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 226° SW
Lakeview War Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 226° SW
Allen Family Farmhouse (Historic Ruins) — 8.4 mi, 222° SW
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.7 mi, 150° SE · 3,978 acres
Burden Falls Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.9 mi, 202° S · 3,740 acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 13.5 mi, 214° SW · 7,712 acres
Pounds Hollow Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.2 mi, 131° SE
Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 18.6 mi, 204° SW
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.6 mi, 260° W · 91k acres
Martha's Theatre (Theatre) — 28.1 mi, 264° W
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 29.6 mi, 310° NW
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 270° W
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 37.0 mi, 266° W
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 38.3 mi, 266° W

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