New Athens Illinois Map
Explore New Athens, 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 New Athens, Illinois
How to Use This New Athens, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Athens, 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 New Athens.
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 | New Athens |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | St. Clair County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.326438 |
| Longitude | -89.877047 |
| Population | 1,955 |
| Density | 357.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 62264 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| County Seat | Belleville |
| School District | New Athens Community Unit School District 60 |
About New Athens, Illinois
New Athens is a locality in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,955. The population density is 357.4 people per km². New Athens is located at 38.3264°N, 89.8770°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. New Athens is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62264.New Athens anchors itself firmly upon the fertile plains where the Kaskaskia River carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 14.6 miles south-southeast of Belleville, IL (from Belleville, IL: bearing 157°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-southeast of Freeburg. The air here holds a heavy, damp richness, smelling of upturned earth and the deep, silent life of Okaw Valley Park, which occupies the immediate landscape. To the west, the subtle rise of Belcher Ridge breaks the horizon, a low, tectonic ripple against the vast Midwestern sky, while the quiet waters of Halfmoon Lake provide a reflective stillness just a mile away. The light at dusk settles over the fields in long, honeyed bars, illuminating the thick, dark loam that defines the character of this inland reach.
New Athens carries the weight of a settlement forged in the industry of the river and the surrounding coal seams, its history etched into the sturdy brickwork of older storefronts that line the streets. Once a hub for regional trade, the local economy now breathes in time with the seasonal rhythms of corn and soybean cycles, a persistence that remains visible in the steady, utilitarian pace of daily life. The legacy of its founding persists in the quiet, industrious temperament of the streets, where the influence of generations who labored in the mines and tilled the soil still lingers in the architecture. It is a place where the modern world is measured not by speed, but by the slow, reliable turnover of the seasons across the broad, open fields.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Okaw Valley Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 273° W
- Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 332° NW
- Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 054° NE
- Lively Branch Woods (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 197° S
- Silver Creek Woods (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 360° N
- Hanft Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 180° S
- Freeburg Sportsman Club (Park) — 5.9 mi, 355° N
- Red Bud Area Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 219° SW
- Marissa Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 127° SE
- September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 334° NW
- Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 337° NW
- Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 14.1 mi, 336° NW
- Big Red Shoe (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 334° NW
- Transportation Plaza (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 002° N
- Historic Scott Gate (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 003° N
- Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 15.9 mi, 144° SE
- Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 147° SE
- Scenic Red Caboose (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 354° N
- O'Fallon Historical Society (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 354° N
- Village Theatre (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 324° NW
- Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 20.9 mi, 209° SW
- Tweed Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 24.0 mi, 292° W
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 (Viewpoint) — 24.1 mi, 352° N
- Stockade (Historic Ruins) — 24.7 mi, 336° NW
- Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.9 mi, 186° S · 16k acres
- Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 201° S
- Janes and Pang Atelier (Arts Centre) — 26.1 mi, 313° NW
- Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 26.4 mi, 141° SE
- Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 34.5 mi, 160° S · 274k acres
- Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 41.0 mi, 197° S · 1.5M acres
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About This New Athens Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Athens, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.326438, -89.877047. 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 New Athens includes the ZIP code (62264), telephone area code (217), county seat of St. Clair County (Belleville), and school district assignment (New Athens Community Unit School District 60).
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. |
