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New Salem Illinois Map

Explore New Salem, 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 Salem, Illinois

How to Use This New Salem, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.707547
Longitude	-90.84763
Population	121
Density	44.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62357
Area Code	217
County Seat	Pittsfield
School District	Pikeland Community Unit School District 10

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About New Salem, Illinois

New Salem is a locality in Pike County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 121. The population density is 44.5 people per km². New Salem is located at 39.7075°N, 90.8476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. New Salem is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62357.

New Salem holds the quiet, terrestrial gravity of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches out in a long, unbroken line of earth and sky. It lies 32.9 miles west of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 267°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-northwest of Pittsfield. Sunlight at dusk settles heavily upon the land, turning the tall grasses into a pale, burnished bronze that seems to hold the day long after the sun has dipped below the western edge of the fields. To the west, the landscape rises toward the distant silhouette of Long Ridge, while closer at hand, the topography dips into the cool, shadowed depths of Hatch Hollow. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and drying stalks, a stillness that is only occasionally broken by the movement of wind through the heavy, mature hardwoods. A mile to the east, Bay Creek carves a narrow, steady path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the shifting gray and blue of the vast Midwestern sky, while four miles away, the quiet surface of Farm Pond remains undisturbed by the haste of the modern world.

History remains a living presence in New Salem, etched into the rough-hewn timber of the reconstructed village where the echoes of a young, ambitious era still linger. This was a place of early commerce, where the economy once relied on the ingenuity of the grain mill and the necessity of the frontier merchant, establishing a rhythm of labor that defined the life of its inhabitants. Today, the surrounding acreage of Hadley Creek provides a sanctuary for the local flora and fauna, maintaining a balance between the encroaching agricultural industry and the preservation of the natural landscape. The pace of life here is measured by the seasonal turn of the crops and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining a legacy that is both grounded and profound. Whether walking the paths near the historic structures or observing the way the light catches the dust on a country road, one senses that New Salem is a place defined by its enduring commitment to the character of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hadley Creek (Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 297° NW
New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 264° W
America's Most Wanted Bird (Public Artwork) — 6.5 mi, 090° E
King Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 162° S
Little League Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 159° S
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 100° E
Naples Mound 8 (Historic Ruins) — 10.6 mi, 095° E
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 344° N
Bridge Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 12.6 mi, 339° N
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.4 mi, 054° NE · 7,396 acres
Shanks (Ted) Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 226° SW
Meredosia Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 048° NE
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.0 mi, 203° SW · 10k acres
Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 20.5 mi, 242° SW
Karl's Movies (Cinema) — 20.9 mi, 211° SW
John Stoeckley's Reflections of Missouri Gallery (Gallery) — 21.1 mi, 211° SW
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.2 mi, 258° W
Art Gallery 310 (Gallery) — 27.1 mi, 271° W
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 271° W
William Henry Hatch (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 270° W
Bay Island Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 28.5 mi, 274° W
217 Terror Haunted House (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 121° SE
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 046° NE
Center for American Archeology Museum (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 156° SE
Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 31.4 mi, 157° SE
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 32.0 mi, 089° E
Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 32.7 mi, 087° E
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 33.0 mi, 086° E
Cuivre River State Park (State Park) — 43.4 mi, 186° S

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