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Nilwood Illinois Map

Explore Nilwood, 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 Nilwood, Illinois

How to Use This Nilwood, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.398106
Longitude	-89.808709
Population	201
Density	166.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62672
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carlinville
School District	North Mac Community Unit School District 34

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About Nilwood, Illinois

Nilwood is a locality in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 201. The population density is 166.9 people per km². Nilwood is located at 39.3981°N, 89.8087°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nilwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62672.

Nilwood occupies a quiet stretch of the Illinois prairie where the horizon line is defined by the steady, rhythmic intersection of earth and sky. It lies 20.0 miles south-southwest of Chatham, IL (from Chatham, IL: bearing 196°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-northeast of Carlinville. Shearles Branch carves a subtle, winding path through the local topography, its presence marked by the deepening of green in the thickets that line the banks. Only a short distance away, the Sangamon Valley Greenway offers a preserved corridor of native grasses that sway in the humid, heavy air of late summer. To the west, the distant silhouette of Coops Mound breaks the flatness of the plains, a solitary elevation that catches the amber light of dusk before the shadows lengthen across the surrounding fields. Whites Pond remains a still, reflective point in the landscape, holding the clarity of the clouds in its surface during the breathless heat of the afternoon.

Nilwood reflects the legacy of an economy built upon the deep, dark soil that characterizes this part of the state, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the cadence of the day. The architecture of the older buildings speaks to a time when the rail lines brought a sudden, industrious vitality to the center of the region, leaving behind sturdy brick facades that now weather the seasons with a quiet dignity. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the necessity of patience, far removed from the frantic energy of distant urban grids. While the hum of machinery occasionally drifts over the soybean fields, the primary sound remains the wind moving through the stalks and the distant, metallic rattle of a freight car passing through the periphery. The character of Nilwood is found in these persistent, unremarkable rhythms, where the weight of history is felt not in grand monuments, but in the enduring continuity of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 1.3 mi, 028° NE
Oak Leaf Country Club (Park) — 3.1 mi, 006° N
Carlinville Railroad Prairie (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 207° SW
Carlinville Fairground (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 208° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 020° N
Goode's Woods State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 298° NW
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 8.4 mi, 203° SW
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 209° SW
Carlinville Country Club (Park) — 9.0 mi, 199° S
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 117° SE
Gillespie (Local Recreation) — 12.9 mi, 180° S
Weigh Station Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 14.7 mi, 143° SE
Roberts Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.9 mi, 132° SE
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 213° SW
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.8 mi, 048° NE
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 170° S
Rotary Sundial (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 019° N
Selvaggio Historic Arches (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 019° N
Trutter Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 025° NE
Route 66 Drive In (Cinema) — 24.6 mi, 016° N
Lincoln Memorial (Monument) — 25.0 mi, 024° NE
AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 25.0 mi, 010° N
Impermanent Column (Public Artwork) — 25.2 mi, 024° NE
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 197° S
Malibu Jack's (Theme Park) — 26.1 mi, 012° N
Lauterbach Man Statue (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 015° N
The Muni (Theatre) — 26.7 mi, 027° NE
Gallery 1624 (Gallery) — 27.7 mi, 016° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.2 mi, 266° W · 665 acres
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.9 mi, 206° SW · 32k acres

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