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Oconee Illinois Map

Explore Oconee, 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 Oconee, Illinois

How to Use This Oconee, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.285598
Longitude	-89.107579
Population	141
Density	152.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62553
Area Code	217
County Seat	Shelbyville
School District	Pana Community Unit School District 8

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About Oconee, Illinois

Oconee is a locality in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 141. The population density is 152.9 people per km². Oconee is located at 39.2856°N, 89.1076°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oconee is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62553.

Oconee emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois like a quiet observation made in the midst of a vast, agricultural silence. It lies 20.8 miles south-southeast of Taylorville, IL (from Taylorville, IL: bearing 151°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-southwest of Pana. The Matney Branch cuts a modest, winding path through the local topography, its presence marked by the deepening of the soil and the thickening of the brush that clings to the banks. Beyond the immediate fields, the earth stretches out in a disciplined geometry of corn and soybean rows that hold the light of the setting sun in a lingering, amber glow. To the west, the silhouettes of the terrain rise toward the distant, hazy suggestion of Corley Ridge, while the local air carries the dry, earthen scent of a landscape that has been turned and tended for generations.

Oconee bears the quiet weight of a rail-linked heritage, where the rhythm of the day is dictated less by the clock than by the slow cycle of the harvest and the steady operation of local industry. Life here is defined by a deep, unostentatious connection to the interior plains, far removed from the clamor of the urban grid. Residents often look toward the nearby stillness of Boy Scout Lake for a momentary respite, or find a different kind of solitude while exploring the Ramsey Hills Nature Trail. Whether passing through the quiet grounds of Kitchell Park or navigating the road toward the distant rise of Fox Hunt Hollow, the atmosphere remains anchored in a profound, Midwestern patience that values the utility of the land and the endurance of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kitchell Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 012° N
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 7.2 mi, 011° N
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 185° S
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 010° N
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 011° N
Dean Hills State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 140° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.3 mi, 261° W
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 060° NE
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.2 mi, 330° NW
Hidden Springs State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 20.6 mi, 087° E
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 331° NW
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 20.8 mi, 331° NW
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 331° NW
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 182° S
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 178° S
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 178° S
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.9 mi, 057° NE
Roberts Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.6 mi, 265° W
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 26.7 mi, 257° W
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 28.8 mi, 277° W
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.4 mi, 323° NW
Divine Servant (Public Artwork) — 31.5 mi, 211° SW
Ganton Circle (Monument) — 31.5 mi, 211° SW
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 31.5 mi, 211° SW
Claussen Plaza (Monument) — 31.5 mi, 211° SW
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 211° SW
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 45.8 mi, 264° W
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 50.6 mi, 079° E
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.2 mi, 241° SW · 32k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 71.7 mi, 274° W · 665 acres

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