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Old Ripley Illinois Map

Explore Old Ripley, 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 Old Ripley, Illinois

How to Use This Old Ripley, Illinois Map

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

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	Old Ripley
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Bond County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.896158
Longitude	-89.570086
Population	82
Density	205.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62275
Area Code	217
County Seat	Greenville
School District	Bond County Community Unit School District 2

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About Old Ripley, Illinois

Old Ripley is a locality in Bond County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 82. The population density is 205.6 people per km². Old Ripley is located at 38.8962°N, 89.5701°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Old Ripley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62275.

Old Ripley emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of frame houses and weathered brick. It lies 12.1 miles north-northeast of Highland, IL (from Highland, IL: bearing 27°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west of Greenville. Shoal Creek winds through the low-lying terrain just a mile away, its banks lined with dense thickets that catch the amber light of late afternoon, casting long, thin shadows across the dormant fields. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and dry husks, a reminder of the vast agricultural stretches that define the landscape. Far to the south, the distant, hazy outline of the Pelican Pouch ridge breaks the monotony of the sky, serving as a silent, immovable anchor for a region otherwise defined by the endless reach of the plains.

Old Ripley maintains a measured, deliberate pace, anchored by a history rooted in the grit of early settlement and the steady labor of the harvest. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the soil, where the cycles of planting and yield dictate the rhythm of the year more surely than any clock. Residents find their recreation in the simple geography of the land, whether trekking toward the quiet waters of Sorento Reservoir or seeking the open space of Patriot's Park. There is a particular clarity to the evenings in Old Ripley, when the hum of machinery fades and the sky deepens into a bruised, indigo color, leaving the inhabitants to the solitude of a landscape that asks for little and expects only endurance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Copper Grapes (Public Artwork) — 4.2 mi, 162° S
Patriot's Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 089° E
Allyson Grabowski Memorial Court (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 091° E
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 091° E
Ganton Circle (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 091° E
Page Circle (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 091° E
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 091° E
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 094° E
Highland Country Club (Park) — 9.0 mi, 207° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 089° E
Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 079° E
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 040° NE
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 303° NW
Golf Course (Park) — 14.3 mi, 315° NW
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 19.5 mi, 137° SE
7 Gates of Hell: Gate 7 (Viewpoint) — 19.8 mi, 229° SW
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 19.9 mi, 143° SE
Party Cove (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 128° SE
Henry Eilers Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.1 mi, 356° N
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 20.7 mi, 357° N
Browns Mound (Historic Ruins) — 22.4 mi, 234° SW
Edwardsville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.0 mi, 251° W
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 077° E
Ralph Korte Stadium (Stadium) — 25.0 mi, 252° W
Bethalto Historical Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 272° W
Mustang Corral (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 249° W
Horshoe Lake State Park (State Park) — 29.9 mi, 244° SW
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 30.2 mi, 317° NW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.6 mi, 262° W · 32k acres
Gateway Arch National Park (National Park) — 37.8 mi, 241° SW · 85 acres

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