Omaha Illinois Map
Explore Omaha, 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 Omaha, Illinois
How to Use This Omaha, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Omaha, 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 Omaha.
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 | Omaha |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Gallatin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.890324 |
| Longitude | -88.303098 |
| Population | 209 |
| Density | 108.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 62871 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| County Seat | Shawneetown |
| School District | Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Community Unit School District 3 |
About Omaha, Illinois
Omaha is a locality in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 209. The population density is 108.5 people per km². Omaha is located at 37.8903°N, 88.3031°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Omaha is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62871.Omaha occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the persistent geometry of the agricultural fields that define the regional character. It lies 36.1 miles east-northeast of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 72°T), and is situated 9.1 miles northeast of Eldorado. The earth here is dark and heavy, drinking in the rain that feeds the nearby Cane Creek, which marks the land with a silver, winding ribbon just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Shawneetown Hills provide a soft boundary to the sky, while the stillness of the afternoon is occasionally interrupted by the low, rhythmic hum of tractors turning the soil. At dusk, the light leans long and amber against the silos, casting deep, elongated shadows that seem to hold the weight of the day’s labor in the cooling air.
Omaha keeps the steady, measured pace of a place built on the promise of the harvest and the resilience of those who tend the rows. Economic life remains tied to the cycles of the seasons, a tradition that persists even as the modern world edges closer to the local storefronts and residences. A short distance away, the Little Wabash River offers a sanctuary of wilder growth, serving as a reminder of the landscape as it existed before the plow and the fence wire. Life in Omaha is quiet, marked by the simple, enduring connections of a small population that recognizes the value of the land they cultivate. Whether watching the sun descend toward Sandy Run Lake or observing the seasonal shift in the color of the stalks, there is a profound sense of continuity in the way the day concludes here, far from the frantic pace of larger centers.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Big John (Public Artwork) — 9.4 mi, 232° SW
- Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 237° SW
- Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 336° NW
- Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 12.2 mi, 180° S · 7,712 acres
- Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 12.5 mi, 180° S · 274k acres
- Bieker-Wilson Village Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.5 mi, 081° E
- Hovey Lake Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 091° E
- Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 231° SW
- WSILTV 3 (Harrisburg) Tower (Viewpoint) — 16.7 mi, 231° SW
- Graf Ink Printing (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 231° SW
- David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 232° SW
- Whites Florist (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 232° SW
- Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.7 mi, 192° S · 3,978 acres
- Pounds Hollow Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 19.9 mi, 176° S
- Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.8 mi, 207° SW · 6,632 acres
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About This Omaha Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Omaha, Illinois. Coordinates: 37.890324, -88.303098. 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 Omaha includes the ZIP code (62871), telephone area code (618), county seat of Gallatin County (Shawneetown), and school district assignment (Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Community Unit School District 3).
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. |
