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Otterville Illinois Map

Explore Otterville, 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 Otterville, Illinois

How to Use This Otterville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.050603
Longitude	-90.398449
Population	87
Density	33.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62052
Area Code	309
County Seat	Jerseyville
School District	Jersey Community Unit School District 100

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About Otterville, Illinois

Otterville is a locality in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 87. The population density is 33.4 people per km². Otterville is located at 39.0506°N, 90.3984°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Otterville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62052.

Otterville occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon dissolves into an endless, shifting sea of corn and soybeans. It lies 13.1 miles west-northwest of Godfrey, IL (from Godfrey, IL: bearing 300°T), and is situated 6.1 miles southwest of Jerseyville. South Fork Otter Creek traces a slow, deliberate path through the landscape just a mile away, its banks lined with dense thickets that catch the amber light of late afternoon. To the west, the subtle rise of Goat Ranch Ridge breaks the flatness of the plains, a reminder of the ancient forces that shaped this terrain long before the plow arrived. Visitors often pause at Otterville Town Park, a green refuge where the air holds the scent of damp earth and coming rain, providing a vantage point to watch the shadows lengthen across Shiloh Hollow. Even in the stillness, there is a pulse to the land, an insistent gravity that anchors every farmhouse and fence line to the dark, fertile soil.

Settlement in Otterville grew from the necessity of the land, drawing those who sought to coax a living from the prairie through the patient labor of the harvest. The economy remains tethered to these fields, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the urgency of the morning and the exhaustion of the dusk. While Nugent-Schpanski Number 4 Lake sits a mere four miles away, its presence is felt more as a cooling influence on the air than as a center of commerce, leaving the daily life of Otterville to unfold with a deliberate, unadorned focus. History here is kept in the weathered brick of the older structures and the shared memory of families who have worked these acres for generations, persisting through the frost of winter and the swelter of mid-summer. It is a place where the scale of the sky dwarfs the works of man, reminding everyone who dwells here that they are merely passing through a landscape that existed long before them and will remain long after.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Otterville Town Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 096° E
Otter Creek Hunting Club (Park) — 3.7 mi, 275° W
Distillery Hollow Glade (Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 204° SW
Ruebel Adventures (Private Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 205° SW
Raging Rivers Water Park (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 187° S
Vadalabene Bike Trail (State Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 186° S
Mary the Turtle (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 198° S
Pere Marquette State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 211° SW
Confluence Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.5 mi, 215° SW
Pere Marquette Bluffs (Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 233° SW
Elsah Soldiers (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 162° S
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.0 mi, 225° SW · 1,866 acres
Duncan Farm (Historic Ruins) — 8.4 mi, 227° SW
Pool No. 26 - Stump Lake (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 250° W
12 Mile Island Wildlife Management Area - Glades (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 270° W
Missouri Wing (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 193° S
Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 183° S
Stone Bridge Footing (Historic Ruins) — 9.6 mi, 142° SE
Katy Trail Completion Bell (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 161° S
Olin Foundation (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 135° SE
Solider's Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 125° SE
Michelle's Arts and Crafts (Gallery) — 15.3 mi, 217° SW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.5 mi, 185° S · 32k acres
New Town Amphitheater (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 199° S
Alton Military Prison Site (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 134° SE
Jacoby Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 15.8 mi, 134° SE
Alton Hauntings Ghost Tours (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 133° SE
Museum of Western Jesuit Missions (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 177° S
James J Eagan Center Theatre (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 163° S
Missouri Artists On Main (Gallery) — 19.3 mi, 194° S

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