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Palmyra Illinois Map

Explore Palmyra, 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 Palmyra, Illinois

How to Use This Palmyra, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.434497
Longitude	-89.995913
Population	605
Density	233.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	61021, 62674
Area Code	847, 224, 217
County Seat	Carlinville
School District	Northwestern Community Unit School District 2

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About Palmyra, Illinois

Palmyra is a locality in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 605. The population density is 233.8 people per km². Palmyra is located at 39.4345°N, 89.9959°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Palmyra is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61021, 62674.

Palmyra occupies a quiet meridian of Macoupin County, where the earth stretches into an expansive horizon of corn and soybean fields that drink deep from the summer sun. It lies 22.8 miles southwest of Chatham, IL (from Chatham, IL: bearing 223°T), and is situated 12.3 miles north-northwest of Carlinville. Solomon Creek carves a modest, winding path through the outskirts, its banks lined with dense thickets that soften the geometry of the surrounding farmland. Only a mile away, the surface of Palmyra-Modesto City Lake reflects the shifting, bruised purples of an approaching storm, providing a still counterpoint to the persistent rustle of the prairie grasses. Though the distant silhouette of Pea Ridge remains a faint, jagged memory on the horizon, the immediate topography is defined by the gentle, rhythmic swells of the Illinois plain, a landscape where the light at dusk turns the dusty roads into ribbons of burnished copper.

Palmyra maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by the cycles of the harvest and the quiet industriousness of a regional agricultural hub. The local economy persists as a sturdy extension of the soil, with grain elevators standing as the sentinels of a trade that has dictated the rhythm of daily life for generations. Residents find a rare, open solitude at Terry Park Golf Course, where the manicured greens offer a reprieve from the relentless work of the fields. While the echoes of deeper history reside in the sturdy brick foundations of older buildings, the character of Palmyra is found in the unadorned resilience of its people, who navigate the seasons with a quiet focus that ignores the frantic pace of the distant, electrified world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Terry Park Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 058° NE
Modesto Village Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 014° N
Goode's Woods State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 071° E
Hettick City Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 202° S
Hagaman Marsh (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 209° SW
Oak Leaf Country Club (Park) — 10.3 mi, 087° E
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 093° E
Carlinville Fairground (Local Recreation) — 10.6 mi, 144° SE
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 150° SE
City of Greenfield Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 239° SW
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 12.2 mi, 147° SE
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 179° S
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 110° E
217 Terror Haunted House (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 280° W
Woodlawn Farm Underground RR (Historic Ruins) — 22.2 mi, 340° N
Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 005° N
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 326° NW
Weigh Station Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 23.6 mi, 127° SE
Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 24.1 mi, 329° NW
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 24.2 mi, 329° NW
Roberts Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.5 mi, 121° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.6 mi, 258° W · 665 acres
AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 033° NE
Potawatomi Trail of Death - McCoys Mill Encampment (Monument) — 26.6 mi, 026° NE
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 175° S
Rotary Sundial (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 041° NE
Selvaggio Historic Arches (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 041° NE
Malibu Jack's (Theme Park) — 27.7 mi, 034° NE
Trutter Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 046° NE
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.1 mi, 192° S · 32k acres

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