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Percy Illinois Map

Explore Percy, 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 Percy, Illinois

How to Use This Percy, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.01644
Longitude	-89.618709
Population	906
Density	357.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62272
Area Code	217
County Seat	Chester
School District	Trico Community Unit School District 176

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About Percy, Illinois

Percy is a locality in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 906. The population density is 357.3 people per km². Percy is located at 38.0164°N, 89.6187°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Percy is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62272.

Percy emerges from the flat, vast expanse of the Illinois interior as a quiet collection of brick and timber, grounded by the steady, unyielding horizon of the Midwestern plains. It lies 29.7 miles northwest of Carbondale, IL (from Carbondale, IL: bearing 312°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-southeast of Sparta. The landscape surrounding Percy is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the earth, where the drainage of North Fork Cox Creek carves a subtle path through the soil just a mile away, and the calm surface of Southwestern Community Club Lake reflects the expansive, shifting sky. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Gum Ridge anchors the distant view, while the nearby expanse of South Park provides a local clearing for the wind to sweep through tall grasses. The light here at dusk settles with a heavy, honeyed amber weight, catching the edges of the fields and turning the dust of the roads into fine, suspended gold.

Agriculture and the legacy of coal extraction have long dictated the pace of life in Percy, shaping a local economy that remains deeply tethered to the productivity of the soil and the strata beneath it. While the bustle of larger urban grids feels worlds away, the history of this place is written in the modest, sturdy architecture of its buildings and the persistent, quiet labor of those who cultivate the surrounding acreage. Seven miles removed, the broad, shallow depression of Lost Prairie serves as a reminder of the ancient, glacial character of the region, a feature that has seen the slow transformation from wild terrain to organized farmland. Life in Percy maintains a grounded, rhythmic quality, defined by the seasonal turn of crops and the enduring, stoic presence of a landscape that demands both patience and a careful, observant eye from its inhabitants.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 221° SW
Golf Course (Park) — 1.2 mi, 126° SE
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 2.4 mi, 091° E
American Legion Field (Park) — 2.7 mi, 256° W
Williams St Ballpark (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 253° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 074° E
Rockcastle Creek Area (Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 216° SW
Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 184° S
Pyroglyphics (Public Artwork) — 8.3 mi, 187° S
Mill Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 8.5 mi, 191° S
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 325° NW
Swayne Hollow SNA (Nature Reserve) — 8.9 mi, 190° S
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 9.7 mi, 331° NW
Randolph County State Recreation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 251° W
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 10.5 mi, 168° S · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 12.0 mi, 160° S · 7,712 acres
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.4 mi, 209° SW · 16k acres
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 22.6 mi, 039° NE
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 218° SW
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 23.2 mi, 138° SE
Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 264° W
Perry Park Center (Cinema) — 23.9 mi, 213° SW
Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 24.4 mi, 278° W
Red Bud Area Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 304° NW
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 123° SE
Old Train Depot (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 123° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 123° SE
Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 29.5 mi, 149° SE
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 132° SE
McLeod Theatre (Theatre) — 29.9 mi, 134° SE

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