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Petersburg Illinois Map

Explore Petersburg, 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 Petersburg, Illinois

How to Use This Petersburg, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.014288
Longitude	-89.845331
Population	2,258
Density	558.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	62466, 62269, 62675
Area Code	217
County Seat	Lawrenceville
School District	Porta Community Unit School District 202

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About Petersburg, Illinois

Petersburg is a locality in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,258. The population density is 558.1 people per km². Petersburg is located at 40.0143°N, 89.8453°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Petersburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62466, 62269, 62675.

Petersburg emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of brick and limestone, anchored firmly to the central plains. It lies 41.4 miles south-southwest of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 195°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south of Sumner. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, interrupted only by the seasonal rhythm of corn and soybean fields that stretch until the sky meets the earth in a blur of muted gold and gray. To the east, the landscape hums with a subtle, terrestrial pulse, while the modest flow of Storckman Creek marks the land two miles away, carving its path through the soil with patient, perennial persistence. Beyond the town limits, the terrain rises toward the distant, low silhouette of Red Hill, ten miles off, providing a gentle verticality to an otherwise expansive, level world where the light at dusk clings to the silos and grain elevators, turning their weathered surfaces into soft, metallic pillars of violet and amber.

Petersburg carries the weight of a history deeply acquainted with the nineteenth-century frontier, serving as a quiet witness to the formative years of Abraham Lincoln, who frequently traversed these dusty roads when the settlement was still finding its shape. The local economy remains tethered to the pulse of the fields and the steady, cyclical nature of regional agriculture, though the quiet streets now house a deliberate, measured pace of life that persists long after the harvest is gathered. Visitors might seek the relative stillness of Lanterman Park, eight miles distant, or find a sense of solitude by the banks of Swan Pond, eleven miles removed, where the water reflects the shifting clouds of the midwestern canopy. Petersburg maintains its character not through grand spectacle, but through the enduring sturdiness of its architecture and the unhurried, grounded temperament of those who walk its sidewalks, observing the seasons as they turn with the steady, predictable gravity of the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hurie Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 135° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 360° N
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 221° SW
Knuppel Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 156° SE
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 2.0 mi, 174° S
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 2.4 mi, 182° S
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 118° SE
Baugher Hill Prairie (Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 360° N
Long Nine Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 120° SE
Ronald McDonald Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.7 mi, 119° SE
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 115° SE
Revis Hill Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 002° N
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 261° W
First Comprehensive Highway Tree Planting (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 134° SE
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.0 mi, 271° W
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 14.9 mi, 130° SE
Fighter Jets (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 141° SE
Air Combat Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 141° SE
Route 66 Dream Car Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 105° E
Shell Gas Station (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 105° E
Boxcar Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 105° E
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 16.3 mi, 312° NW
Milk a Cow (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 139° SE
High Dive Show (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 139° SE
DIM Art House (Gallery) — 17.1 mi, 151° SE
Springfield Art Association (Arts Centre) — 17.5 mi, 144° SE
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space (Gallery) — 18.1 mi, 144° SE
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.2 mi, 328° NW · 5,262 acres
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 075° E
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.3 mi, 343° N · 13k acres

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