Pomona Illinois Map
Explore Pomona, 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 Pomona, Illinois
How to Use This Pomona, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pomona, 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 Pomona.
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 | Pomona |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.628106 |
| Longitude | -89.336756 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 62975 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| County Seat | Murphysboro |
About Pomona, Illinois
Pomona is a locality in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Pomona is located at 37.6281°N, 89.3368°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62975.Pomona emerges from the rugged, forested folds of southern Illinois as a quiet confluence of sandstone bluffs and deep, shaded ravines. It lies 9.5 miles southwest of Carbondale, IL (from Carbondale, IL: bearing 224°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south of Murphysboro. Cave Creek carves a winding, limestone-lined path through the landscape, its seasonal flow shaping the moist soil that sustains the dense canopy of the Shawnee National Forest. Beyond the immediate thickets, the terrain shifts into the quiet topography of Wolfden Hollow, where the light at dusk settles into a bruised, violet haze against the rising silhouette of Milligan Hill. Two miles distant, the waters of Cedar Lake mirror the changing seasons, providing a stillness that defines the physical character of the land, far removed from any maritime horizon.
Pomona maintains a slow, deliberate pace of life, rooted in the agrarian traditions and timber-harvesting history that first brought settlers to these interior hills. The economy remains tethered to the land, characterized by small-scale viticulture and orchards that thrive in the unique microclimates provided by the broken, rocky elevation. Life in Pomona is marked by the passage of travelers moving toward the nearby Trail of Tears State Forest, yet the internal rhythm remains steady, governed by the local harvest and the quiet maintenance of rural life. It is a place where the history of the frontier lingers in the architecture of modest homes and the enduring, unhurried attention paid to the seasonal cycles of the surrounding woods.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 032° NE · 274k acres
- Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 344° N
- Shawnee Cave Amphitheater (Theatre) — 1.9 mi, 029° NE
- Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.6 mi, 207° SW · 5,830 acres
- Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 167° S
- Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.0 mi, 227° SW · 4,739 acres
- Little Grand Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 4.8 mi, 318° NW
- Main Lookout (Viewpoint) — 5.5 mi, 316° NW
- Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 6.1 mi, 239° SW · 1,959 acres
- La Rue-Pine Hills Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 6.1 mi, 239° SW
- Larue-Pine Hills/Otter Pine Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 6.1 mi, 239° SW
- Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 6.7 mi, 353° N · 7,712 acres
- Cobden Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 145° SE
- SIU Entrance Monument (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 045° NE
- McLeod Theatre (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 045° NE
- La Rue Swamp Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.7 mi, 221° SW
- Sharp Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 047° NE
- Merideth Funeral Home (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 044° NE
- Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 9.4 mi, 360° N
- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.8 mi, 095° E · 91k acres
Latest News: Pomona
Loading news…
World News
Loading news-world…
More World News
Loading news-world…
About This Pomona Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pomona, Illinois. Coordinates: 37.628106, -89.336756. 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 Pomona includes the ZIP code (62975), telephone area code (618), county seat of Jackson County (Murphysboro), and school district assignment.
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. |
