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Richview Illinois Map

Explore Richview, 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 Richview, Illinois

How to Use This Richview, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.378383
Longitude	-89.180075
Population	238
Density	80.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62877
Area Code	618
County Seat	Nashville
School District	Centralia High School District 200

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About Richview, Illinois

Richview is a locality in Washington County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 238. The population density is 80.0 people per km². Richview is located at 38.3784°N, 89.1801°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Richview is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62877.

Richview emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois plains as a collection of quiet, grounded structures that seem to hold their own against the weight of the open sky. It lies 10.4 miles south-southwest of Centralia, IL (from Centralia, IL: bearing 194°T), and is situated 15.6 miles west-northwest of Mount Vernon. The landscape surrounding Richview is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of agricultural fields that stretch toward the horizon, punctuated only by the occasional woodlot or the gentle rise of The Pinnacle, which breaks the monotony of the plain four miles away. Two miles from the center, the Little Muddy River traces a slow, deliberate path through the earth, its banks dense with vegetation that catches the low, golden light of late afternoon. Residents often find their way to Irvington Park four miles distant, where the land offers a brief reprieve from the rigor of the fields, or travel eleven miles to the shores of Washington County Lake when the summer heat settles heavily over the corn and soybean rows.

Richview preserves a sense of endurance, rooted in the labor of those who first broke this heavy soil to establish a life in the interior of the continent. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a rhythm that dictates the pace of the day and the quiet commerce of the main thoroughfares. Over time, the settlement has maintained a character of modest resilience, eschewing ostentation for a stolid, practical architecture that mirrors the temperament of its people. Beyond the reach of the North Prairie, ten miles out, the world feels vast and largely indifferent, leaving Richview to define its own significance through the simple, repetitive acts of maintenance and community. Here, the passage of seasons is marked not by grand events, but by the subtle shifting of light across the timber and the changing color of the crops that press right up to the edges of the streets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Irvington Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 013° N
Cardinal Point Witness Corner (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 016° N
Third Principal Meridian (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 016° N
Washington County State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 235° SW
Nike Ajax Missile (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 009° N
Foundation Park (Local Park) — 10.8 mi, 019° N
Welcome to Nashville Mural (Public Artwork) — 11.2 mi, 258° W
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 232° SW
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 103° E
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 14.5 mi, 104° E
Granada (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 105° E
Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 147° SE
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 18.2 mi, 347° N
Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center (State Conservation Area) — 18.2 mi, 123° SE
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 335° NW
Party Cove (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 347° N
White Oak (Theatre) — 24.0 mi, 156° SE
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 210° SW
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.3 mi, 042° NE
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 32.9 mi, 240° SW
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 238° SW
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 37.6 mi, 341° N
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 38.8 mi, 184° S
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 40.2 mi, 203° SW · 274k acres
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 40.5 mi, 007° N
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 40.6 mi, 007° N
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 41.2 mi, 209° SW · 7,712 acres
Johnson Creek Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 41.3 mi, 206° SW
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.3 mi, 176° S · 91k acres
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.6 mi, 216° SW · 16k acres

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