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Ridgway Illinois Map

Explore Ridgway, 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 Ridgway, Illinois

How to Use This Ridgway, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.799213
Longitude	-88.261151
Population	851
Density	373.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62979
Area Code	618
County Seat	Shawneetown
School District	Gallatin Community Unit School District 7

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About Ridgway, Illinois

Ridgway is a locality in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 851. The population density is 373.4 people per km². Ridgway is located at 37.7992°N, 88.2612°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ridgway is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62979.

Ridgway occupies a low-slung stretch of land where the flat, fertile earth of the plains meets the slow, deliberate movement of Crawford Creek. It lies 37.0 miles east of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 82°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east of Eldorado. The landscape surrounding Ridgway is defined by an expansive, open horizon, where the sky seems to exert a gravitational pull on the fields of corn and soybeans that shift from vibrant green to deep harvest gold as the seasons turn. To the west, the subtle rise of Gold Hill breaks the monotony of the plains, while the distance toward the Kaskaskia Experimental Forest offers a dense, dark contrast to the sun-drenched crops. At dusk, the light here stretches thin and amber across the soil, turning the dust kicked up by passing machinery into a hazy, glowing veil that lingers long after the sun has slipped behind the Kuykendall Valley.

Agriculture serves as the heartbeat of Ridgway, anchoring the lives of those who work the heavy, dark dirt that has sustained generations since the early days of settlement. The proximity of the Shawnee Purchase Unit provides a wooded boundary to the south, a place where the wilder, uneven terrain offers a respite from the geometric precision of the surrounding farms. While the pace of life remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, a quiet resilience defines the people who call Ridgway home. Some find a brief stillness near the banks of Black Lake, where the water remains undisturbed by the industry of the fields, reflecting the vast Midwestern sky in a way that makes the twenty-mile distance to the nearest forest feel like a journey between two different, yet equally honest, versions of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 6.3 mi, 200° S · 7,712 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 6.5 mi, 199° S · 274k acres
Saline County State Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 226° SW
Big John (Public Artwork) — 9.7 mi, 273° W
Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 277° W
Little Wabash River (Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 036° NE
Cave Hill Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.9 mi, 226° SW
Hovey Lake Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 062° NE
Bieker-Wilson Village Site (Historic Ruins) — 13.0 mi, 051° NE
Dennison Hollow Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 13.1 mi, 220° SW
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.5 mi, 207° SW · 3,978 acres
Pounds Hollow Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.6 mi, 184° S
Hurricane Bluff (Viewpoint) — 14.0 mi, 194° S
Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 254° W
Graf Ink Printing (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 254° W
Harrisburg Remodeling (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 253° W
David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 255° W
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 250° W
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 113° SE
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 21.0 mi, 249° W
Gary Jones Memorial (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 248° W
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.8 mi, 215° SW · 6,632 acres
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 042° NE
War Bluff Valley Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 27.5 mi, 208° SW
Murphy Auditorium & USI New Harmony Theatre (Theatre) — 28.8 mi, 038° NE
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 038° NE
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 037° NE
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 28.9 mi, 038° NE
1830 Owen House Jacquess Parlor (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 038° NE
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.8 mi, 260° W · 91k acres

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