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Riverton Illinois Map

Explore Riverton, 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 Riverton, Illinois

How to Use This Riverton, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.844216
Longitude	-89.539542
Population	3,532
Density	436.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62561
Area Code	217
County Seat	Springfield
School District	Riverton Community Unit School District 14

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About Riverton, Illinois

Riverton is a locality in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,532. The population density is 436.9 people per km². Riverton is located at 39.8442°N, 89.5395°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Riverton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62561.

Riverton occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois where the Sangamon River carves a slow, silt-heavy path through the flat, productive earth. It lies 6.3 miles east-northeast of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 62°T), and is situated 4.9 miles southeast of Sherman. The landscape here is defined by the expansive horizon of the prairie, where the light at dusk turns the fields into a deep, bruised gold that lingers against the distant, hazy silhouette of Blind Horse Ridge. Just a mile away, the quiet waters of Shaft Pond mirror the seasonal shifts of the sky, offering a still counterpoint to the steady, rhythmic movement of the river. Residents often gather at Veterans Memorial Park, a grounding space that anchors the local geography and provides a vantage point to watch the slow drift of clouds over the surrounding woodland and fertile plains.

Riverton maintains a character forged by the persistent labor of the mid-continental interior, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of the local economy. The legacy of the region is rooted in the soil, with agricultural traditions continuing to shape the daily life and industry of the people who reside here. Beyond the fields, the architecture reflects a pragmatic Midwestern sensibility, characterized by sturdy brickwork and limestone foundations that have weathered decades of changing winds. In the quiet hours, the atmosphere feels heavy with the weight of history, a subtle endurance that persists in the way the local streets intersect and the manner in which the sun catches the edges of the grain silos standing watch over the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 270° W
Center Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 343° N
City Hall Ball Parks (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 016° N
St Francis of Assisi (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 262° W
Lincoln and the Talisman (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 296° NW
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 4.4 mi, 295° NW
Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 240° SW
Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 284° W
Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 5.2 mi, 236° SW
Shea's Gas Station Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 259° W
High Dive Show (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 262° W
Illinois State Fair Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 265° W
Milk a Cow (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 263° W
Henry Stephens (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 241° SW
Lincoln Belltower (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 257° W
Springfield Art Association (Arts Centre) — 6.3 mi, 248° W
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space (Gallery) — 6.4 mi, 242° SW
Hoogland Center (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 241° SW
Elijah Iles House (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 239° SW
Kidzeum of Health and Science (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 243° SW
AMC Showplace 8 (Cinema) — 6.6 mi, 213° SW
Air Combat Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 269° W
Capitol View (Viewpoint) — 6.8 mi, 242° SW
Legacy Theatre (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 241° SW
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 9.1 mi, 263° W
Sangamon River State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 293° NW
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 168° S
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 299° NW
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 022° N
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.3 mi, 329° NW · 13k acres

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