Explore Rose Hill, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rose Hill, 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 Rose Hill.
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 | Rose Hill |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Jasper County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.103652 |
| Longitude | -88.14726 |
| Population | 89 |
| Density | 54.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 62432 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| County Seat | Newton |
| School District | Jasper County Community Unit School District 1 |
Rose Hill maintains a quiet vigil over the expansive, fertile plains of Illinois, where the horizon stretches thin and flat like a drawn breath. It lies 21.3 miles east of Effingham, IL (from Effingham, IL: bearing 93°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north of Newton. The landscape is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of farmland that meets the sky in a long, unbroken line, punctuated only by the seasonal turning of corn and soybeans. Lick Creek meanders through the periphery, carving a subtle, damp path through the earth just a mile away, while the waters of Lake Sandpoint shimmer three miles to the north, reflecting the immense, shifting clouds of the Midwest. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge breaks the monotony of the plains, a distant reminder of the earth’s ancient, uneven ambition.
Rose Hill bears the quiet marks of a settlement born from the toil of the prairie, its identity forged in the steady labor of agriculture and the rhythms of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, with the daily life of the inhabitants moving in sync with the planting and the harvest. Five miles away, the Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area provides a sanctuary for those seeking the stillness of untamed thickets, while the Lake Side Foot Trail, located six miles from the center, offers a path for observing the subtle changes in the local flora. Life in Rose Hill operates without flourish, grounded in a persistent, disciplined endurance that mirrors the very land it occupies.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rose Hill, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.103652, -88.14726. 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 Rose Hill includes the ZIP code (62432), telephone area code (217), county seat of Jasper County (Newton), and school district assignment (Jasper County Community Unit School District 1).
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. |