Rosewood Heights Illinois Map

About Rosewood Heights, Illinois

Rosewood Heights is a locality in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,971. The population density is 917.5 people per km². Rosewood Heights is located at 38.8878°N, 90.0732°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62024.

Rosewood Heights occupies a quiet stretch of the Illinois landscape where the East Fork Wood River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth. It lies 2.0 miles north-northeast of Wood River, IL (from Wood River, IL: bearing 20°T), and is situated 5.4 miles east of Alton. The terrain here favors the heavy, fertile soil of the prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and the light at dusk turns the fields into a bruised, copper glow. Two miles to the north, the waters of Paridise Lake hold the stillness of the afternoon, reflecting the vast Midwestern sky in a dark, glassy expanse. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the distant silhouette of Les Mamelles rises against the western skyline like a faint, serrated promise of elevation, while the nearby grounds of Kutter Park offer a sanctuary of oak and wild grass that buffers the edge of the residential grid.

Industrial ambition and the steady hum of the local economy have long been tethered to the movement of grain and the seasonal labor of the surrounding farmland. Rosewood Heights carries the weight of a history built on rail and furrow, where the brick structures of the center reflect a pragmatic, hardworking lineage that persists through the changing cycles of the market. The pace of life is dictated by the rhythm of the harvest and the persistent, quiet growth of the regional economy, which draws its vitality from the land rather than the frantic pulse of larger hubs. Life here finds its texture in the simple repetition of the seasons, where the wind moves through the corn and soybeans with a low, rushing sound, and the people maintain a grounded, deliberate connection to the soil that sustains them.

About This Rosewood Heights Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rosewood Heights, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.887788, -90.073246. 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 Rosewood Heights includes the ZIP code (62024), telephone area code (309), county seat of Madison County (Edwardsville), and school district assignment (Roxana Community Unit School District 1).

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.