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Ruma Illinois Map

Explore Ruma, 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 Ruma, Illinois

How to Use This Ruma, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.135051
Longitude	-89.997886
Population	313
Density	162.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62278
Area Code	217
County Seat	Chester
School District	Red Bud Community Unit School District 132

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About Ruma, Illinois

Ruma is a locality in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 313. The population density is 162.9 people per km². Ruma is located at 38.1351°N, 89.9979°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ruma is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62278.

Ruma occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches wide across flat, fertile plains that seem to drink in the golden light of late afternoon. It lies 16.1 miles south-southeast of Waterloo, IL (from Waterloo, IL: bearing 149°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south of Red Bud. The land around Ruma exhibits a gentle, rhythmic quality, defined by the steady presence of Horse Creek two miles away and the expansive reach of Horse Prairie just four miles to the west. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Tamarawa Ridge provides a faint, jagged anchor to the western sky, while the Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area maintains a dense, protected corridor of greenery only three miles from the center of the village. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and drying stalks, a stillness that feels heavy with the quiet labor of the seasons.

Ruma sustains itself through the quiet diligence of agriculture, a practice that has defined the rhythm of daily life here since the early settlers first turned the heavy, dark soil. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, with the vast fields of corn and soybeans serving as both the livelihood and the primary landscape for the people who reside here. Beyond the reach of the local acreage, the proximity of Schaffner Lake, six miles away, offers a rare, calm focal point for those seeking a reprieve from the relentless linearity of the surrounding grid. The character of Ruma is composed of these steady, unadorned patterns, where the passage of time is marked not by grand events, but by the slow, deliberate transition of the fields from green to gold, and eventually to the muted, skeletal gray of winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 091° E
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 360° N
Red Bud Area Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 002° N
Ratz Memorial City Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 359° N
Red Bud Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 354° N
Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 6.2 mi, 216° SW
Demint Prairie/Prairie Du Rocher Herpetological Area (Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 242° SW
Fort De Chartres State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 237° SW
Renault Cave System (Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 279° W
Fults Hill Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 278° W
Prairie du Rocher Precinct (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 248° W
Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 193° S
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.1 mi, 164° S · 16k acres
World War One Doughboy (Public Artwork) — 15.6 mi, 325° NW
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 094° E
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 15.9 mi, 089° E
Gummershiemer Memorial (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 332° NW
Bob's Memorial (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 332° NW
September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois (Monument) — 25.2 mi, 002° N
Mill Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 25.2 mi, 131° SE
Swayne Hollow SNA (Nature Reserve) — 25.5 mi, 132° SE
Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 003° N
Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 26.2 mi, 002° N
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 26.5 mi, 191° S · 1.5M acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 26.6 mi, 136° SE · 274k acres
Perry Park Center (Cinema) — 29.4 mi, 164° S
Village Theatre (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 349° N
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 30.7 mi, 291° W
Scenic Red Caboose (Attraction) — 31.9 mi, 008° N
O'Fallon Historical Society (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 008° N

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