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Rushville Illinois Map

Explore Rushville, 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 Rushville, Illinois

How to Use This Rushville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.121158
Longitude	-90.563183
Population	3,005
Density	702.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62681
Area Code	217
County Seat	Rushville
School District	Schuyler-Industry Community Unit School District 5

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About Rushville, Illinois

Rushville is a locality in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,005. The population density is 702.3 people per km². Rushville is located at 40.1212°N, 90.5632°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rushville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62681.

Rushville claims a quiet authority over the Illinois landscape, where the Town Branch cuts a persistent, winding path through the heavy, dark soil of the prairie. It lies 24.0 miles south-southeast of Macomb, IL (from Macomb, IL: bearing 166°T), and is situated 10.3 miles northwest of Beardstown. The terrain unfolds as a series of vast, productive swells, far removed from any maritime influence, stretching instead toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Dutch Ridge. To the west, the quiet waters of Schuy-Rush Lake offer a mirror to the expansive sky, while the deeper depressions of the region, such as the shaded basin of Scab Hollow, trap the cool evening mist. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, amber clarity, catching the edges of the fields and turning the horizon into a sharp, bronze line that seems to hold the very weight of the earth in suspension.

Rushville functions as a cornerstone of the surrounding agricultural expanse, its identity anchored by the Public Square, which serves as the literal and social center of the local grid. This space remains the primary stage for daily life, where the commerce of corn and soybeans dictates the seasonal pulse of the economy, and the architecture of brick and limestone speaks to a foundational endurance. The streets radiate from this point with an unforced geometry, reflecting a history that values the steady, predictable cycles of the harvest over the frantic pace of the urban centers to the north. Residents move through these blocks with a familiarity born of long tenure, recognizing that the character of Rushville is found not in grand monuments, but in the persistent, quiet maintenance of a life lived in rhythm with the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Public Square (Local Park) — locality lies within
Scripps Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 250° W
Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 255° W
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 102° E
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 136° SE
Beardstown Postage Stamp Welcome Mural (Public Artwork) — 9.9 mi, 136° SE
Beardstown Marsh (Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 141° SE
Camp Emmanuel, Inc. (Private Recreation) — 11.9 mi, 068° E
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.5 mi, 168° S · 7,396 acres
Meredosia Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 14.5 mi, 180° S
Camp Ellis (Private Recreation) — 17.9 mi, 025° NE
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 228° SW
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 104° E
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.1 mi, 345° N
Western Illinois Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 346° N
Looking for Lincoln (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 346° N
Abraham Lincoln Plaque (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 346° N
West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 24.0 mi, 346° N
Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 24.0 mi, 346° N
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.0 mi, 106° E
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 25.2 mi, 345° N
McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 25.2 mi, 345° N
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 25.3 mi, 334° NW
Bridge Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 25.7 mi, 229° SW
Thistle Hills Land and Water Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.0 mi, 341° N
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 26.1 mi, 082° E
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.0 mi, 058° NE · 5,262 acres
Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 28.0 mi, 057° NE
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 32.0 mi, 146° SE
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 149° SE

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