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San Jose Illinois Map

Explore San Jose, 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 San Jose, Illinois

How to Use This San Jose, Illinois Map

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

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	San Jose
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Mason County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.305598
Longitude	-89.602883
Population	479
Density	446.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62682
Area Code	217
County Seat	Havana
School District	Illini Central Community Unit School District 189

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About San Jose, Illinois

San Jose is a locality in Mason County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 479. The population density is 446.7 people per km². San Jose is located at 40.3056°N, 89.6029°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. San Jose is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62682.

San Jose emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois like a quiet observation made in the middle of a long, sun-drenched sentence. It lies 16.6 miles northwest of Lincoln, IL (from Lincoln, IL: bearing 311°T), and is situated 8.7 miles northeast of Mason City.

The landscape surrounding San Jose is defined by the relentless geometry of agriculture, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward a sky that feels immense and unobstructed. To the east, the land rises slightly toward the modest elevation of Buxtom Hill, providing the only real interruption in an otherwise level expanse of rich, dark earth. Crane Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the nearby terrain, its waters serving as a thin, silver vein in a region dominated by the heavy, seasonal respiration of crops. In the distance, the more substantial canopy of Sand Ridge State Forest waits as a darker smudge of green, while the quiet grounds of Thomas J. Vonachen Memorial Park offer a local space for the sun to catch on the dew of tall prairie grasses. During the autumn, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, casting long shadows that emphasize the solitude of the plains.

History here is written in the grain elevators and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the storefronts that anchor the local economy to the rhythms of the harvest. San Jose maintains a deliberate, measured pace, functioning as a vital node in a network of small-scale commerce that has persisted since the arrival of the railroad shaped its original plat. Residents here recognize the cycles of the seasons as the primary clock, with the town’s activity expanding and contracting alongside the planting and the reaping. While the nearest water of consequence, Horseshoe Lake, remains a distant destination for leisure, the daily life of the population is tethered more closely to the soil beneath their boots. It is a place where the air carries the faint, dry scent of dust and diesel, and where the silence between passing trucks is deep enough to hear the wind moving through the stalks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Thomas J. Vonachen Memorial Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 031° NE
Delevan Lake Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 033° NE
Green Valley Site (Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 328° NW
Indian Creek Woods (Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 045° NE
Sparks Pond State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 304° NW
Sand Ridge State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 296° NW
The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 132° SE
World's largest covered wagon (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 134° SE
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 139° SE
Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 128° SE
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 16.5 mi, 312° NW
Constellation 2012 (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 131° SE
The Cow In The Corn (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 131° SE
VIP Lincoln Grand (Cinema) — 16.8 mi, 131° SE
Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 300° NW
Dragon Stadium (Stadium) — 17.7 mi, 357° N
Sundance (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 355° N
29th U.s. Colored Infantry Memorial (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 353° N
Tazewell County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 353° N
Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 153° SE
Pekin Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.9 mi, 352° N
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.0 mi, 290° W · 13k acres
Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 099° E
Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 099° E
American Giants Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 099° E
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 21.0 mi, 320° NW
Fort Crevecoeur monument (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 360° N
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 213° SW
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.5 mi, 272° W · 5,262 acres
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 25.4 mi, 209° SW

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