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Shirley Illinois Map

Explore Shirley, 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 Shirley, Illinois

How to Use This Shirley, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.407464
Longitude	-89.064271
Population	135
Density	592.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62872, 61772
Area Code	618, 309
County Seat	Bloomington
School District	Heyworth Community Unit School District 4

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About Shirley, Illinois

Shirley is a locality in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 135. The population density is 592.3 people per km². Shirley is located at 40.4075°N, 89.0643°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62872, 61772.

Shirley emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois where the sky exerts a heavy, blue pressure upon the stalks of corn and soy. It lies 6.4 miles southwest of Bloomington, IL (from Bloomington, IL: bearing 214°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-southwest of Normal. The land here is defined by a deep, black soil that drinks the rain, supporting a quiet landscape where the slow, serpentine path of Timber Creek marks the rhythm of the earth just a mile from the center of the grid. To the north, the distant silhouette of Blue Mound breaks the monotony of the plains, serving as a rare vertical anchor in a world otherwise dominated by the horizontal reach of the fields. During the height of the summer, the air grows thick and humid, holding the heat of the sun long after the light has faded into a bruised, violet dusk.

Shirley grew from the iron veins of the railroad, a place where the economy has long been tethered to the movement of grain and the demands of the surrounding agricultural expanse. Life here maintains a deliberate pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the northern metropolitan grids, with the local character shaped by the steady, seasonal labor of the harvest. Residents find their leisure in the quiet greens of the Den at Fox Creek Golf Course, or perhaps by taking a brief excursion five miles away to the banks of Miller Park Lake. The history of the locality is written in the utilitarian architecture of its grain elevators and the modest, sturdy homes that hold their ground against the winds sweeping across the open prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Den at Fox Creek Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 021° N
Pepper Ridge Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 034° NE
Stubblefield Woodlots Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 222° SW
Prairie Vista Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 053° NE
Funks Grove State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 220° SW
State Farm Park (Park) — 4.8 mi, 052° NE
Crestwicke Country Club Golf Course (Park) — 5.0 mi, 086° E
Miller Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 038° NE
Historic US Route 66 Sign (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 038° NE
Kenneth L. Schroeder Wildlife Sanctuary (Local Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 106° E
Concrete Lady (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 038° NE
Sound of Illinois Chorus (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 037° NE
The Sesquicentennial Gates (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 035° NE
Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 6.8 mi, 034° NE
Bosarth Memorial (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 087° E
Kickapoo Creek (Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 172° S
Allen Theatre (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 030° NE
Old Main Cornerstone (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 028° NE
University Galleries (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 031° NE
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.5 mi, 056° NE
American Giants Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 221° SW
Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 221° SW
Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 221° SW
Mackinaw River (State Recreation Area) — 15.3 mi, 310° NW
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.5 mi, 090° E
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 19.4 mi, 074° E
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 042° NE
Project XV Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 006° N
Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 222° SW
VIP Lincoln Grand (Cinema) — 24.0 mi, 221° SW

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