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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	Jefferson 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	Mount Vernon
School District	Heyworth Community Unit School District 4

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About Shirley, Illinois

Shirley is a locality in Jefferson 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 the prairie where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 4.2 miles east-southeast of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 122°T), and is situated 17.6 miles northeast of Sesser. The landscape surrounding Shirley is a study in precise geometry, defined by the relentless, seasonal pulse of corn and soybean fields that stretch toward a distant, hazy line of Fleming Ridge. A quiet stillness hangs over the land, broken only by the thin, silver ribbon of Sevenmile Creek as it winds through the soil a mile away, feeding the thirsty roots of the bottomlands. On humid summer evenings, the light turns a bruised gold, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields until the world feels vast and solitary.

Shirley maintains the steady, measured pace of a place built upon the labor of the soil and the iron arteries of the railroad. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture, an industry that has dictated the fortunes of the families here for generations. While the pace of life favors the deliberate over the frantic, residents often seek the quiet margins of Airport Park to watch the horizon, or look toward the Louisville and Nashville Reservoir five miles distant for a reprieve from the heat. In the quiet intersections of Shirley, the history of the plains remains quiet but present, written into the sturdy, unadorned architecture that stands firm against the prairie wind.

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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