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Shumway Illinois Map

Explore Shumway, 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 Shumway, Illinois

How to Use This Shumway, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.185042
Longitude	-88.652277
Population	188
Density	218.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62461
Area Code	217
County Seat	Effingham
School District	Beecher City Community Unit School District 20

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About Shumway, Illinois

Shumway is a locality in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 188. The population density is 218.6 people per km². Shumway is located at 39.1850°N, 88.6523°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shumway is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62461.

Shumway occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois where the horizon remains wide and unburdened by the clutter of height. It lies 7.4 miles northwest of Effingham, IL (from Effingham, IL: bearing 308°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northeast of Altamont. The land here is defined by an expansive, level grace, where the light of late afternoon flattens the fields into a calm, golden geometry. Only a mile away, Shoal Creek carves a thin, shifting line through the silt, while the deeper stillness of Lake Sara sits just two miles to the west, holding the reflection of the sky in its quiet basin. Beyond the immediate reach of the prairie, the distant suggestion of Corley Ridge barely disturbs the far edge of the sky, serving as a faint reminder of the world’s varying elevations.

Shumway emerged from the steady expansion of the rail lines, anchoring a local economy that remains deeply rooted in the heavy, productive soil and the seasonal rhythms of harvest. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the necessity of patience, far removed from the frantic pulse of the distant city grid. Residents maintain a connection to the natural world through the nearby expanse of Ping’s Prairie, a preserve that protects the original character of the landscape, while the timbered corridors of Hidden Springs State Forest offer a deeper, shadowed retreat. There is a particular clarity to the air here, a cool, honest weight that settles over the fields at dusk, marking the end of another day in a region shaped by the patient labor of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ping's Prairie (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 091° E
Ping Prairie at Husky Hollow (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 089° E
General Purpose Playflelds (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 120° SE
Evergreen Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 121° SE
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 126° SE
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 7.4 mi, 126° SE
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 8.1 mi, 134° SE
Ballard Nature Center (Private Recreation) — 8.4 mi, 198° S
Hidden Springs State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.4 mi, 339° N
Rock Cave State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 233° SW
Wildcat Hollow State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 174° S
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 095° E
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 16.7 mi, 342° N
Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 121° SE
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.8 mi, 350° N
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 024° NE
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.2 mi, 036° NE
WW2 Tank (Monument) — 25.9 mi, 037° NE
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 302° NW
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 302° NW
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 237° SW
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 237° SW
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 240° SW
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 29.5 mi, 061° NE
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 164° S
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 30.8 mi, 190° S
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 31.9 mi, 127° SE
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.4 mi, 192° S
World's Biggest Barber Pole (Public Artwork) — 36.1 mi, 077° E
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 42.2 mi, 306° NW

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