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Sims Illinois Map

Explore Sims, 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 Sims, Illinois

How to Use This Sims, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.360326
Longitude	-88.530607
Population	166
Density	54.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62886
Area Code	618
County Seat	Fairfield
School District	Wayne City Community Unit School District 100

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About Sims, Illinois

Sims is a locality in Wayne County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 166. The population density is 54.2 people per km². Sims is located at 38.3603°N, 88.5306°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sims is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62886.

Sims occupies a flat, expansive stretch of Illinois prairie where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 20.4 miles east of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 82°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Fairfield. Miller Creek carves a shallow, sluggish path through the landscape just a mile away, its banks lined with dense thickets that hold the damp scent of turned soil long after the rains have ceased. To the west, the subtle rise of Fleming Ridge breaks the monotony of the fields, a low-slung earthen spine that catches the amber light of late afternoon and throws long, bruised shadows across the soybean rows. A few miles further, the quiet expanse of Old Fairfield Reservoir offers a stillness that defines the regional character, reflecting the gray clouds in a surface as polished and unmoving as slate.

Sims grew from the steady, rhythmic labor of agriculture, its history measured in the slow turnover of seasons and the grit of men who broke the heavy sod for the first time. The local economy remains anchored to this cycle, a quiet industry of grain elevators and machinery that hums with a mechanical, predictable cadence through the harvest months. Beyond the tilled fields, the Sam And Florence Atkinson Forest preserves a fragment of the wilder, wooded character that once defined this interior country, offering a sanctuary of oak and hickory that stands in stark contrast to the open grid of the surrounding farms. Life here follows the sun and the soil, a persistent and unadorned existence where the value of a day is reckoned by the depth of the furrows and the weight of the yield.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sam And Florence Atkinson Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 098° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.8 mi, 086° E
Lakeside Park (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 078° E
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 083° E
Lincoln Monument (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 082° E
War Memorial (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 082° E
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 174° S
Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 351° N
Granada (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 262° W
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 21.3 mi, 264° W
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 265° W
Unique Stones (Public Artwork) — 21.6 mi, 261° W
Waterfowl Refuge Observation Stand (Viewpoint) — 25.3 mi, 230° SW
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.4 mi, 334° NW
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 003° N
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 28.7 mi, 332° NW
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 31.3 mi, 225° SW
George Harrison (Monument) — 32.9 mi, 220° SW
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 35.2 mi, 043° NE
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 116° SE
Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 35.9 mi, 116° SE
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 36.0 mi, 116° SE
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 36.1 mi, 116° SE
Beall Woods State Park (Nature Reserve) — 38.1 mi, 090° E
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.7 mi, 093° E · 20k acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 46.1 mi, 172° S · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 46.4 mi, 165° S · 7,712 acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.7 mi, 209° SW · 91k acres
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 51.2 mi, 172° S · 3,978 acres
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 55.0 mi, 181° S · 6,632 acres

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