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South Roxana Illinois Map

Explore South Roxana, 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 South Roxana, Illinois

How to Use This South Roxana, Illinois Map

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

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	South Roxana
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Madison County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.810614
Longitude	-90.059939
Population	1,891
Density	338.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62087
Area Code	309
County Seat	Edwardsville
School District	Roxana Community Unit School District 1

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About South Roxana, Illinois

South Roxana is a locality in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,891. The population density is 338.3 people per km². South Roxana is located at 38.8106°N, 90.0599°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. South Roxana is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62087.

South Roxana endures as a quiet convergence of industrial purpose and flat, open plains where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 2.9 miles southeast of Wood River, IL (from Wood River, IL: bearing 139°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-southeast of Alton. The land here remains stubbornly level, a stretch of midwestern earth that holds the morning dew longer than the higher ground toward the distant Fox Hill. Residents find their footing at Dads Club Park, a local space that anchors the daily rhythm of the neighborhood, while the nearby waters of Indian Creek trace a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. The quality of light during the late afternoon softens the stark edges of the infrastructure, casting long, amber shadows across the pavement and turning the gray-toned fields into something momentarily golden and profound.

South Roxana carries the weight of a working history that echoes the steady, rhythmic pulse of regional refineries and the legacy of mid-century industrial expansion. While Tower Lake sits only a few miles away, the character of the place is defined less by water and more by the enduring grit of a labor-focused economy that has persisted through shifting decades. Life here moves with a pragmatic, unadorned sincerity, where the sounds of the shift change often dictate the pace of the day more than the clock on the wall. Distant from the bustle of the large metropolitan grids, the people maintain a grounded perspective, watching the seasons turn against a backdrop of rail lines and storage tanks that stand as silent, metallic sentinels over the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jurjevich Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 008° N
Structure (Historic Ruins) — 1.4 mi, 240° SW
Hartford Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 1.5 mi, 242° SW
Poag Railroad Prairie (Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 153° SE
Tosco Kendall Hill Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 029° NE
Mct Watershed Trail (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 037° NE
Mississippi River Sand Area Fee (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 140° SE
Poag Sand Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 2.0 mi, 138° SE
Horseshoe Lake-Madison State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 093° E
Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 271° W
Charles Raich Field (Stadium) — 2.8 mi, 343° N
Lewis & Clark Expidition (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 262° W
Edward "ted" And Pat Jones-confluence Point State Park (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 292° W
Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point (Viewpoint) — 3.2 mi, 277° W
Ralph Korte Stadium (Stadium) — 3.3 mi, 127° SE
Columbia Bottom Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 267° W
The Age of the Extinguished (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 112° E
Bel Air drive in sign (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 187° S
Maple Island (Local Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 309° NW
Sunset Hills country Club (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 121° SE
Town & Country Motel sign (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 144° SE
Mustang Corral (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 142° SE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 085° E
Edwardsville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 4.9 mi, 108° E
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.2 mi, 287° W · 32k acres
10 Commandments (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 085° E
U.S. Navy A-7E Corsair (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 110° E
Bethalto Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 008° N
Horshoe Lake State Park (State Park) — 7.1 mi, 186° S
Wpa Outdoor Living room (Historic Ruins) — 8.5 mi, 279° W

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