Southern View Illinois Map
Explore Southern View, 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 Southern View, Illinois
How to Use This Southern View, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Southern View, 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 Southern View.
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 | Southern View |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Sangamon County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.754617 |
| Longitude | -89.651724 |
| Population | 1,596 |
| Density | 952.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 62305, 62703 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| County Seat | Springfield |
| School District | Springfield School District 186 |
About Southern View, Illinois
Southern View is a locality in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,596. The population density is 952.4 people per km². Southern View is located at 39.7546°N, 89.6517°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Southern View is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62305, 62703.Southern View occupies a modest expanse of flat, fertile earth where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 3.1 miles south of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 190°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-northeast of Chatham. The landscape around Southern View remains defined by the deep, nutrient-rich soil of the Illinois prairie, a terrain that invites the eye to wander across vast fields of corn and soybeans that shift from vibrant green to dried gold as the seasons dictate. While the distant silhouette of Sand Ridge looms nineteen miles away as a faint, hazy crease against the western sky, the immediate topography is defined by the gentle drainage of the landscape toward the Jacksonville Branch. Within the quiet perimeter of Unkhown Park, the air holds a stillness that persists even when the wind stirs the tall grasses, and the light at dusk settles in long, amber layers over the low-slung architecture that characterizes the local streets.
Southern View functions as a quiet residential enclave, its economic life tethered to the broader rhythms of the regional center nearby. The presence of Lake Springfield just two miles to the east provides a gravitational pull for the area, tempering the summer heat and offering a reflective, watery border to the otherwise terrestrial grid. Residents look toward the nearby capital for employment and commerce, maintaining a pace of life that favors domestic stability over the frantic energy of larger metropolitan hubs. The history of Southern View remains quiet and steady, reflecting the broader Midwestern narrative of agricultural conversion and suburban expansion, where the legacy of the surrounding prairie remains visible in the expansive, open yards and the unhurried movement of traffic through the neighborhood blocks.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Southern View Community Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 179° S
- Chatham Trail (State Recreation Area) — 0.9 mi, 248° W
- Southwind Prk (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 184° S
- Route 66 Mural (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 007° N
- Selvaggio Historic Arches (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 189° S
- Rotary Sundial (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 188° S
- Lauterbach Man Statue (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 294° NW
- Route 66 Drive In (Cinema) — 1.7 mi, 234° SW
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 015° N
- Gallery 1624 (Gallery) — 2.1 mi, 344° N
- AMC Showplace 8 (Cinema) — 2.4 mi, 074° E
- Lincoln Memorial (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 135° SE
- Legacy Theatre (Theatre) — 2.7 mi, 357° N
- Elijah Iles House (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 006° N
- Vachel Lindsay Home (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 002° N
- 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - Edwards School (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 356° N
- Lincoln Campaign Wagon (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 007° N
- Malibu Jack's (Theme Park) — 3.0 mi, 287° W
- Hoogland Center (Theatre) — 3.0 mi, 004° N
- Capitol View (Viewpoint) — 3.0 mi, 358° N
- Kidzeum of Health and Science (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 002° N
- Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 027° NE
- Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 315° NW
- Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 005° N
- Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 327° NW
- Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 27.5 mi, 029° NE
- Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.7 mi, 337° NW · 13k acres
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About This Southern View Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Southern View, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.754617, -89.651724. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Southern View includes the ZIP code (62305, 62703), telephone area code (217), county seat of Sangamon County (Springfield), and school district assignment (Springfield School District 186).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
