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Stoy Illinois Map

Explore Stoy, 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 Stoy, Illinois

How to Use This Stoy, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.997542
Longitude	-87.833085
Population	108
Density	44.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	62464, 62454
Area Code	217
County Seat	Robinson
School District	Oblong Community Unit School District 4

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About Stoy, Illinois

Stoy is a locality in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 108. The population density is 44.7 people per km². Stoy is located at 38.9975°N, 87.8331°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stoy is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62464, 62454.

Stoy occupies a flat, expansive stretch of Illinois prairie where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the dark, fertile earth. It lies 15.9 miles southwest of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 221°T), and is situated 5.1 miles west of Robinson. Big Creek carves a shallow, winding path through the landscape less than a mile away, its banks lined with brush and sycamores that catch the pale, amber light of late afternoon. To the west, the land remains largely uninterrupted by elevation, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge that marks the edge of the world. Two miles from the quiet stillness of West Lake, the air carries a dry, metallic scent of soil and turning leaves, a reminder of the vast, open plains that define the character of this inland space.

Stoy emerged from the necessity of the agricultural frontier, its rhythm dictated by the seasonal cycle of corn and soybeans that blanket the surrounding acreage. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of these fields, maintaining a steady, deliberate pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of the distant, grid-patterned urban centers. Five miles away, Washington Park offers a brief reprieve of managed wildness, a place where the local flora remains undisturbed by the steady hum of machinery. Life in Stoy moves with the gravity of the harvest, centered on the endurance of the land and the simple, persistent labor required to coax a living from the heavy, productive soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Washington Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 078° E
City Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 090° E
Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 042° NE
Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 171° S
Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 051° NE
Merom (Wabash R.) Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 073° E
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 14.7 mi, 074° E
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 19.5 mi, 251° W
DoD War Memorial (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 338° N
Swizzle Spoon (Public Artwork) — 22.4 mi, 338° N
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 338° N
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 216° SW
Lincoln Trail State Park (State Recreation Area) — 24.1 mi, 013° N
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.6 mi, 015° N
Francis Vigo (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 144° SE
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 143° SE
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 015° N
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 31.8 mi, 329° NW
4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 31.9 mi, 086° E
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 33.0 mi, 070° E
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 38.8 mi, 035° NE
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 38.8 mi, 281° W
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 38.9 mi, 283° W
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 39.0 mi, 283° W
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 247° SW
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 39.3 mi, 040° NE
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 40.6 mi, 029° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of In (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.9 mi, 140° SE · 462 acres
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.0 mi, 176° S · 20k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 58.4 mi, 113° SE · 204k acres

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