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Swanwick Illinois Map

Explore Swanwick, 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 Swanwick, Illinois

How to Use This Swanwick, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.169773
Longitude	-89.536204
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62237, 62226
Area Code	217
County Seat	Pinckneyville

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About Swanwick, Illinois

Swanwick is a locality in Perry County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Swanwick is located at 38.1698°N, 89.5362°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62237, 62226.

Swanwick anchors itself amidst the flat, expansive reach of the Illinois landscape, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the shadow of any distant peak. It lies 32.8 miles southwest of Centralia, IL (from Centralia, IL: bearing 222°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-northeast of Sparta. The earth here is defined by the open expanse of the Grande Cote Prairie, a vast, fertile stretch that dictates the pace of the day and the quality of the light as it catches the tall grasses at dusk. Mud Creek winds its way through the nearby soil, carving a subtle path through the fields, while the stillness of Foertch Pond offers a quiet, glass-like reflection of the clouds just two miles away. Beyond the immediate terrain, the silhouette of Pleasant Ridge remains a distant, hazy memory on the far horizon, far removed from the immediate, grounded reality of the local fields.

Swanwick bears the quiet weight of a region built on the steady, seasonal cycles of agriculture, where the rhythm of labor is set by the planting and the harvest. Life here moves with the deliberate patience of the plains, far from the frantic pulse of the grid-locked urban centers to the north. Residents find their recreation in the open spaces of Park, a local expanse that serves as a communal point of connection for those who live and work among the surrounding crops. The legacy of the land is written in the soil, favoring the resilience of those who have made their lives in this inland expanse, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and the changing seasons dictate the tempo of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 280° W
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 165° S
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 9.4 mi, 257° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 189° S
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 250° W
Marissa Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.8 mi, 291° W
Washington County State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 054° NE
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 11.9 mi, 054° NE
Monument in memory of Ryan Fark (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 033° NE
Welcome to Nashville Mural (Public Artwork) — 14.6 mi, 035° NE
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 260° W
Mill Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 19.9 mi, 198° S
Swayne Hollow SNA (Nature Reserve) — 20.3 mi, 198° S
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 20.9 mi, 181° S · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 21.8 mi, 181° S · 7,712 acres
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.9 mi, 206° SW · 16k acres
Red Bud Area Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 277° W
Miner Memorial (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 102° E
Cholera Cross (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 000° N
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 146° SE
Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 29.6 mi, 256° W
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 30.0 mi, 159° S
White Oak (Theatre) — 30.0 mi, 104° E
Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 245° SW
Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 315° NW
Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 33.9 mi, 315° NW
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 33.9 mi, 105° E
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.0 mi, 144° SE · 91k acres
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.8 mi, 171° S · 4,739 acres
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.9 mi, 169° S · 5,830 acres

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