Tilden Illinois Map
Explore Tilden, 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 Tilden, Illinois
How to Use This Tilden, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Tilden, 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 Tilden.
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 | Tilden |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Randolph County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.211994 |
| Longitude | -89.682597 |
| Population | 750 |
| Density | 297.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 62292 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| County Seat | Chester |
| School District | Sparta Community Unit School District 140 |
About Tilden, Illinois
Tilden is a locality in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 750. The population density is 297.0 people per km². Tilden is located at 38.2120°N, 89.6826°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tilden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62292.Tilden occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois where the horizon remains broad and unbroken, defined by a landscape that leans toward the flat, expansive reach of the nearby Flat Prairie. It lies 26.8 miles east-southeast of Waterloo, IL (from Waterloo, IL: bearing 109°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north of Sparta. The air here holds a distinct, earthy clarity, especially at dusk when the light stretches long across the fields and softens the edges of the horizon, where the distant silhouette of Tamarawa Ridge provides a faint, hazy anchor to the west. Tilden City Park serves as the immediate green center of the locale, offering a modest space where the wind rustles through local grasses, while the nearby waters of Shaufler Pond and the steady, quiet flow of Plum Creek trace the subtle contours of the surrounding terrain.
Agriculture and the legacy of regional industry have long dictated the rhythm of life in Tilden, grounding the daily experience in the seasonal shifts of the soil and the steady labor of the plains. The town emerged from a landscape shaped by coal and grain, maintaining a character defined by the sturdy, unadorned architecture common to this interior expanse. Residents move with a deliberate, measured pace that reflects the vastness of the surrounding horizon, where the color of the sky often shifts from a pale, dusty blue to a deep, bruised violet as evening settles over the grain elevators and the quiet streets. Despite the industrial echoes of the past, the present day in Tilden persists in a state of tranquil endurance, sustained by the simple, enduring cycle of the harvest and the persistent, quiet growth of the land.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Tilden City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 318° NW
- Marissa Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 296° NW
- Marissa Woods State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 284° W
- Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 119° SE
- Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 5.1 mi, 194° S
- Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 193° S
- Sparta Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 190° S
- Sparta Country Club (Park) — 6.8 mi, 197° S
- Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 274° W
- Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 155° SE
- Red Bud Area Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 270° W
- Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 18.1 mi, 077° E
- Monument in memory of Ryan Fark (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 060° NE
- Welcome to Nashville Mural (Public Artwork) — 18.7 mi, 061° NE
- Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.5 mi, 217° SW · 16k acres
- Mill Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 22.0 mi, 175° S
- Swayne Hollow SNA (Nature Reserve) — 22.4 mi, 175° S
- Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 23.1 mi, 244° SW
- Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 24.5 mi, 177° S · 274k acres
- Transportation Plaza (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 336° NW
- Airlifter's Memorial (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 337° NW
- Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 231° SW
- Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 25.9 mi, 163° S · 7,712 acres
- Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 322° NW
- Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 26.4 mi, 322° NW
- Scenic Red Caboose (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 335° NW
- O'Fallon Historical Society (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 335° NW
- Village Theatre (Theatre) — 33.6 mi, 318° NW
- Perry Park Center (Cinema) — 34.9 mi, 196° S
- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.3 mi, 138° SE · 91k acres
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About This Tilden Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tilden, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.211994, -89.682597. 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 Tilden includes the ZIP code (62292), telephone area code (217), county seat of Randolph County (Chester), and school district assignment (Sparta Community Unit School District 140).
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. |
