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Timewell Illinois Map

Explore Timewell, 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 Timewell, Illinois

How to Use This Timewell, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.007826
Longitude	-90.873743
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62375
Area Code	217
County Seat	Mount Sterling

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About Timewell, Illinois

Timewell is a locality in Brown County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Timewell is located at 40.0078°N, 90.8737°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62375.

Timewell maintains a quiet vigilance over the flat, expansive plains of Illinois, where the horizon stretches toward an infinite, pale sky. It lies 28.8 miles east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 80°T), and is situated 18.2 miles west-southwest of Rushville. The earth here is dark and heavy, enriched by the slow passage of seasons that turn the fields from the pale green of spring sprouts to the deep, scorched gold of the late harvest. Just a mile to the east, the waters of Wells Fork carve a modest, meandering path through the silt, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Dutch Ridge rises in the west like a faint bruise against the clouds. At dusk, the light catches the moisture in the air, casting long, violet shadows across the stubble of the fields and rendering the landscape in a state of suspended, amber stillness.

Timewell remains a place defined by the steady, measured output of its grain elevators and the hum of machinery that marks the passage of the working day. The economy stays rooted in the soil, echoing the persistence of early settlers who recognized the fertility of this basin, which sits seven miles from the quiet depression of Cronin Hollow. Families often retreat to the stillness of Clark Memorial Park, or wander the paths of Deer Run Trail, seeking a reprieve from the relentless linearity of the surrounding grid. Despite the solitude, a sense of shared purpose persists, particularly when the summer heat draws the community toward the cooling shores of Lake Clayton. Here, the rhythm of life adheres to the cycle of the crop, a slow and deliberate movement that favors the patient observer over the hurried traveler.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clark Memorial Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 099° E
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 169° S
Rotary Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 100° E
Bridge Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 9.5 mi, 199° S
Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 355° N
Meredosia Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 17.0 mi, 119° SE
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.9 mi, 121° SE · 7,396 acres
New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 192° S
America's Most Wanted Bird (Public Artwork) — 22.1 mi, 159° S
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 088° E
Naples Mound 8 (Historic Ruins) — 24.8 mi, 151° SE
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 26.3 mi, 077° E
All Wars Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 263° W
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 260° W
Govenor John Wood Statue (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 260° W
History Museum on the Square (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 260° W
Ira and Reatha T. Post Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 29.9 mi, 358° N
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 30.3 mi, 008° N
Kibbe Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 334° NW
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 31.9 mi, 217° SW
Soulard Access (State Recreation Area) — 31.9 mi, 256° W
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 32.0 mi, 019° N
Scenic Overlook Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (Viewpoint) — 32.7 mi, 233° SW
Samuel Langhorne Clemens "Mark Twain" Statue (Monument) — 32.7 mi, 233° SW
Bay Island Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.8 mi, 235° SW
Art Gallery 310 (Gallery) — 32.8 mi, 232° SW
West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 33.0 mi, 019° N
Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 33.0 mi, 019° N
Wakonda State Park (State Park) — 33.0 mi, 270° W
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.0 mi, 301° NW · 10k acres

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