Explore Trilla, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Trilla, 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 Trilla.
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 | Trilla |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Coles County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.375036 |
| Longitude | -88.350324 |
| Population | 156 |
| Density | 312.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 62469 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| County Seat | Charleston |
| School District | Mattoon Community Unit School District 2 |
Trilla emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois as a quiet intersection where the persistent movement of Clear Creek defines the western edge of the local geography. It lies 7.6 miles south of Mattoon, IL (from Mattoon, IL: bearing 171°T), and is situated 12.5 miles southwest of Charleston. The landscape here is defined by an uncompromising flatness, a vast stretch of fertile earth that shifts in color from the deep, dark brown of tilled soil in the spring to a sea of green corn and golden soybeans by late summer. The air carries a singular clarity, unburdened by the haze of distant industry, and the light at dusk settles heavily over the fields, turning the sky a bruised, velvet violet. While the terrain remains largely level, the distant silhouettes of Fox Ridge provide a subtle, jagged reminder of the wider topography that exists beyond the immediate reach of the prairie.
Trilla holds its history in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots, a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the seasonal demands of the land. The proximity to Lake Paradise five miles away offers a rare pocket of stillness, while the nearby expanse of Wildcat Park provides a sanctuary for the local flora and fauna that thrive in the rich soil of the region. Life in Trilla moves with a deliberate, measured pace, centered on the labor of the fields and the maintenance of the homesteads that have stood through decades of changing markets and shifting weather. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the nearby Gold Hollow serves as a reminder of the subtle depressions that interrupt the otherwise unbroken plane, grounding the inhabitants in a landscape that demands both respect and a steady, calloused hand to cultivate.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Trilla, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.375036, -88.350324. 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 Trilla includes the ZIP code (62469), telephone area code (217), county seat of Coles County (Charleston), and school district assignment (Mattoon Community Unit School District 2).
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. |