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Venice Illinois Map

Explore Venice, 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 Venice, Illinois

How to Use This Venice, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.672273
Longitude	-90.169832
Population	1,498
Density	312.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62090
Area Code	309
County Seat	Edwardsville
School District	Venice Community Unit School District 3

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About Venice, Illinois

Venice is a locality in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,498. The population density is 312.8 people per km². Venice is located at 38.6723°N, 90.1698°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Venice is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62090.

Venice occupies a flat expanse of the American heartland where the heavy, humid air of late summer clings to the low-lying terrain. It lies 2.3 miles south-southwest of Granite City, IL (from Granite City, IL: bearing 209°T), and is situated 3.5 miles north-northeast of St. Louis. Louis. The landscape is defined by the proximity of the Mississippi River, which exerts a constant, quiet gravity over the earth just a mile to the west, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Les Mamelles provides the only significant break in the horizon twenty miles away. Within the immediate vicinity, the flat, silt-rich soil supports a quiet transition between the industrial edges of the region and the open, prairie-like stretches that define the interior of the continent. At Lee Park, the grass grows thick and unbothered, offering a green refuge where the light at dusk turns a bruised, industrial purple, reflecting the complex, layered history of a place forged by the intersection of rail, road, and water.

Venice carries the weight of a working-class legacy, its foundations built upon the labor of those who turned the gears of the regional economy during the height of the industrial era. Proximity to Kerr Island and the flow of the Mississippi River once dictated the movement of goods and people, shaping the grid of the streets and the modest, enduring architecture that remains today. Though the intensity of the early manufacturing days has shifted, the quiet persistence of the neighborhood defines the daily rhythm, where the distant, churning sound of water over the Chain of Rocks occasionally carries on the wind. Three miles to the north, the quiet surface of Horseshoe Lake offers a stark contrast to the industrious past, serving as a reminder that the land here is as much defined by its slow, natural cycles as it is by the steel and concrete that once anchored its identity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lee Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 318° NW
Saltue to Steel (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 225° SW
Eagle Park Marsh (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 134° SE
Madison Baseball Diamonds (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 067° NE
St. Louis Riverfront Trail (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 241° SW
Freedom Crossing Marker (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 280° W
Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing Mural (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 284° W
Mct Schoolhouse Trail Spur (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 106° E
Downtown STL View (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 312° NW
Golf Course (Park) — 2.0 mi, 355° N
Zuka Arts Guild (Arts Centre) — 2.1 mi, 225° SW
Big Mound Monument (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 202° S
Granite City Cinema (Cinema) — 2.3 mi, 027° NE
Chouteau Island State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 342° N
Horshoe Lake State Park (State Park) — 2.7 mi, 078° E
Mosenthein Island (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 318° NW
Ferrara Theatre (Theatre) — 3.0 mi, 202° S
Gateway Arch National Park (National Park) — 3.1 mi, 193° S · 85 acres
National Blues Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 201° S
MX Movies & Bar (Cinema) — 3.1 mi, 200° S
Economy Museum at the St. Louis Fed (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 198° S
Des Lee Gallery (Gallery) — 3.2 mi, 213° SW
Museum at the Gateway Arch (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 195° S
Gateway Arch Riverboats (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 193° S
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 200° S
St. Louis Aquarium (Aquarium) — 3.7 mi, 214° SW
The St. Louis Wheel (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 215° SW
International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 232° SW
Cahokia Mounds State Historical Site (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 102° E
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.3 mi, 356° N · 32k acres

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