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Virden Illinois Map

Explore Virden, 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 Virden, Illinois

How to Use This Virden, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.500887
Longitude	-89.767875
Population	3,231
Density	660.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62690
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carlinville
School District	North Mac Community Unit School District 34

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About Virden, Illinois

Virden is a locality in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,231. The population density is 660.4 people per km². Virden is located at 39.5009°N, 89.7679°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Virden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62690.

Virden exists as a quiet anchor upon the broad, fertile plains of central Illinois, where the sky claims more space than the earth itself. It lies 12.6 miles south-southwest of Chatham, IL (from Chatham, IL: bearing 196°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south of Auburn. The landscape here stretches in an expanse of cultivated fields, interrupted only by the occasional copse of hardwood and the subtle, rhythmic dip of the land toward Brush Creek. At the center of the grid, Virden City Park provides a verdant common ground, offering a place for the shade of mature trees to soften the intensity of the midday sun. Far to the south, the faint, hazy suggestion of Sand Ridge suggests a distant boundary, while the local waters of Virden Recreation Club Lake provide a still, reflective surface that mirrors the shifting violet and gold of the prairie dusk.

History in Virden remains tied to the deep, dark soil and the remnants of a coal-mining past that once brought a frantic energy to these quiet streets. The local economy has transitioned from the extraction of mineral wealth to the steady, seasonal pulse of agriculture, where the horizon is defined by the changing colors of corn and soybeans. Residents move through their days with a deliberate pace, acknowledging the heritage of brick storefronts that have weathered generations of Midwestern winters. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and the persistent, industrious hum of machinery, marking a place that values the slow, predictable progression of the harvest over the restless clamor of more crowded regions.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Virden City Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 106° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 119° SE
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 1.5 mi, 270° W
Oak Leaf Country Club (Park) — 4.1 mi, 203° SW
Veterans Park (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 011° N
Goode's Woods State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 250° W
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 150° SE
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 064° NE
Carlinville Fairground (Local Recreation) — 14.2 mi, 202° S
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 15.8 mi, 200° S
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 204° SW
Rotary Sundial (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 020° N
Selvaggio Historic Arches (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 020° N
Route 66 Drive In (Cinema) — 17.2 mi, 016° N
Trutter Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 029° NE
Lincoln Memorial (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 027° NE
AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 17.7 mi, 007° N
Impermanent Column (Public Artwork) — 17.8 mi, 026° NE
Malibu Jack's (Theme Park) — 18.7 mi, 010° N
Lauterbach Man Statue (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 014° N
Roberts Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.3 mi, 153° SE
The Muni (Theatre) — 19.4 mi, 031° NE
Potawatomi Trail of Death - McCoys Mill Encampment (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 358° N
Weigh Station Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 19.9 mi, 160° S
Gallery 1624 (Gallery) — 20.3 mi, 016° N
Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 019° N
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 22.2 mi, 208° SW
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 32.2 mi, 354° N
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.2 mi, 301° NW · 7,396 acres
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.3 mi, 205° SW · 32k acres

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