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Walnut Hill Illinois Map

Explore Walnut Hill, 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 Walnut Hill, Illinois

How to Use This Walnut Hill, Illinois Map

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

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	Walnut Hill
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Marion County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.477271
Longitude	-89.0434
Population	95
Density	96.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62893
Area Code	618
County Seat	Salem
School District	Centralia High School District 200

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About Walnut Hill, Illinois

Walnut Hill is a locality in Marion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 95. The population density is 96.5 people per km². Walnut Hill is located at 38.4773°N, 89.0434°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Walnut Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62893.

Walnut Hill emerges from the flat, expansive Illinois prairie as a quiet confluence of earth and sky where the horizon stretches toward an endless, verdant seam. It lies 5.9 miles southeast of Centralia, IL (from Centralia, IL: bearing 124°T), and is situated 13.4 miles northwest of Mount Vernon. The topography here holds the subtle elevation of Creeds Hill, a gentle rise that breaks the monotony of the surrounding fields and offers a vantage point over the patchwork of agricultural land. To the west, the slow, deliberate current of Raccoon Creek winds through the terrain, its banks lined with dense thickets that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Just four miles distant, the waters of Centralia Reservoir reflect the shifting clouds, providing a mirror for the vast, open heavens that dominate this inland expanse.

Walnut Hill retains the modest, industrious character of a settlement built upon the cycles of the harvest and the steady pulse of regional transit. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, with the rhythmic labor of the growing season defining the passage of months for those who call the area home. Residents often seek the quietude of Raccoon Lake Park, where the stillness of the landscape offers a reprieve from the persistent hum of modern life. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the endurance of the land itself, which sustains a quiet, deliberate pace of existence far removed from the clamor of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Raccoon Lake Park (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 335° NW
Foundation Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 314° NW
Third Principal Meridian (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 268° W
Cardinal Point Witness Corner (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 268° W
Nike Ajax Missile (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 302° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 355° N
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 147° SE
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 12.3 mi, 147° SE
Unique Stones (Public Artwork) — 13.3 mi, 151° SE
Granada (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 145° SE
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 15.8 mi, 316° NW
Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center (State Conservation Area) — 17.9 mi, 151° SE
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 19.4 mi, 313° NW
Party Cove (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 323° NW
Waterfow Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 21.4 mi, 166° S
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.7 mi, 041° NE
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.0 mi, 143° SE
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 22.3 mi, 039° NE
White Oak (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 175° S
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 355° N
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 355° N
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 33.9 mi, 215° SW
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 353° N
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 326° NW
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 055° NE
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 42.8 mi, 237° SW
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 46.7 mi, 193° S
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.2 mi, 185° S · 91k acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 49.5 mi, 208° SW · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 50.9 mi, 212° SW · 7,712 acres

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