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Waynesville Illinois Map

Explore Waynesville, 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 Waynesville, Illinois

How to Use This Waynesville, Illinois Map

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

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	Waynesville
State	Illinois (IL)
County	De Witt County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.238928
Longitude	-89.123142
Population	381
Density	461.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61778
Area Code	309
County Seat	Clinton
School District	Olympia Community Unit School District 16

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About Waynesville, Illinois

Waynesville is a locality in De Witt County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 381. The population density is 461.1 people per km². Waynesville is located at 40.2389°N, 89.1231°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Waynesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61778.

Waynesville rises from the flat, expansive Illinois prairie like a quiet consolidation of shadow and grain. It lies 14.2 miles east-northeast of Lincoln, IL (from Lincoln, IL: bearing 64°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-southwest of Heyworth. The horizon here is defined by the absolute reach of the sky, which presses down upon the dark, fertile soil with a weight that demands patience from the seasons. A mile to the west, the rhythmic, low-slung currents of Kickapoo Creek cut through the sediment, providing a constant, muted soundtrack to the surrounding fields of corn and soybeans that mirror the grid of the heavens. Far to the south, the distant, hazy silhouette of Blind Horse Ridge offers the only deviation from the relentless horizontal plane, a faint suggestion of depth in a landscape otherwise defined by the honest, unadorned geometry of the Midwestern plains.

Waynesville bears the quiet marks of a nineteenth-century agricultural settlement, built upon the hard-won prosperity of the black-earth harvests. The local economy persists in a steady, cyclical alignment with the planting and reaping of the surrounding acreage, where the labor of the day is measured not in hours, but in the slow expansion of the crop. Residents often look toward the nearby Kickapoo Creek PCON for a respite from the machinery of the fields, finding in its protected stretches a remnant of the wilder, wooded expanse that once dominated the region. Though the bustle of commerce has shifted elsewhere, the life of Waynesville remains anchored to the land, holding fast to a legacy of self-reliance that is as persistent and immovable as the deep, rich soil itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kickapoo Creek (Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 038° NE
American Giants Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 285° W
Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 284° W
Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 285° W
Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Park District Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 332° NW
Paul Bunyan Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 285° W
Funks Grove State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 353° N
Stubblefield Woodlots Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 349° N
Mettler Woods Natural Heritage Landmark (Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 150° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 051° NE
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 122° SE
Weldon Springs State Park (State Recreation Area) — 12.8 mi, 128° SE
Kenneth L. Schroeder Wildlife Sanctuary (Local Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 042° NE
Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 246° SW
VIP Lincoln Grand (Cinema) — 14.3 mi, 243° SW
Den at Fox Creek Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 14.6 mi, 016° N
The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 249° W
World's largest covered wagon (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 246° SW
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 239° SW
Bosarth Memorial (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 041° NE
Historic US Route 66 Sign (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 022° N
Sound of Illinois Chorus (Theatre) — 18.1 mi, 022° N
The Sesquicentennial Gates (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 022° N
Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 022° N
Allen Theatre (Theatre) — 19.8 mi, 021° N
University Galleries (Gallery) — 20.0 mi, 021° N
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 033° NE
Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 235° SW
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 22.7 mi, 060° NE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.5 mi, 285° W · 13k acres

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