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West Point Illinois Map

Explore West Point, 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 West Point, Illinois

How to Use This West Point, Illinois Map

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

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	West Point
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Hancock County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.255576
Longitude	-91.183307
Population	140
Density	321.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	62916, 62380
Area Code	618, 217
County Seat	Carthage
School District	Southeastern Community Unit School District 337

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About West Point, Illinois

West Point is a locality in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 140. The population density is 321.8 people per km². West Point is located at 40.2556°N, 91.1833°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. West Point is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62916, 62380.

West Point sits amidst the vast, quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that shifts from pale morning violet to a deep, heavy gold. It lies 25.1 miles north-northeast of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 28°T), and is situated 14.5 miles southeast of Keokuk. Panther Creek traces a thin, dark line through the landscape just a mile away, its banks lined with dense thickets that offer a cool respite from the summer heat. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy outline of Gin Ridge occasionally emerges when the air is crisp and the haze of the plains lifts, grounding the wide-open vista. The nearby Geissler Savanna State Natural Area preserves a fragment of the wilder, ancient landscape, where tall grasses sway in rhythm with the wind and the soil retains the dark, fertile memory of the deep Midwest.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of West Point, dictating the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons as tractors move through fields of corn and soybeans that seem to swallow the edges of the world. Life here follows the steady, predictable cadence of the harvest, a rhythm that has defined the character of the inhabitants since the first homesteads were established on these plains. Beyond the cultivated rows, the quiet waters of Camp Saukenauk Lake reflect the passing clouds, serving as a silent anchor for those seeking a moment of stillness away from the machinery of the fields. There is a profound, unadorned honesty in the way the light catches the weathered silos and grain elevators of West Point, illuminating a place where the work of the day is measured by the length of the shadows against the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Geissler Savanna State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 008° N
Jaycee Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 008° N
Kibbe Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 012° N
Historic Carthage Jail (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 012° N
Cedar Glen State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 305° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.9 mi, 318° NW
Marquette & Jolliet Voyage (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 319° NW
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 313° NW
Hugh Lincoln Cooper (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 312° NW
George M. Verity (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 312° NW
General Samuel Curtis Statue (Public Artwork) — 13.9 mi, 312° NW
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 14.2 mi, 312° NW
Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 314° NW
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 14.5 mi, 313° NW
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.3 mi, 294° NW · 10k acres
Redwing Area Access (State Recreation Area) — 16.4 mi, 302° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.2 mi, 247° SW · 3,906 acres
Canton CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 244° SW
Ira and Reatha T. Post Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 19.7 mi, 050° NE
Weld House Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 333° NW
Nauvoo Martyrdom Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 333° NW
Wakonda State Park (State Park) — 23.7 mi, 225° SW
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 23.8 mi, 056° NE
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 345° N
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 345° N
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 27.6 mi, 154° SE
Thistle Hills Land and Water Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.4 mi, 057° NE
Bridge Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 153° SE
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 29.9 mi, 064° NE

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