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West Union Illinois Map

Explore West Union, 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 Union, Illinois

How to Use This West Union, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.215872
Longitude	-87.666138
Population	271
Density	57.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62477
Area Code	217
County Seat	Marshall
School District	Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1

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About West Union, Illinois

West Union is a locality in Clark County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 271. The population density is 57.9 people per km². West Union is located at 39.2159°N, 87.6661°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62477.

West Union occupies a quiet stretch of the Illinois interior, where the horizon widens into a vast, flat expanse of working earth. It lies 3.4 miles north-northwest of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 335°T), and is situated 8.5 miles southwest of Vigo. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, pressing against the rows of soybeans and corn that define the rhythm of the seasons. Mill Creek traces a slow, deliberate path just a mile from the center, its banks offering a cool respite from the heat that gathers over the fields. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the terrain breaks into the subtle, shadowed contours of Rocky Hollow, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Fox Ridge marks the edge of the regional view. Life in West Union remains tethered to the slow pulse of the soil, a place where the air carries the scent of turned loam and the quiet industry of a landscape defined by the reach of the plow.

History in West Union is measured in the persistence of family homesteads and the enduring reach of the agricultural economy. The proximity of Wabash River - Mount Carmel provides a sanctuary of wilder growth, a contrast to the orderly, gridded plots that characterize the surrounding acreage. Residents occasionally venture out toward the quiet waters of Ingle Pond, finding a stillness that mirrors the deliberate pace of the local streets. There is a spare, functional beauty in the way the buildings meet the sky, reflecting a heritage of self-reliance that has held fast through generations. Even as the modern world shifts, West Union maintains a steady gravity, grounded by the steady labor of the harvest and the deep, silent connection to the geography that anchors its existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 156° SE
Fairbanks Landing Pas (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 102° E
Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 191° S
Lincoln Trail State Park (State Recreation Area) — 8.6 mi, 345° N
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 344° N
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 352° N
Merom (Wabash R.) Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 155° SE
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 155° SE
Mill Creek Lake and Park (Local Park) — 14.5 mi, 333° NW
Sullivan County Park And Lake (Local Park) — 15.7 mi, 117° SE
DoD War Memorial (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 287° W
World's Largest Windchime (Public Artwork) — 18.3 mi, 289° W
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 288° W
Greene-Sullivan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 19.4 mi, 124° SE
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 038° NE
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 039° NE
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 048° NE
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 22.2 mi, 098° E
Woodlawn Monument Sight (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 036° NE
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 028° NE
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 050° NE
Haley Tower (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 038° NE
Freedom Shrine (Monument) — 26.0 mi, 045° NE
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 297° NW
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 34.8 mi, 232° SW
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 35.8 mi, 053° NE
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 214° SW
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 42.1 mi, 296° NW
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.9 mi, 168° S · 20k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 58.8 mi, 131° SE · 204k acres

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