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Westervelt Illinois Map

Explore Westervelt, 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 Westervelt, Illinois

How to Use This Westervelt, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.478928
Longitude	-88.861741
Population	131
Density	588.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62565
Area Code	217
County Seat	Shelbyville
School District	Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4

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About Westervelt, Illinois

Westervelt is a locality in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 131. The population density is 588.1 people per km². Westervelt is located at 39.4789°N, 88.8617°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62565.

Westervelt emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois as a collection of quiet silhouettes against the immense sky. It lies 23.6 miles east-southeast of Taylorville, IL (from Taylorville, IL: bearing 102°T), and is situated 6.3 miles northwest of Shelbyville. The land around Westervelt stretches out in a rhythmic succession of corn and soybean fields, where the earth is dark, heavy, and rich with the labor of generations. Robinson Creek meanders through the periphery, its banks overgrown with wild grasses that lean toward the water as if listening to its slow, steady movement. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises slightly toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Corley Ridge, while the air maintains a crisp, inland clarity that sharpens the edges of every barn and silo. When the light of dusk settles, it turns the fields into a sea of muted gold, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the horizon until the day dissolves into a deep, velvet gray.

Westervelt carries the quiet weight of a place built upon the cycles of the harvest, its economy tethered to the slow pulse of the agricultural season. History here is written in the geometry of fence lines and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of grain elevators that serve as the local landmarks of industry. Life in Westervelt moves with a deliberate, measured pace, far removed from the frantic pace of distant urban grids, finding its recreation in the nearby expanses of Lake Shelbyville. On weekends, the quiet is often traded for the movement of people traveling toward the water or seeking the shade of Hidden Springs State Forest. The collective character of the people is forged by this geography, a blend of endurance and familiarity, where the turning of the seasons dictates the rhythm of the day and the shared work of the soil remains the primary language of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 108° E
Margaret Guzy Pothole Wetlands State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 028° NE
Shelbyville Sunken Garden Aquatic Center Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 138° SE
Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 151° SE
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.0 mi, 094° E
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 243° SW
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 030° NE
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 029° NE
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 243° SW
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 13.3 mi, 242° SW
Grove Branch Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 337° NW
Hidden Springs State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 14.0 mi, 146° SE
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 094° E
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 000° N
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 20.5 mi, 036° NE
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 20.8 mi, 351° N
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.5 mi, 280° W
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 282° W
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 23.6 mi, 282° W
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 283° W
Cheetahs (Viewpoint) — 24.0 mi, 353° N
Decatur 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 353° N
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 24.6 mi, 353° N
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.8 mi, 214° SW
Staley Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 348° N
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 348° N
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 145° SE
Raggedy Ann and Andy Statue (Public Artwork) — 32.7 mi, 064° NE
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 36.7 mi, 096° E
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 054° NE

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