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Whiteash Illinois Map

Explore Whiteash, 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 Whiteash, Illinois

How to Use This Whiteash, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.7853
Longitude	-88.9294
Population	279
Density	123.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62959
Area Code	618
County Seat	Marion
School District	Johnston City Community Unit School District 1

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About Whiteash, Illinois

Whiteash is a locality in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 279. The population density is 123.7 people per km². Whiteash is located at 37.7853°N, 88.9294°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62959.

Whiteash emerges from the flat, heavy soil of the Illinois basin, a place where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the sky. It lies 3.8 miles north of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 3°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east-southeast of Herrin. The landscape carries the weight of deep, dark earth, occasionally broken by the low, insistent flow of Bear Creek as it carves a path through the fields just a mile from the center. Within the quiet perimeter of Burgess Park, the air holds a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows, while the distant, hazy silhouette of McKinney Hill offers the only true interruption to the otherwise unbroken reach of the plains. As evening light catches the dust of the fields, the land takes on a bruised, amber glow, grounding the senses in the stubborn, unadorned reality of the Midwestern interior.

Whiteash holds the echoes of an industry carved into the strata below, where the extraction of coal once defined the rhythm of every household and the movement of the local economy. Though the deep shafts have long since fallen silent, the legacy of that labor remains in the straight, pragmatic lines of the streets and the enduring resilience of those who stayed when the mines shuttered. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, turning on the cycle of planting and harvest rather than the frantic pulse of the city. For those seeking a moment of respite, the calm surface of Fresh Water Lake offers a quiet mirror for the clouds, providing a necessary expanse of stillness that defines the character of Whiteash more than any manufactured monument ever could.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burgess Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 010° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 002° N
Ray Fosse Park (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 168° S
Marion Tornado (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 178° S
Herrin Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 285° W
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.5 mi, 212° SW · 91k acres
Herrin Service Member Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 285° W
Martha's Theatre (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 230° SW
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 258° W
Carterville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 258° W
Crab Orchard Wildlife Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 9.4 mi, 228° SW
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 12.2 mi, 137° SE · 7,712 acres
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 106° E
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.3 mi, 212° SW · 4,387 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 14.7 mi, 208° SW · 274k acres
Panther Den Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.7 mi, 208° SW · 988 acres
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 255° W
3 Wizards (Public Artwork) — 15.0 mi, 243° SW
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 256° W
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 253° W
Amplitheatre (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 252° W
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 16.6 mi, 154° SE
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 278° W
Water Fall (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 188° S
Carrier millswater department (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 114° SE
Absher Nicholson Funeral Home (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 113° SE
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 18.3 mi, 111° E
Allen Family Farmhouse (Historic Ruins) — 18.5 mi, 114° SE
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 22.3 mi, 266° W
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.0 mi, 194° S · 33k acres

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