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Whittington Illinois Map

Explore Whittington, 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 Whittington, Illinois

How to Use This Whittington, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.089216
Longitude	-88.902845
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62897
Area Code	618
County Seat	Benton, Illinois

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About Whittington, Illinois

Whittington is a locality in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Whittington is located at 38.0892°N, 88.9028°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62897.

Whittington emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of southern Illinois like a quiet observation held in the stillness of a late afternoon. It lies 15.8 miles south of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 180°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north of Benton. The land around Whittington stretches outward in a vast, cultivated quilt of corn and soybeans, interrupted only by the sudden, sharp rise of Webbs Hill in the distance and the low, heavy sky that presses against the prairie. Water shapes the character of this terrain, with the modest flow of Hamilton Branch cutting through the soil nearby, while the expansive waters of Rend Lake provide a sprawling, reflective basin that draws the light of the sun down to the earth. Not far away, the quiet surface of Mine Number 21 Reservoir holds a mirror to the clouds, its stillness a testament to the deliberate, slow pace that defines the geography of this inland basin.

History in Whittington is written in the deep, dark earth and the remnants of an industry that once pulled the town’s prosperity from beneath the topsoil. The economic pulse of the region has long been tied to the coal mines that defined the labor of generations, leaving behind a landscape that has slowly reclaimed itself through agriculture and the quiet expansion of the nearby Rend Lake recreational grounds. Life moves according to the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the crops, a steady, unadorned existence that values the weight of a handshake and the endurance of its people. Even as the modern world brushes against its edges, Whittington retains a singular, austere dignity, anchored by the soil and the persistent, quiet currents of the local waterways that define its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 354° N
Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 236° SW
Waterfowl Refuge Observation Stand (Viewpoint) — 2.6 mi, 020° N
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 206° SW
White Oak (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 249° W
George Harrison Commemorative Mural (Public Artwork) — 5.8 mi, 195° S
Benton City Park (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 192° S
Miner Memorial (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 270° W
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 038° NE
Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 002° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.9 mi, 220° SW
War Memorial (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 356° N
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 16.5 mi, 357° N
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 356° N
Herrin Service Member Memorial (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 199° S
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 203° SW
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.1 mi, 189° S · 91k acres
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 25.8 mi, 261° W
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 224° SW
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 213° SW
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 214° SW
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 30.7 mi, 167° S · 7,712 acres
Looking Glass Enterprises (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 142° SE
David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 30.9 mi, 141° SE
Saline County Abulance (Attraction) — 30.9 mi, 142° SE
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 214° SW
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 31.8 mi, 151° SE
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.2 mi, 195° S · 4,387 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 35.0 mi, 194° S · 274k acres
Burden Falls Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 36.1 mi, 160° S · 3,740 acres

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