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Windsor Illinois Map

Explore Windsor, 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 Windsor, Illinois

How to Use This Windsor, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.201826
Longitude	-90.444349
Population	668
Density	588.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61957
Area Code	309
County Seat	Shelbyville
School District	Sherrard Community Unit School District 200

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About Windsor, Illinois

Windsor is a locality in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 668. The population density is 588.8 people per km². Windsor is located at 41.2018°N, 90.4443°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Windsor is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61957.

Windsor occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and flat, broken only by the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 12.2 miles west-southwest of Mattoon, IL (from Mattoon, IL: bearing 256°T), and is situated 10.7 miles east-northeast of Shelbyville. The sky here possesses a vast, unencumbered weight, casting a pale, shifting light over the black soil that defines the regional character. A mile to the west, Richland Creek cuts a modest, winding path through the silt, providing a sliver of shade and movement against the stillness of the plains. While Corley Ridge remains a distant suggestion on the far horizon, the immediate landscape is defined by the subtle, persistent breadth of the interior flatlands, where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and the oncoming seasons.

Windsor serves as a purposeful node in an agricultural economy that has long been tethered to the cycles of the harvest. The settlement grew from the necessity of the land, evolving into a place where the pace is dictated by the turning of the soil and the quiet industry of local commerce. Residents look toward Lake Shelbyville, located four miles away, as a primary point of recreation, a place where the water offers a reprieve from the heat of the prairie summer. Though the dense, protected timber of Hidden Springs State Forest lies ten miles to the east, the domestic character of Windsor remains rooted in the brick-fronted utility of its streets and the steady, unspectacular work of a region that feeds the country.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cresent Lake Club (Park) — 3.7 mi, 093° E
4th Ave Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 103° E
3rd Ave Park (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 103° E
Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.4 mi, 186° S
Public Triangle (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 128° SE
Niabi Zoo Forest Preserve (Local Recreation) — 16.2 mi, 000° N
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 091° E
Poet Carl Sandburg and Nellie the Goat (Public Artwork) — 18.0 mi, 168° S
Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 18.0 mi, 167° S
CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 167° S
Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 167° S
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 18.8 mi, 008° N
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 164° S
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 20.0 mi, 331° NW
Deere Cross (Monument) — 21.3 mi, 353° N
Fryxell Geology Museum (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 345° N
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.8 mi, 124° SE
The Oculus (Viewpoint) — 22.2 mi, 351° N
Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 347° N
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 041° NE
Warren County History Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 209° SW
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.1 mi, 000° N · 274k acres
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 042° NE
Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 23.8 mi, 340° N
Big River State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 25.4 mi, 249° W
Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 26.2 mi, 005° N
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.7 mi, 256° W · 24k acres
Wildcat Den State Park (State Park) — 28.5 mi, 310° NW
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.2 mi, 074° E
Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 34.2 mi, 209° SW

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