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Woodson Illinois Map

Explore Woodson, 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 Woodson, Illinois

How to Use This Woodson, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.628936
Longitude	-90.219008
Population	498
Density	488.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	62650, 62695
Area Code	217
County Seat	Jacksonville
School District	Jacksonville School District 117

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About Woodson, Illinois

Woodson is a locality in Morgan County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 498. The population density is 488.0 people per km². Woodson is located at 39.6289°N, 90.2190°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Woodson is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62650, 62695.

Woodson occupies a quiet expanse of flat, fertile Illinois farmland where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vast, pale sky. It lies 7.3 miles south of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 176°T), and is situated 5.5 miles south of South Jacksonville. Spoon Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks fringed by dense thickets that catch the amber light of late afternoon. To the east, the landscape remains stubbornly level, though on the clearest days, the faint, hazy suggestion of Spunky Ridge can be discerned as a bruise-colored ripple against the distant skyline. Only a mile away, the surface of Murrayville Woodson Lake holds a mirror to the clouds, providing a still, reflective reprieve from the rhythmic turning of the soil. The air here carries the scent of dry stalks and turned loam, a sensory reminder of the relentless, seasonal labor that defines the local character.

Woodson persists as a place defined by the steady, measured pace of agricultural cycles, where the economy remains tied to the vitality of the surrounding fields. The legacy of those who first broke this sod lingers in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the village, which sits unpretentiously amidst the grid of county roads. Residents often venture five miles to Nichols Park for recreation, finding a rare pocket of managed green space that contrasts with the vast, utilitarian geometry of the regional farmland. Life in Woodson moves with a deliberate, quiet momentum, favoring the reliable hum of machinery and the predictable shifts of the seasons over the sudden interruptions of the modern world. It is a place where the history of the prairie is not merely remembered but continues to be written in the daily work of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nichols Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 003° N
Community Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 355° N
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 347° N
Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 7.2 mi, 354° N
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 7.4 mi, 356° N
Lenz Field & Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.3 mi, 343° N
Woodlawn Farm Underground RR (Historic Ruins) — 8.5 mi, 030° NE
217 Terror Haunted House (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 220° SW
Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 056° NE
City of Greenfield Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 177° S
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 274° W
Mound House (Historic Ruins) — 21.6 mi, 244° SW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.3 mi, 213° SW · 665 acres
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.4 mi, 312° NW · 7,396 acres
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.7 mi, 018° N
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 104° E
Potawatomi Trail of Death - McCoys Mill Encampment (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 066° NE
America's Most Wanted Bird (Public Artwork) — 27.5 mi, 282° W
AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 27.5 mi, 071° E
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 27.6 mi, 012° N
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 28.8 mi, 007° N
Malibu Jack's (Theme Park) — 29.0 mi, 071° E
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 337° NW
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 143° SE
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 30.1 mi, 142° SE
Lauterbach Man Statue (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 072° E
DIM Art House (Gallery) — 30.5 mi, 067° NE
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 31.0 mi, 157° SE
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 37.9 mi, 300° NW

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