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Yale Illinois Map

Explore Yale, 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 Yale, Illinois

How to Use This Yale, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.119762
Longitude	-88.024757
Population	67
Density	45.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62481
Area Code	217
County Seat	Newton
School District	Jasper County Community Unit School District 1

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About Yale, Illinois

Yale is a locality in Jasper County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 45.0 people per km². Yale is located at 39.1198°N, 88.0248°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Yale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62481.

Yale occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to press closer to the earth than anywhere else. It lies 21.0 miles west of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 260°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west-northwest of Robinson. The landscape is defined by the steady, unadorned geometry of corn and soybean fields, broken only by the thin, dark ribbon of East Crooked Creek, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge breaks the monotony of the plains, serving as a distant anchor for the gaze. Within a short distance, the dense canopy of Huddlestun Woods offers a sanctuary of oak and hickory, where the air carries the cool, damp scent of decaying leaves and deep, shaded loam. During the golden hour, the light here turns a peculiar, heavy amber, catching the dust of the fields and casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the vast, quiet reach of the prairie.

Yale preserves a character forged in the legacy of Midwestern agriculture, where the rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of life more surely than any clock. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding soil, a relationship that has defined the daily labor of its residents since the first sod was turned. While modern life moves with increasing velocity elsewhere, Yale maintains a deliberate, measured gravity, centered on the shared work of the harvest and the maintenance of the local infrastructure. Those seeking a connection to the natural world often wander the paths near Lake Sandpoint, finding a singular stillness in the way the water reflects the shifting, high-altitude clouds. It is a place where the history is written not in monuments, but in the enduring care of the land and the steady, persistent industry of those who have made Yale their home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Huddlestun Woods (Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 318° NW
Grandville Woods (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 124° SE
Grandville Woods State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 124° SE
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 220° SW
Peterson Park (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 217° SW
Jasper County Boys And Girls Park (Local Recreation) — 11.5 mi, 216° SW
Fairview Park (Local Park) — 12.0 mi, 009° N
DoD War Memorial (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 010° N
Swizzle Spoon (Public Artwork) — 12.4 mi, 008° N
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 008° N
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 16.8 mi, 209° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 280° W
Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 258° W
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 19.7 mi, 341° N
Lincoln Trail State Park (State Recreation Area) — 21.7 mi, 046° NE
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.7 mi, 048° NE
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 24.7 mi, 100° E
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 043° NE
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 187° S
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 27.7 mi, 270° W
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 270° W
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 27.9 mi, 268° W
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 31.2 mi, 323° NW
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 34.4 mi, 313° NW
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 35.1 mi, 227° SW
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 054° NE
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 40.4 mi, 048° NE
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 41.4 mi, 085° E
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.9 mi, 166° S · 20k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 71.2 mi, 116° SE · 204k acres

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