Illinois Map Maker
Draw on a free map of Illinois. Outline areas, plot places and routes, and label anything, starting from the state's border. Nothing to install, and no account needed to start.
Mapping Illinois
Illinois reaches nearly 400 miles from Chicago and the shore of Lake Michigan down to Cairo, where the Ohio meets the Mississippi. Between them are farm country, college towns like Champaign-Urbana, and Springfield, the capital and Lincoln’s hometown.
A map of Illinois is useful for sketching Chicagoland sales territories, planning a Route 66 drive from Chicago toward St. Louis, or marking the state parks of southern Illinois.
Ideas for your Illinois map
- Draw sales territories across Chicagoland
- Plan a Route 66 drive from Chicago
- Pin state parks in the Shawnee Hills
How to make a map of Illinois
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Start from the outline
The map opens on Illinois's border, locked so it won't move as you draw over it.
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Draw and add places
Pick a tool from the toolbar to drop points, draw lines and routes, outline areas or add text. Search for any address or place to add it.
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Style it
Choose colors, icons, labels and a basemap. Group features into folders, and add descriptions that pop up when someone clicks.
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Save it and share it
Save the map to sign up free, and keep editing it in your account. Publish it at a link, or embed it in your website.
The docs go further: drawing, styling, importing your data and publishing.
Keep your map
Sign up free to save what you draw, keep editing it, and share it at a link or embed it in your site.
Questions
Is this Illinois map free?
Yes. You can draw on it without an account, and saving your map to a free squidmaps account doesn't cost anything during the beta.
Do I need to sign up to use it?
No. Draw as much as you like: your map is kept in this browser while you work. To keep it for good, edit it later and share it, save it and sign up with your email address.
Can I add my own places to the map of Illinois?
Yes. Search for addresses and places, drop pins, draw routes and areas, or import a spreadsheet, CSV or GeoJSON file of your own.
How do I share my map?
Once it's saved to your account, publish it: it gets its own link that anyone can open, and code to embed it in a website.
Can I download a map of Illinois?
You can export your map's features as GeoJSON or as a squidmaps map document from the menu under the squid, and open them in other mapping tools.