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Akin Illinois Map

Explore Akin, 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 Akin, Illinois

How to Use This Akin, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.988104
Longitude	-88.747561
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62890, 62805
Area Code	618
County Seat	Benton, Illinois

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About Akin, Illinois

Akin is a locality in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Akin is located at 37.9881°N, 88.7476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62890, 62805.

Akin rests amidst a vast, level expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth, pressing down upon the flat horizon with a weight of pale, unclouded light. It lies 19.9 miles northeast of Herrin, IL (from Herrin, IL: bearing 50°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Benton. The land here remains a rhythmic sequence of soil and stubble, marked by the slow, deliberate work of the wind that pulls across the open plains. Two miles away, the quiet waters of Akin Creek carve a narrow, darkened path through the undergrowth, while the nearby surface of Thompsonville Lake holds the stillness of the afternoon in a mirror of glass. Far to the south, the faint, jagged silhouette of Big Ridge haunts the edges of vision, a reminder of a geological architecture that remains distant and inaccessible from these low-lying fields.

Akin persists as a quiet anchor for the surrounding agricultural labor, where the economy is measured in the seasonal turn of corn and soybeans rather than the fever of industry. The local pace is dictated by the sun and the soil, a life lived in the long shadows cast by silos and the metallic glint of machinery moving through the dust of late summer. Residents often find their respite at the Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area, where the land is left to its own wild momentum, providing a sanctuary for the creatures that thrive in the tall grasses. In this corner of the state, history is not etched into monuments but found in the endurance of the crops and the steady, unsung persistence of those who call Akin home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 050° NE
George Harrison (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 274° W
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 288° W
Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 11.1 mi, 303° NW
Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 314° NW
Waterfowl Refuge Observation Stand (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 321° NW
White Oak (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 290° W
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 173° S
Miner Memorial (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 293° NW
Statue of Custard Stand (Public Artwork) — 18.2 mi, 293° NW
Herrin Service Member Memorial (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 231° SW
Looking Glass Enterprises (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 148° SE
David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 148° SE
Whites Florist (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 148° SE
Saline County Abulance (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 149° SE
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.6 mi, 215° SW · 91k acres
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 21.9 mi, 161° S
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 22.0 mi, 165° S
Allen Family Farmhouse (Historic Ruins) — 22.7 mi, 162° S
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 23.0 mi, 182° S · 7,712 acres
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 229° SW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 25.2 mi, 162° S · 274k acres
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 25.3 mi, 338° N
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 338° N
Burden Falls Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.9 mi, 168° S · 3,740 acres
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 234° SW
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.2 mi, 160° S · 6,632 acres
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 235° SW
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 34.1 mi, 275° W
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.4 mi, 202° S · 33k acres

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