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Allerton Illinois Map

Explore Allerton, 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 Allerton, Illinois

How to Use This Allerton, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.911701
Longitude	-87.936422
Population	262
Density	149.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61810
Area Code	309
County Seat	Danville
School District	Heritage Community Unit School District 8

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About Allerton, Illinois

Allerton is a locality in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 262. The population density is 149.0 people per km². Allerton is located at 39.9117°N, 87.9364°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Allerton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61810.

Allerton anchors itself to the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 19.9 miles southeast of Urbana, IL (from Urbana, IL: bearing 134°T), and is situated 19.4 miles east-southeast of Savoy. The landscape here is defined by a meticulous geometry of corn and soybean fields that stretch toward the edges of the world, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Goodall Branch just a mile from the center. In the quiet hours before dusk, the light turns a bruised, heavy gold, catching the dust of the fields and illuminating the stark, utilitarian lines of grain elevators that stand as silent sentinels over the plains. While the distant rise of Dole Hill sits fourteen miles away as a faint suggestion of elevation, the land around Allerton remains stubbornly level, a vast expanse of dark, fertile soil that has been worked by generations until the very dirt feels like a shared inheritance.

Allerton serves as a quiet witness to the shifting tides of Midwestern agriculture, its history inextricably tied to the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the local economy. The town maintains a measured pace, far removed from the dense urban grids of the north, yet connected to the wider region by the nearby Salt Fork Vermilion River and the recreational solace found at Homer Lake. Residents look toward the distant University of Illinois Research Forest as a reminder of the academic and ecological stewardship that characterizes this corner of the state. Life in Allerton is marked by the steady hum of machinery during the season and a profound, atmospheric stillness when the snow settles, leaving the community to exist in a space where the primary dialogue is between the immense, changing sky and the enduring, productive ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Salt Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 047° NE
Homer Lake Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 345° N
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 347° N
Kickapoo Rail Trail (Local Recreation) — 13.9 mi, 359° N
St. Joseph Community Park (Local Park) — 14.6 mi, 344° N
St. Joseph Wetland (Local Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 337° NW
Embarras River - Camargo (Conservation Area) — 16.1 mi, 199° S
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 038° NE
Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 095° E
Tumble Gate (Public Artwork) — 18.0 mi, 309° NW
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 060° NE
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 18.4 mi, 195° S
Middle Fork Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.9 mi, 032° NE
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.9 mi, 079° E
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 19.2 mi, 033° NE
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 20.0 mi, 314° NW
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 20.0 mi, 314° NW
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 311° NW
Morton Weir Memorial (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 312° NW
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 246° SW
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 310° NW
Eternal Flame (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 311° NW
Howards Hollow Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.5 mi, 069° E
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 026° NE
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 24.1 mi, 309° NW
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 309° NW
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 24.3 mi, 042° NE
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 35.6 mi, 199° S
Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 35.8 mi, 103° E
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 37.4 mi, 093° E

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