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Armstrong Illinois Map

Explore Armstrong, 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 Armstrong, Illinois

How to Use This Armstrong, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.306424
Longitude	-87.877809
Population	380
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61812
Area Code	309
County Seat	Danville

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About Armstrong, Illinois

Armstrong is a locality in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 380. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Armstrong is located at 40.3064°N, 87.8778°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61812.

Armstrong anchors itself upon a vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches into an infinite line of corn and soybean fields that define the visual perimeter of the landscape. It lies 14.7 miles east of Rantoul, IL (from Rantoul, IL: bearing 90°T), and is situated 18.1 miles northwest of Danville. The Middle Fork Vermilion River traces a deliberate, meandering path just a short distance from the center, its shaded banks providing a cool, rhythmic counterpoint to the relentless geometry of the surrounding farmland. During the late afternoon, the light here possesses a singular, heavy clarity, turning the stalks of grain into a shimmering, gold-leafed sea that seems to vibrate against the deep, bruised purple of an approaching storm. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Yankee Ridge reminds the traveler of the subtle shifts in elevation that occasionally interrupt the otherwise level plains, while the nearby Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary of dense, uncultivated terrain for those seeking the quietude of the wild.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Armstrong, a legacy of the deep, dark soil that has dictated the rhythm of daily life since the first settlers broke the sod to build their lives upon the open range. The economy here is one of patient cycles, marked by the mechanical hum of harvest and the quiet, expectant stillness of the winter months when the land lies fallow beneath a heavy, gray sky. While industry and modern commerce hum elsewhere, life in Armstrong retains a stubborn, self-reliant character, focused on the maintenance of the homestead and the slow, steady work of the seasons. Residents occasionally venture toward the University of Illinois Research Forest to walk beneath the canopy of long-standing timber, or find a moment of stillness at Windfall Lake, yet the true identity of the place remains rooted in its proximity to the soil and the persistent, unadorned beauty of the inland plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.9 mi, 315° NW
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 127° SE
Point Pleasant Addition Land Acquisition (Local Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 313° NW
Gifford War Memorial (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 266° W
Roessler Memorial Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 267° W
Middle Fork Land Acquisition Projec (Local Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 320° NW
Horseshoe Bottom Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.4 mi, 129° SE
Middle Fork Seeps (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 130° SE
Herschel Workman State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 000° N
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 133° SE
North Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 072° E
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.7 mi, 139° SE
Brookhill Park (Local Park) — 13.3 mi, 278° W
Kickapoo Rail Trail (Local Recreation) — 13.3 mi, 179° S
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 13.4 mi, 147° SE
Bill Seeber Sports Complex & Aquatic Center (Local Recreation) — 14.7 mi, 266° W
Everyday Heroes (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 119° SE
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 16.1 mi, 125° SE
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 199° S
Danville Art League (Public Artwork) — 17.7 mi, 133° SE
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 134° SE
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 133° SE
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 22.0 mi, 233° SW
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 22.0 mi, 233° SW
Trail of Death marker (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 112° E
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 145° SE
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 233° SW
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 24.9 mi, 241° SW
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 24.9 mi, 241° SW
Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 038° NE

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