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Atkinson Illinois Map

Explore Atkinson, 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 Atkinson, Illinois

How to Use This Atkinson, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.413344
Longitude	-90.005171
Population	965
Density	194.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61235
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Cambridge
School District	Geneseo Community Unit School District 228

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About Atkinson, Illinois

Atkinson is a locality in Henry County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 965. The population density is 194.0 people per km². Atkinson is located at 41.4133°N, 90.0052°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Atkinson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61235.

Atkinson sprawls across the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 13.0 miles north-northwest of Kewanee, IL (from Kewanee, IL: bearing 339°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east-southeast of Geneseo. The earth here is a deep, dark loam, leveled by ancient geological sighs and currently stitched into a precise grid of corn and soybean fields that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Hickory Point. A quiet stillness settles over the landscape during the golden hour, when the low sun ignites the dust motes and turns the stalks of grain into shimmering copper pillars. Two miles away, the Shabbona Special Ditch carves a thin, deliberate line through the soil, a necessary artery that drains the heavy midwestern rain and keeps the fields productive. At the center of this rural expanse, Atkinson Village Park offers a modest clearing of green, providing a soft respite from the relentless geometry of the surrounding agricultural expanse.

History in Atkinson remains tethered to the iron rails that once pulled life and industry through the heart of the state, defining the pace of a life governed by the harvest cycle. The economy draws its strength from the black dirt, a legacy of cultivation that persists even as the world shifts toward newer, less tangible horizons. Residents often travel the short distance to Sauk Trail Pond for a moment of quiet reflection, watching the surface mirror the shifting clouds while the air remains heavy with the scent of turned earth and drying husks. Far from the reach of the Feeder Basin, life here maintains a steady, deliberate tempo, marked not by grand gestures but by the endurance of those who work the land. The character of the people is as resilient as the prairie grass, forged by winters that bite deep and summers that linger until the heat haze blurs the edges of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Izaak Walton-Leauge Trap and Skeet Grounds (Private Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 088° E
Atkinson School Recreational Complex (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 271° W
Atkinson Village Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 304° NW
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 1.9 mi, 017° N
La Chateau Park (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 090° E
Van Vooren Lodge (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 095° E
Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 6.3 mi, 279° W
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.6 mi, 135° SE
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 290° W
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 289° W
The Great Sauk Trail (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 144° SE
McCune Sand Prairie (Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 073° E
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 109° E
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 202° S
Prophetstown (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 010° N
President Ronald Reagan as a boy (Public Artwork) — 18.8 mi, 037° NE
Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 037° NE
Scott County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 306° NW
Lone Star (towboat) (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 306° NW
Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 23.3 mi, 300° NW
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.3 mi, 321° NW · 274k acres
Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.8 mi, 287° W
Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 153° SE
Norrish Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.5 mi, 004° N
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 096° E
Camanche Depot Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 333° NW
Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 285° W
Clinton Show Boat (Theatre) — 31.3 mi, 343° N
Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 31.8 mi, 284° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.7 mi, 128° SE · 13k acres

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