Atlanta Illinois Map
Explore Atlanta, 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 Atlanta, Illinois
How to Use This Atlanta, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Atlanta, 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 Atlanta.
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 | Atlanta |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Logan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.259485 |
| Longitude | -89.233424 |
| Population | 1,669 |
| Density | 515.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61723 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| County Seat | Lincoln |
| School District | Olympia Community Unit School District 16 |
About Atlanta, Illinois
Atlanta is a locality in Logan County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,669. The population density is 515.9 people per km². Atlanta is located at 40.2595°N, 89.2334°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Atlanta is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61723.Atlanta rests upon the high, fertile swells of the central Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches into an immense, unbroken circle of sky. It lies 10.3 miles northeast of Lincoln, IL (from Lincoln, IL: bearing 42°T), and is situated 16.0 miles west-northwest of Clinton. The land here is defined by the deep, dark loam of the corn and soybean fields, a vast agricultural geometry that absorbs the sunlight and holds the heavy, humid heat of midsummer afternoons. Only a few miles to the west, the modest waters of Clear Creek carve a shallow, winding path through the soil, offering a cool relief to the surrounding expanse of farmland. Further out, the landscape holds its breath, waiting for the distant, hazy silhouette of Red Oak Ridge to sharpen against the fading light of a winter dusk. Beyond the immediate fields, the Sugar Creek - Salt Creek Drainage provides a sanctuary of wilder grasses and tangled thickets, a quiet corridor where the prairie reclaims its ancestral character.
Atlanta preserves a distinct midwestern gravity, evidenced by the sturdy brick architecture that anchors its quiet, grid-patterned streets. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest, a legacy of the nineteenth-century pioneers who recognized the potential in this expansive, inland plateau. Travelers passing through on the old highway routes often stop to admire the town’s landmark water tower, a singular, towering icon that stands as a silent sentry over the rooftops. Even the slow, seasonal migration of geese toward Hickory Lake five miles away marks the passage of time more reliably than any clock. Here, the pace of existence is measured in the steady turning of the seasons, where the intimacy of the neighborhood streets contrasts with the sheer, overwhelming scale of the surrounding plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 064° NE
- Paul Bunyan Statue (Public Artwork) — 0.1 mi, 048° NE
- American Giants Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 053° NE
- Sugar Creek - Salt Creek Drainage (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 338° N
- Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Park District Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 037° NE
- Kickapoo Creek (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 246° SW
- Stubblefield Woodlots Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 036° NE
- Funks Grove State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 039° NE
- Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 224° SW
- VIP Lincoln Grand (Cinema) — 10.5 mi, 221° SW
- The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 230° SW
- World's largest covered wagon (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 227° SW
- Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 12.3 mi, 220° SW
- Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 115° SE
- Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 220° SW
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About This Atlanta Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Atlanta, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.259485, -89.233424. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Atlanta includes the ZIP code (61723), telephone area code (309), county seat of Logan County (Lincoln), and school district assignment (Olympia Community Unit School District 16).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
