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Augusta Illinois Map

Explore Augusta, 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 Augusta, Illinois

How to Use This Augusta, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.230045
Longitude	-90.950134
Population	553
Density	309.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62311
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carthage
School District	Southeastern Community Unit School District 337

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About Augusta, Illinois

Augusta is a locality in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 553. The population density is 309.0 people per km². Augusta is located at 40.2300°N, 90.9501°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Augusta is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62311.

Augusta holds the quiet, expansive gravity of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and flat beneath a sky that seems to claim more than its share of the day. It lies 21.6 miles southwest of Macomb, IL (from Macomb, IL: bearing 223°T), and is situated 16.2 miles southeast of Carthage. Williams Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the earth only a mile away, its presence marked by the thick, dark stands of timber that break the monotony of the surrounding agricultural fields. Two miles to the north, the still surface of Augusta Lake reflects the shifting colors of the afternoon, holding a cool, steady stillness that anchors the landscape. Further out, the distant, hazy silhouette of Gin Ridge interrupts the flatness of the western view, while the rugged, forested terrain of the Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area provides a sanctuary for the local deer and wild turkey that move through the underbrush at dusk.

Augusta remains defined by the deep, fertile soil that has dictated the local economy and the slow, deliberate pace of life for generations. The rhythm of the seasons here is measured by the planting and the harvest, with the grain elevators standing as the primary sentinels over the grid of streets and modest, sturdy homes. While the more dramatic topography of Rattlesnake Den Hollow lies ten miles away, the immediate surroundings of Augusta are shaped by the labor of the farm and the persistence of small-scale commerce. There is a particular quality to the light in late autumn, turning the stubble of the fields into a muted, burnished gold that catches the eye of anyone driving the narrow, straight roads that lead into the center of the village. Even as the years pass, the character of Augusta endures in the silence of the evening and the way the wind moves across the open ground, reminding those who stay that the land here expects a certain kind of patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 090° E
Geissler Savanna State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 282° W
Ira and Reatha T. Post Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 14.8 mi, 011° N
Kibbe Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 322° NW
Historic Carthage Jail (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 322° NW
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 026° NE
"space Rocky" Rocky Statue (Public Artwork) — 18.6 mi, 036° NE
Thistle Hills Land and Water Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.7 mi, 034° NE
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 044° NE
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 21.4 mi, 169° S
Western Illinois Museum (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 043° NE
Abraham Lincoln Plaque (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 043° NE
Looking for Lincoln (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 043° NE
West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 21.6 mi, 043° NE
Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 21.6 mi, 043° NE
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 043° NE
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 21.8 mi, 039° NE
McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 21.9 mi, 040° NE
Bridge Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 24.3 mi, 178° S
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 25.1 mi, 297° NW
Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 297° NW
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 296° NW
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 25.7 mi, 297° NW
Redwing Area Access (State Recreation Area) — 28.2 mi, 292° W
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.5 mi, 287° W · 10k acres
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.8 mi, 140° SE · 7,396 acres
Wakonda State Park (State Park) — 32.6 mi, 243° SW

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