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Bader Illinois Map

Explore Bader, 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 Bader, Illinois

How to Use This Bader, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.173102
Longitude	-90.368735
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62624, 62513
Area Code	217
County Seat	Rushville

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About Bader, Illinois

Bader is a locality in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Bader is located at 40.1731°N, 90.3687°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62624, 62513.

Bader occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois where the horizon is defined by the steady, unyielding geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 25.4 miles southeast of Macomb, IL (from Macomb, IL: bearing 141°T), and is situated 11.1 miles north-northeast of Beardstown. The landscape here is defined by a deep, inland stillness, broken only by the thin, winding path of Dutchmans Creek as it carves through the earth a mile from the center of town. Nearby, the waters of Emmanuel Lake reflect the expansive Midwestern sky, their surface often smoothed into a mirror by the lack of any significant wind. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Center Ridge provides a jagged boundary against the clouds, while the terrain closer to Bader dips into the subtle, shadowed depressions of Scab Hollow. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and dry stalks, a pervasive earthy clarity that settles over the land as the sun begins its slow descent behind the silos.

Bader remains a place tethered to the rhythms of the seasons, where the local economy is dictated by the slow turning of agricultural cycles and the persistence of small-scale land management. Much of the surrounding vitality is anchored by the proximity of Camp Emmanuel, Inc., which serves as a landmark for those who look to the land for reflection rather than mere harvest. History here is written in the modest, sturdy architecture of brick and limestone, buildings that have weathered decades of sharp winters and humid, heavy summers without losing their original, utilitarian grace. Daily life in Bader proceeds with a deliberate, quiet focus, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger urban grids to the north, favoring instead the steady, predictable labor that has sustained these families for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Camp Emmanuel, Inc. (Private Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 044° NE
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 155° SE
City Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 006° N
Izaac Walton Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 048° NE
Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 087° E
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 198° S
Beardstown Postage Stamp Welcome Mural (Public Artwork) — 11.3 mi, 198° S
Beardstown Marsh (Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 194° S
Camp Ellis (Private Recreation) — 12.4 mi, 004° N
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 128° SE
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 15.5 mi, 090° E
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.5 mi, 050° NE · 5,262 acres
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.4 mi, 128° SE
Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 17.6 mi, 049° NE
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.2 mi, 203° SW · 7,396 acres
Rockwell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 18.5 mi, 060° NE
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 320° NW
Western Illinois Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 321° NW
Looking for Lincoln (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 321° NW
West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 25.3 mi, 321° NW
Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 25.4 mi, 321° NW
Abraham Lincoln Plaque (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 321° NW
McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 26.6 mi, 321° NW
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 26.6 mi, 321° NW
Thistle Hills Land and Water Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.2 mi, 318° NW
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 28.7 mi, 312° NW
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 112° E
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 29.9 mi, 236° SW
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 30.4 mi, 116° SE
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 30.7 mi, 116° SE

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