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Barclay Illinois Map

Explore Barclay, 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 Barclay, Illinois

How to Use This Barclay, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.874772
Longitude	-89.517876
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62684, 61312
Area Code	217, 815
County Seat	Springfield

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About Barclay, Illinois

Barclay is a locality in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Barclay is located at 39.8748°N, 89.5179°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62684, 61312.

Barclay occupies a stretch of level, fertile earth where the sky feels expansive and heavy with the promise of changing seasons. It lies 8.4 miles northeast of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 53°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east-southeast of Sherman. The landscape surrounding Barclay is defined by the steady, quiet passage of Wolf Creek, which meanders through the landscape a mile away, feeding the moisture into the soil that supports the vast, golden reach of corn and soybean fields. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Blind Horse Ridge marks the horizon, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that shaped the broader region long before the plow arrived. Light at dusk here possesses a particular clarity, turning the dusty tracks and the quiet greenery of City Hall Ball Parks into a study of soft, muted tones that seem to hold the day in suspension before the stars emerge.

History in Barclay remains rooted in the rhythm of the rail and the harvest, a legacy that continues to dictate the slow, deliberate pace of the local economy. While the bustle of larger hubs hums elsewhere, Barclay preserves a stillness, marked by the occasional sound of a freight train cutting through the stillness or the quiet activity near the banks of Shaft Pond, located two miles distant. The community persists through the shared labor of the seasons, where the primary concerns are the yield of the fields and the maintenance of the local infrastructure. Life here is measured not by grand events, but by the subtle shifts in the air as autumn approaches, signaling the end of the long, warm growing cycle that defines the character of those who live upon this land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Hall Ball Parks (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 217° SW
Spaulding Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 243° SW
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 214° SW
Crucixion with Mourning Women on pedestal (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 229° SW
Lincoln and the Talisman (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 260° W
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 267° W
Boxcar Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 343° N
Roll of Honor Archway (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 344° N
Shell Gas Station (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 343° N
Route 66 Dream Car Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 340° N
Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 270° W
Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 230° SW
High Dive Show (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 246° SW
Illinois State Fair Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 249° W
Shea's Gas Station Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 244° SW
Milk a Cow (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 248° W
Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 7.4 mi, 227° SW
War Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 126° SE
Air Combat Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 254° W
Springfield Art Association (Arts Centre) — 8.3 mi, 237° SW
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 233° SW
Hoogland Center (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 232° SW
Capitol View (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 234° SW
AMC Showplace 8 (Cinema) — 9.0 mi, 212° SW
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 278° W
Sangamon River State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 282° W
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.4 mi, 169° S
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 021° N
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 291° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.1 mi, 326° NW · 13k acres

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