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Barstow Illinois Map

Explore Barstow, 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 Barstow, Illinois

How to Use This Barstow, Illinois Map

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

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	Barstow
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Rock Island County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.518367
Longitude	-90.357072
Population	89
Density	324.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61236
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Rock Island
School District	Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36

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About Barstow, Illinois

Barstow is a locality in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 89. The population density is 324.2 people per km². Barstow is located at 41.5184°N, 90.3571°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61236.

Barstow occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior where the land flattens into a vast, deliberate horizon of productive soil. It lies 4.7 miles east-northeast of East Moline, IL (from East Moline, IL: bearing 75°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east of Moline. The landscape holds the stillness of the deep prairie, punctuated by the thick, tangled greenery of McNeal Marsh that clings to the earth as a persistent, uncultivated witness to the region’s original character. Just a mile away, the Rock River carves a dark, sinuous path through the topography, its currents carrying the steady, muted pulse of the inland plains toward their distant confluence. At dusk, the light here possesses a singular clarity, stripping the shadows of their depth and leaving the grain elevators and utility lines to stand as stark, geometric silhouettes against a sky that turns the color of bruised plums. The air carries the faint, dry scent of turned earth and limestone, a reminder that the world here is measured not by the movement of tides, but by the slow, rhythmic rotation of the seasons across the open fields.

History in Barstow remains tethered to the iron rails and the demanding labor of the Midwestern corridor, where the economy has long favored the patient work of transport and the cultivation of the surrounding acreage. While the pace of modern life hums along the nearby thoroughfares, the daily routine of the people remains grounded in the practicalities of a region defined by its distance from any coastline and its reliance on the sturdy, industrial architecture of the American midsection. Five miles to the west, Rustic Acres Lake offers a quiet deviation from the relentless grid of the surrounding farmland, providing a mirror for the changing clouds and the occasional flight of waterfowl. Life here unfolds with a modest, unpretentious gravity, where the identity of the place is forged in the enduring connection between the men and women who work the land and the vast, unobstructed sky that watches over their labor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

McNeal Marsh (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 346° N
Schadt's Rock River Camp 2 (Private Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 163° S
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 2.5 mi, 168° S
Jacobs Sports Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 287° W
Elton E. Fawks Bald Eagle Refuge State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 347° N
Illiniwek Park & Preserve (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 324° NW
Elton E. Fawks Bald Eagle Refuge/Illiniwek Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 338° N
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.9 mi, 345° N
Mississippi River - Moline (Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 330° NW
Campbell's Island State Memorial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 289° W
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.5 mi, 289° W · 274k acres
Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 334° NW
Oakwood Country Club (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 214° SW
Scott County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 008° N
LeClaire, IA 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 357° N
Lone Star (towboat) (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 008° N
World War Memorial (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 010° N
Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.4 mi, 273° W
Niabi Zoo Forest Preserve (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 218° SW
"bling" Rocky Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.0 mi, 267° W
Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 270° W
Fryxell Geology Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 264° W
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 113° SE
Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 12.7 mi, 273° W
Helium Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 310° NW
Camanche Depot Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 016° N
Camanche Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 015° N
Central Community Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 336° NW
Clinton Show Boat (Theatre) — 24.4 mi, 022° N
Norrish Auditorium (Theatre) — 28.6 mi, 045° NE

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