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Basco Illinois Map

Explore Basco, 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 Basco, Illinois

How to Use This Basco, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.327823
Longitude	-91.200144
Population	80
Density	139.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62313
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carthage
School District	Warsaw Community Unit School District 316

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About Basco, Illinois

Basco is a locality in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 80. The population density is 139.1 people per km². Basco is located at 40.3278°N, 91.2001°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Basco is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62313.

Basco emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of western Illinois as a quiet confluence of prairie soil and sky. It lies 29.2 miles west-southwest of Macomb, IL (from Macomb, IL: bearing 252°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-southeast of Hamilton. The landscape surrounding Basco is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the Midwestern plains, where the earth stretches in long, golden furrows of corn and soybean. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Bear Creek carve a thin, winding ribbon through the fields, providing a cool relief to the soil and a slow rhythm to the land. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Gin Ridge offers a faint, jagged punctuation mark against the western sky, while the nearby Geissler Savanna State Natural Area preserves the wild, tallgrass character of the region that existed long before the first plows turned the sod.

Basco preserves the legacy of an economy built on the strength of the harvest and the resilience of those who tend it. Life in Basco moves at a pace dictated by the seasonal cycle of planting and reaping, a tradition that has anchored its residents to this patch of earth for generations. While the stillness of the afternoon might be broken only by the low hum of machinery, the proximity of Carthage Lake seven miles distant provides a singular, reflective mirror for the vast, open clouds that dominate the Illinois firmament. The architecture remains modest and functional, reflecting a culture that values the utility of a well-built granary or a sturdy porch over the fleeting fashions of more hurried places. Here, the light of dusk does not merely fall; it settles across the stubble of the fields, turning the gray earth into a soft, bruised purple that signals the end of another day of labor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Geissler Savanna State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 167° S
Jaycee Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 022° N
Kibbe Museum (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 028° NE
Historic Carthage Jail (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 028° NE
Joe Grate Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 031° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 301° NW
Marquette & Jolliet Voyage (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 304° NW
Cedar Glen State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 284° W
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 297° NW
Hugh Lincoln Cooper (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 295° NW
George M. Verity (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 295° NW
General Samuel Curtis Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.4 mi, 295° NW
Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 297° NW
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 10.6 mi, 295° NW
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 10.9 mi, 297° NW
Redwing Area Access (State Recreation Area) — 13.5 mi, 286° W
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.2 mi, 276° W · 10k acres
Nauvoo State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 327° NW
Ira and Reatha T. Post Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 17.7 mi, 064° NE
Weld House Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 328° NW
Nauvoo Martyrdom Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 328° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.0 mi, 233° SW · 3,906 acres
Canton CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 231° SW
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 344° N
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 344° N
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 22.2 mi, 068° E
Wakonda State Park (State Park) — 26.6 mi, 217° SW
Thistle Hills Land and Water Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.9 mi, 067° NE
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 28.8 mi, 069° E
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 074° E

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