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Bearsdale Illinois Map

Explore Bearsdale, 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 Bearsdale, Illinois

How to Use This Bearsdale, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.896982
Longitude	-89.011192
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62526, 61065
Area Code	217, 847, 224
County Seat	Decatur

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About Bearsdale, Illinois

Bearsdale is a locality in Macon County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Bearsdale is located at 39.8970°N, 89.0112°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62526, 61065.

Bearsdale emerges from the expansive, flat horizon of the Illinois prairie, defined by a skyline dominated by grain elevators that puncture the low-hanging clouds like sentinels of the harvest. It lies 4.9 miles northwest of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 323°T), and is situated 4.0 miles southwest of Forsyth. The vast, open sky dictates the temperament of the land, casting long, bruised shadows across the soybean fields that stretch toward the faint, serrated silhouette of Blind Horse Ridge on the distant horizon. Only a mile from the quiet groves of Boiling Springs Park, the air holds a persistent stillness, broken occasionally by the rhythmic rustle of wind through dry corn stalks. Two miles to the east, Stevens Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the silt, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace that mirrors the unhurried pace of the surrounding plains. Four miles away, Shady Lake remains a stagnant, reflective basin, gathering the amber light of dusk until the surface turns to polished copper.

Bearsdale persists as an enduring node of agricultural industry, its economy anchored to the cyclical demands of the soil and the iron commerce of the railways that bisect its center. The settlement grew from the necessity of the mid-continental expansion, where the labor of the plow transformed wild prairie into a grid of productive, geometric plots. Life here is measured by the seasonal shift from the pale green of spring planting to the tawny, brittle exhaustion of the autumn reaping, a process that has defined the local identity for generations. The legacy of the early pioneers remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned brick facades that line the main thoroughfare, structures built to withstand the fierce, unimpeded winds that sweep across the state. In this quiet geography, the inhabitants maintain a stoic connection to the land, their days ordered by the mechanical hum of machinery and the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Boiling Springs Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 131° SE
Garman Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 139° SE
Rock Springs Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 175° S
Old Mueller Hall Monument (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 153° SE
Mueller Monument (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 153° SE
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 143° SE
Staley Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 144° SE
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 135° SE
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 232° SW
Miller's Mill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.0 mi, 188° S
Unknown Soldier Monument (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 149° SE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 133° SE
Scoville Gardens and Zoo (Local Recreation) — 7.0 mi, 133° SE
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 7.7 mi, 154° SE
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial (State Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 216° SW
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 136° SE
Bronze Fireman (Public Artwork) — 17.6 mi, 007° N
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 140° SE
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 306° NW
VIP Lincoln Grand (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 313° NW
Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 315° NW
Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 297° NW
Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 335° NW
Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 335° NW
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 28.4 mi, 212° SW
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 29.0 mi, 212° SW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.2 mi, 306° NW · 13k acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.7 mi, 297° NW · 5,262 acres

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