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Beason Illinois Map

Explore Beason, 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 Beason, Illinois

How to Use This Beason, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.143652
Longitude	-89.193422
Population	147
Density	130.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62512
Area Code	217
County Seat	Lincoln
School District	Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61

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About Beason, Illinois

Beason is a locality in Logan County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 147. The population density is 130.8 people per km². Beason is located at 40.1437°N, 89.1934°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62512.

Beason occupies a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon stretches into a seamless union of dark soil and pale, shifting skies. It lies 9.1 miles east of Lincoln, IL (from Lincoln, IL: bearing 92°T), and is situated 12.1 miles west of Clinton. The earth here is heavy and rich, a deep loam that defines the character of the landscape, stretching out in disciplined rows of corn and soybeans that seem to pulse with the season’s slow turning. Three miles away, the quiet waters of Deer Creek trace a thin, winding vein through the fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Blind Horse Ridge occasionally asserts itself against the far western sky during the clearest evenings. In the late autumn, the light turns a sharp, translucent gold, catching the dry stalks and turning the entire plain into a vast, shimmering field of amber that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Beason maintains an economy tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, where the grain elevator stands as a silent, monolithic sentinel over the daily passage of time. Life here is measured not by hours, but by the slow migration of machinery and the seasonal demands of the soil, a cycle established by those who first broke the prairie sod to settle these plains. Residents find a quiet refuge at Chestnut-Beason Park, a space that offers a pause from the relentless labor of the fields, while the nearby stillness of Pine Lake provides a mirror for the changing clouds. Though the world beyond moves with a different velocity, Beason persists as a place of deliberate, grounded existence, where the weight of history is felt in the simple, enduring geometry of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chestnut-Beason Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 172° S
Mettler Woods Natural Heritage Landmark (Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 089° E
Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 346° N
Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 346° N
Paul Bunyan Statue (Public Artwork) — 8.3 mi, 346° N
American Giants Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 346° N
Lincoln Park District (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 266° W
Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 277° W
VIP Lincoln Grand (Cinema) — 9.0 mi, 271° W
Kickapoo Creek (Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 311° NW
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 10.0 mi, 261° W
World's largest covered wagon (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 272° W
The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 276° W
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 084° E
Stubblefield Woodlots Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 009° N
Funks Grove State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 010° N
Weldon Springs State Park (State Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 095° E
Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 248° W
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 164° S
Roll of Honor Archway (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 235° SW
Boxcar Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 235° SW
Bosarth Memorial (Monument) — 23.4 mi, 038° NE
Miller's Mill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.8 mi, 158° S
Sound of Illinois Chorus (Theatre) — 25.6 mi, 024° NE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 25.9 mi, 146° SE
Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 26.1 mi, 024° NE
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.5 mi, 052° NE
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 35.6 mi, 250° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.2 mi, 294° NW · 13k acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.7 mi, 285° W · 5,262 acres

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