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Bentley Illinois Map

Explore Bentley, 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 Bentley, Illinois

How to Use This Bentley, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.344489
Longitude	-91.111807
Population	30
Density	81.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62321
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carthage
School District	Illini West High School District 307

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About Bentley, Illinois

Bentley is a locality in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 30. The population density is 81.0 people per km². Bentley is located at 40.3445°N, 91.1118°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bentley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62321.

Bentley occupies a quiet stretch of the Illinois prairie where the horizon line is defined by the flat, persistent geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 24.5 miles west-southwest of Macomb, IL (from Macomb, IL: bearing 251°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-southeast of Carthage. The earth here is heavy and dark, a deep loam that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, while the nearby Little Creek cuts a shallow, meandering path through the earth, its banks often thick with the tangled green of seasonal weeds. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Gin Ridge marks the edge of the sky, a faint serrated line that reminds the eye of the vast, uninterrupted expanse of the interior plains. There is a particular quality to the light in Bentley during the late afternoon, a golden, low-slung radiance that catches the dust motes and turns the expansive fields into sheets of burnished copper before the long shadows of evening take hold.

Agriculture remains the singular, pulsing engine of the local economy, with the collective labor of the surrounding farms grounding the daily life of Bentley in the realities of harvest and planting. History here is kept in the weathered grain elevators and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of homes that have stood against the wind for generations. Residents find occasional respite at the Joe Grate Sports Complex, a space that serves as a focal point for communal gatherings, or they might travel the short distance to Carthage Lake to watch the water ripple under the weight of a summer storm. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the deeper indentations of the landscape, such as Rattlesnake Den Hollow, offer a subtle variation in the terrain, a reminder that even in this flat country, the land possesses a hidden, quiet complexity that reveals itself only to those who move slowly across it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kibbe Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 343° N
Historic Carthage Jail (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 344° N
Joe Grate Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 353° N
Jaycee Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 337° NW
Geissler Savanna State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 214° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.8 mi, 286° W
Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 126° SE
Ira and Reatha T. Post Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 13.1 mi, 059° NE
Marquette & Jolliet Voyage (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 289° W
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.3 mi, 285° W
Hugh Lincoln Cooper (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 283° W
General Samuel Curtis Statue (Public Artwork) — 14.5 mi, 283° W
George M. Verity (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 283° W
Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 285° W
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 14.7 mi, 283° W
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 14.9 mi, 284° W
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 17.4 mi, 065° NE
Redwing Area Access (State Recreation Area) — 17.8 mi, 279° W
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.7 mi, 271° W · 10k acres
Nauvoo State Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 315° NW
Weld House Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 315° NW
Nauvoo Martyrdom Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 315° NW
Thistle Hills Land and Water Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.2 mi, 066° NE
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 332° NW
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 332° NW
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 24.1 mi, 068° E
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 073° E
McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 24.2 mi, 068° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.5 mi, 237° SW · 3,906 acres
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 31.8 mi, 164° S

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