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Bethany Illinois Map

Explore Bethany, 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 Bethany, Illinois

How to Use This Bethany, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.645592
Longitude	-88.738125
Population	1,255
Density	496.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61914
Area Code	309
County Seat	Sullivan
School District	Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302

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About Bethany, Illinois

Bethany is a locality in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,255. The population density is 496.0 people per km². Bethany is located at 39.6456°N, 88.7381°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bethany is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61914.

Bethany emerges from the expansive, flat horizon of the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of brick and timber held against the vastness of the sky. It lies 17.7 miles southeast of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 139°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-northwest of Sullivan. The landscape around Bethany is defined by a rigorous, geometric order, where fields of corn and soybean stretch toward the edges of the world, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Marrowbone Creek a mile to the west. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, amber shadows across the tilled earth, turning the black, fertile soil into a dark mirror that catches the fading warmth. Though the terrain remains largely level, the distant presence of Blue Mound provides a singular, faint silhouette against the western clouds, a reminder of the shifting topography that lies beyond the immediate reach of these quiet, sun-drenched plains.

History here is measured in the steady turning of the seasons and the endurance of the local agricultural economy, which remains the primary pulse of life in Bethany. The proximity to Lake Shelbyville, located just four miles away, offers a necessary reprieve from the relentless work of the harvest, providing a place where the air cools and the water reflects the stillness of the surrounding woods. Residents often find themselves at Lake Shelbyville, a REC, to observe the migratory patterns of birds or to walk paths that feel untouched by the frantic pace of distant urban centers. Life in Bethany moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, where the labor of the day is punctuated by the simple, enduring beauty of a sky that seems to possess more depth and color here than anywhere else on the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 0.1 mi, 294° NW
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 140° SE
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 166° S
Wyman Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 109° E
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 049° NE
Margaret Guzy Pothole Wetlands State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 210° SW
Tabor Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 111° E
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 175° S
Fort Daniel Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 333° NW
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 324° NW
Grove Branch Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 275° W
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 13.4 mi, 312° NW
Reptiles (Viewpoint) — 15.5 mi, 323° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 16.1 mi, 323° NW
Decatur 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 323° NW
G.A.R. Memorial (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 318° NW
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 322° NW
Staley Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 319° NW
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 320° NW
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 135° SE
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.4 mi, 121° SE
Raggedy Ann and Andy Statue (Public Artwork) — 23.0 mi, 083° E
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 308° NW
Robert Allerton Park (State Conservation Area) — 23.6 mi, 010° N
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 25.5 mi, 226° SW
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 067° NE
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 257° W
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 30.4 mi, 258° W
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 33.6 mi, 117° SE
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 37.7 mi, 164° S

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