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Bingham Illinois Map

Explore Bingham, 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 Bingham, Illinois

How to Use This Bingham, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.114211
Longitude	-89.21341
Population	60
Density	84.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62011
Area Code	309
County Seat	Vandalia
School District	Ramsey Community Unit School District 204

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About Bingham, Illinois

Bingham is a locality in Fayette County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 60. The population density is 84.5 people per km². Bingham is located at 39.1142°N, 89.2134°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bingham is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62011.

Bingham reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of Hurricane Creek as it carves a path through the dense, fertile earth of the Illinois interior. It lies 30.3 miles south of Taylorville, IL (from Taylorville, IL: bearing 172°T), and is situated 18.7 miles northeast of Greenville. The landscape stretches wide, a vast expanse of agrarian plains where the horizon hums with the growth of corn and soybeans, interrupted only by the occasional quietude of Fillmore Lake shimmering two miles to the west. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of Corley Ridge anchors the skyline, providing a silent sentinel to the flat, working soil. The air here holds a particular, heavy clarity, especially when the sun begins its descent, casting long, ochre shadows across the fields and turning the local grasses into a sea of amber light that seems to hold the day in a state of suspended animation.

Bingham sustains a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the enduring labor of the harvest, a practice that has defined the local economy since the earliest settlers broke the prairie sod. While the bustle of larger, distant centers remains absent, the proximity of Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area provides a vital sanctuary for the surrounding woods, offering residents a place to walk the Ramsey Hills Nature Trail or seek the solitude of the timber. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips into the quiet seclusion of Fox Hunt Hollow, a reminder of the geological wrinkles that define this inland geography. Life in Bingham moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, rooted in the legacy of those who first tilled this ground and continuing through the steady, quiet maintenance of a landscape that demands both respect and constant, physical attention.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 053° NE
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 267° W
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 152° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 150° SE
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 148° SE
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 149° SE
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 13.6 mi, 342° N
Hillsboro Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 14.4 mi, 285° W
H & B Bremer Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 15.5 mi, 285° W
Divine Servant (Public Artwork) — 18.4 mi, 215° SW
Ganton Circle (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 215° SW
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 214° SW
Claussen Plaza (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 215° SW
Page Circle (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 215° SW
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 215° SW
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 18.8 mi, 214° SW
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 20.2 mi, 020° N
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 020° N
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 020° N
Henry Eilers Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.0 mi, 284° W
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 21.1 mi, 285° W
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 21.5 mi, 181° S
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 303° NW
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 29.9 mi, 189° S
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 352° N
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 30.4 mi, 352° N
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 34.0 mi, 137° SE
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 40.5 mi, 280° W
Horshoe Lake State Park (State Park) — 53.9 mi, 239° SW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.0 mi, 249° W · 32k acres

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