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Boody Illinois Map

Explore Boody, 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 Boody, Illinois

How to Use This Boody, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.766427
Longitude	-89.049245
Population	232
Density	77.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62514
Area Code	217
County Seat	Decatur
School District	Meridian Community Unit School District 15

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About Boody, Illinois

Boody is a locality in Macon County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 232. The population density is 77.8 people per km². Boody is located at 39.7664°N, 89.0492°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62514.

Boody exists as a quiet punctuation mark upon the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the day. It lies 7.2 miles southwest of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 225°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Mount Zion. The landscape surrounding Boody is defined by the rigorous geometry of agriculture, where corn and soybean fields press against the sky in a relentless, rhythmic grid. Only a mile away, the modest waters of Spring Creek cut a serpentine path through the dark, loamy soil, providing a sliver of wildness in an otherwise curated terrain. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Blind Horse Ridge offers the only deviation from the absolute level, while the quiet acres of Leiby Hall Conservation Area preserve a fragment of the tallgrass ecosystem that once dominated these plains. When the sun hangs low, the light catches the dust motes above the furrows, turning the entire world a bruised, golden copper that feels both ancient and entirely indifferent to the passing of human time.

Boody emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, serving as a vital node in the infrastructure that propelled the agricultural economy of the Midwest into the modern era. The local character remains deeply tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, a slow-turning wheel that dictates the pace of life for those who remain. While the grain elevators stand as the true monuments of the landscape, the proximity to Shady Lake six miles to the north offers a rare, still mirror for the heavy, humid summer skies. History here is not found in grand architecture, but in the enduring stubbornness of the family-run farms and the way the wind carries the scent of turned earth across the intersections. Boody remains a place where the stillness is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, deliberate presence that settles over the gravel roads and the long, straight lines of the tracks, grounding every resident in the unyielding reality of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Leiby Hall Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 028° NE
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial (State Recreation Area) — 3.6 mi, 315° NW
Rock Springs Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 017° N
Miller's Mill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.3 mi, 018° N
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 078° E
Fairview Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 023° NE
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 042° NE
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 343° N
G.A.R. Memorial (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 046° NE
Unknown Soldier Monument (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 046° NE
Old Mueller Hall Monument (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 037° NE
Staley Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 041° NE
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 040° NE
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 044° NE
Scoville Gardens and Zoo (Local Recreation) — 8.1 mi, 061° NE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.2 mi, 056° NE
Calamus Lake State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 300° NW
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 085° E
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 117° SE
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 221° SW
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 19.9 mi, 221° SW
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 220° SW
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.1 mi, 245° SW
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 184° S
Death of the Last Centaur (Public Artwork) — 26.2 mi, 052° NE
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 26.2 mi, 184° S
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 29.0 mi, 323° NW
Boxcar Museum (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 296° NW
Route 66 Dream Car Museum (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 296° NW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.3 mi, 313° NW · 13k acres

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