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Broughton Illinois Map

Explore Broughton, 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 Broughton, Illinois

How to Use This Broughton, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.93477
Longitude	-88.461993
Population	185
Density	37.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62817
Area Code	618
County Seat	McLeansboro
School District	Eldorado Community Unit School District 4

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About Broughton, Illinois

Broughton is a locality in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 185. The population density is 37.8 people per km². Broughton is located at 37.9348°N, 88.4620°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Broughton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62817.

Broughton emerges from the flat, dark earth of southern Illinois like a quiet arrangement of wood and iron, defined by the relentless horizon of corn and soybean fields. It lies 29.3 miles east-northeast of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 61°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north of Eldorado. The landscape here does not reach for the sky but yields to the expansive sky, allowing the light at dusk to stretch across the plains in long, bruised ribbons of violet and gold. Two miles to the east, the North Fork Saline River carves a slow, muddy path through the silt, while the distant silhouette of Big Ridge marks the edge of the world against the northern haze. Five miles away, the stillness of Sandy Run Lake catches the heavy summer heat, reflecting the clouds in a surface that rarely breaks for anything more than the ripple of a dragonfly.

Broughton grew from the labor of those who turned the prairie sod, their history pinned to the cyclical demands of harvest and the slow accumulation of seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, where the machinery of modern agriculture hums through the long days, and the pace of life follows the turn of the plow rather than the clock. Residents occasionally seek the quiet shade of Karel Park, seven miles distant, to find a moment of reprieve from the sun that beats upon the open fields. In the quiet intersections of Broughton, the air carries the scent of turned earth and dry stalks, a sensory reminder of a place that persists through the quiet, steady rhythm of the Midwestern interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Karel Park (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 195° S
Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 020° N
Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 174° S
Big John (Public Artwork) — 8.9 mi, 172° S
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 317° NW
Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 197° S
WSILTV 3 (Harrisburg) Tower (Viewpoint) — 14.3 mi, 198° S
David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 199° S
Graf Ink Printing (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 198° S
Whites Florist (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 200° S
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 15.9 mi, 198° S
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 16.4 mi, 171° S · 274k acres
Cave Hill Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 17.1 mi, 170° S
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 17.5 mi, 151° SE · 7,712 acres
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 19.1 mi, 207° SW
Gary Jones Memorial (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 207° SW
Lakeview War Memorial (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 207° SW
Allen Family Farmhouse (Historic Ruins) — 19.9 mi, 206° SW
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.5 mi, 171° S · 3,978 acres
Pounds Hollow Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 25.0 mi, 156° SE
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.0 mi, 191° S · 6,632 acres
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 26.7 mi, 285° W
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 27.5 mi, 073° E
Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 30.6 mi, 200° S
White Oak (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 287° W
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 010° N
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.5 mi, 240° SW · 91k acres
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 064° NE
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 065° NE
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.8 mi, 054° NE · 20k acres

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