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Browning Illinois Map

Explore Browning, 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 Browning, Illinois

How to Use This Browning, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.128936
Longitude	-90.372068
Population	117
Density	145.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62624
Area Code	217
County Seat	Rushville
School District	Schuyler-Industry Community Unit School District 5

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About Browning, Illinois

Browning is a locality in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 117. The population density is 145.7 people per km². Browning is located at 40.1289°N, 90.3721°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Browning is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62624.

Browning unfolds across a landscape of quiet, stubborn geometry where the horizon is defined by the steady, rhythmic oscillation of corn and soybean stalks. It lies 27.8 miles southeast of Macomb, IL (from Macomb, IL: bearing 145°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-northeast of Beardstown. Dutchmans Creek serves as the primary artery here, carving a path through the alluvial soil that dictates the subtle depressions of the local topography. To the east, the land holds the stillness of Dutchmans Lake, a reflective expanse that catches the bruised purple of autumn sunsets, while the deeper shadows of the Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area provide a dense, untamed sanctuary for migratory birds. On the distant western horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Spunky Ridge interrupts the otherwise level expanse of the prairie, a reminder of the tectonic patience that shaped this inland basin.

Browning endures as a place of persistent labor, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the earth and the heavy machinery that turns it. The echoes of a mid-nineteenth-century founding still reside in the weathered brick of its older structures, standing in quiet contrast to the modern demands of agricultural transport and regional trade. Life moves in alignment with the seasons, from the frantic activity of the harvest to the long, muffled silences of winter, when the frost settles over the nearby terrain of Scab Hollow. Residents maintain a cautious, pragmatic connection to the land, their daily existence marked by the slow passage of clouds and the reliable, grounding presence of the fields that stretch outward in every direction.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 161° S
Camp Emmanuel, Inc. (Private Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 014° N
Izaac Walton Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 032° NE
Roberts Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 195° S
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 203° SW
Beardstown Postage Stamp Welcome Mural (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 203° SW
Beardstown Marsh (Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 197° S
Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 067° NE
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 117° SE
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.4 mi, 207° SW · 7,396 acres
Camp Ellis (Private Recreation) — 15.4 mi, 004° N
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.8 mi, 119° SE
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 16.0 mi, 079° E
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.8 mi, 043° NE · 5,262 acres
Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 19.9 mi, 042° NE
Rockwell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 20.3 mi, 053° NE
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.0 mi, 324° NW
Western Illinois Museum (Museum) — 27.6 mi, 325° NW
Looking for Lincoln (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 325° NW
West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.7 mi, 326° NW
Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 27.7 mi, 326° NW
Abraham Lincoln Plaque (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 325° NW
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 241° SW
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 28.3 mi, 164° S
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 106° E
McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 28.9 mi, 325° NW
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 29.0 mi, 325° NW
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 167° S
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 29.4 mi, 110° E
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 30.7 mi, 316° NW

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