Enter your search query in the box below.

Bryant Illinois Map

Explore Bryant, 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 Bryant, Illinois

How to Use This Bryant, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityBryant
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyFulton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.466151
Longitude-90.091785
Population168
Density261.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code61519
Area Code815
County SeatLewistown
School DistrictLewistown Community Unit School District 97

About Bryant, Illinois

Bryant is a locality in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 168. The population density is 261.6 people per km². Bryant is located at 40.4662°N, 90.0918°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bryant is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61519.

Bryant exists as a quiet accumulation of dwellings and dust, where the persistent current of Big Sister Creek cuts a shallow, meandering path through the flat, dark-soiled expanses of the Illinois interior. It lies 7.0 miles south-southwest of Canton, IL (from Canton, IL: bearing 205°T), and is situated 11.6 miles north of Havana. The landscape stretches out in a wide, unyielding horizontal, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Hoxie Ridge that anchors the horizon to the west. Two miles away, the stagnant, heavy stillness of Sludge Pond Number 1-3A reflects the shifting Midwestern sky, its waters undisturbed by the quickening pace of the seasons. Sunlight here possesses a particular, sharp clarity, turning the fields to shades of amber and bruised gold before the dusk settles into a deep, velvety gray that swallows the fences and the fallow rows.

The rhythms of Bryant remain tethered to the cycles of the soil, a legacy of agricultural labor that persists despite the shifting tides of the regional economy. While the nearby Rocky Meadows Sportsmens Club provides a quiet sanctuary for those seeking the solitude of the tall grass, the pulse of the place is found in the machinery that works the land and the quiet resilience of those who stay. Further afield, the distant, wooded reaches of Sand Ridge State Forest and the low, subtle depression of Barton Field serve as reminders of the geological patience required to endure in this corner of the world. Life in Bryant moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, defined by the turning of the seasons and the long, uninterrupted shadow of the grain elevator against the evening light.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Rocky Meadows Sportsmens Club (Park) — 4.1 mi, 348° N
  • Putnam Township Park District (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 273° W
  • Golf Partners (Park) — 5.0 mi, 326° NW
  • Honkers Corner Rod and Gun (Private Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 003° N
  • Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 170° S
  • Nature Conservancy (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 009° N
  • Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 103° E
  • Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.9 mi, 155° SE · 13k acres
  • Lakeland Park (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 015° N
  • Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.7 mi, 180° S · 5,262 acres
  • Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 8.7 mi, 189° S
  • Canton Waterworks (State Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 039° NE
  • Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 100° E
  • Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 103° E
  • Rockwell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 172° S
  • Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.0 mi, 068° E
  • Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 016° N
  • Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 20.3 mi, 177° S
  • Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 325° NW
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 285° W
  • The Pioneers (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 017° N
  • Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 017° N
  • Tazewell County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 24.4 mi, 073° E
  • Sun Tracker (Public Artwork) — 25.1 mi, 074° E
  • Sundance (Attraction) — 25.1 mi, 074° E
  • Dragon Stadium (Stadium) — 25.5 mi, 075° E
  • Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 26.3 mi, 045° NE
  • Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 30.2 mi, 058° NE
  • Arts Partners (Gallery) — 30.3 mi, 058° NE
  • West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 30.4 mi, 269° W

Latest News: Bryant

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News

Loading news-world…

About This Bryant Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bryant, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.466151, -90.091785. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bryant includes the ZIP code (61519), telephone area code (815), county seat of Fulton County (Lewistown), and school district assignment (Lewistown Community Unit School District 97).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.