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Buffalo Hart Illinois Map

Explore Buffalo Hart, 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 Buffalo Hart, Illinois

How to Use This Buffalo Hart, Illinois Map

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

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	Buffalo Hart
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Sangamon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.913937
Longitude	-89.447596
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62515, 62518
Area Code	217
County Seat	Springfield

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About Buffalo Hart, Illinois

Buffalo Hart is a locality in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Buffalo Hart is located at 39.9139°N, 89.4476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62515, 62518.

Buffalo Hart occupies a stretch of level, fertile earth where the sky asserts its dominance over the flat horizon of Illinois. It lies 13.0 miles northeast of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 53°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east of Sherman. The landscape is defined by the rigorous geometry of agriculture, where corn and soybean fields stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Blind Horse Ridge. Two miles from the center, North Fork Clear Creek cuts a thin, winding path through the soil, offering a cool respite where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp loam and tall grasses. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, singular gold, casting long shadows across the fields that make the grain silos appear as silent, iron sentinels guarding the plains. Five miles away, the quiet expanse of Samuel H Jones Park provides a sanctuary of wilder growth, while the stillness of Shaft Pond six miles distant mirrors the vast, cloud-streaked expanse of the prairie heavens.

Buffalo Hart carries the weight of a history rooted in the grit of the nineteenth-century frontier, back when the arrival of the railroad dictated the survival of small, isolated outposts. The local economy persists as a quiet engine of agrarian labor, sustained by the seasonal pulse of planting and harvest that dictates the rhythm of every household. Life in Buffalo Hart moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, stripped of the frantic noise found in larger metropolitan grids. The architecture is a study in utilitarian endurance, featuring brick buildings that have weathered decades of sun and winter chill with a stoic, unadorned grace. People here recognize the value of a steady, quiet existence, finding a particular satisfaction in the cycles of the earth and the reliable, unchanging nature of the surrounding fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Samuel H Jones Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 298° NW
City Hall Ball Parks (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 230° SW
Roll of Honor Archway (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 298° NW
Boxcar Museum (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 297° NW
Shell Gas Station (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 298° NW
Route 66 Dream Car Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 296° NW
War Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 160° S
Crucixion with Mourning Women on pedestal (Public Artwork) — 7.8 mi, 232° SW
Lincoln and the Talisman (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 246° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.8 mi, 261° W
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 9.3 mi, 252° W
Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 254° W
Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 001° N
High Dive Show (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 241° SW
Illinois State Fair Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 243° SW
Shea's Gas Station Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 240° SW
Milk a Cow (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 242° SW
Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 12.0 mi, 230° SW
Air Combat Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 247° SW
Springfield Art Association (Arts Centre) — 12.9 mi, 236° SW
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 234° SW
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 13.2 mi, 013° N
Hoogland Center (Theatre) — 13.3 mi, 233° SW
AMC Showplace 8 (Cinema) — 13.4 mi, 220° SW
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 13.6 mi, 284° W
Sangamon River State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 269° W
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 183° S
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 280° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.5 mi, 322° NW · 13k acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.7 mi, 310° NW · 5,262 acres

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