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Burton Illinois Map

Explore Burton, 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 Burton, Illinois

How to Use This Burton, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.904769
Longitude	-91.249033
Population	103
Density	121.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62305
Area Code	217
County Seat	Quincy
School District	Payson Community Unit School District 1

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About Burton, Illinois

Burton is a locality in Adams County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 103. The population density is 121.6 people per km². Burton is located at 39.9048°N, 91.2490°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62305.

Burton emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a collection of brick storefronts and quiet, tree-lined streets that mirror the steady, industrious spirit of the Illinois prairie. It lies 8.8 miles east-southeast of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 104°T), and is situated 14.8 miles north-northeast of Hannibal. The landscape surrounding Burton is defined by the persistent, winding path of Burton Creek, which carves a modest line through the fertile soil just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain remains largely level, though the faint, jagged silhouette of Long Ridge haunts the distant horizon like a memory of higher ground. The air here holds a distinct, earthy clarity, especially when the light of late afternoon catches the tall grasses, casting long, amber shadows across the fields that stretch toward the quiet, secluded waters of Jug Lake.

Burton maintains a quiet relationship with its past, rooted in the agrarian cycles that have sustained the region for generations. Economic life remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with the surrounding acreage providing a patchwork of corn and soybeans that shift in color from vibrant green to a muted, dusty gold. A short distance away, the Burton Cave State Natural Area preserves a fragment of the wilder, limestone-rich landscape that once defined this territory, offering a stark contrast to the orderly, gridded fields of the local farmers. Life in Burton moves with an unforced deliberation, where the primary landmarks are the enduring brick structures of the downtown and the deep, silent hollows like Distillery Hollow that suggest a time when the land was worked with more primitive, laborious tools.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burton Cave State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 181° S
Boots Bush Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 289° W
Progress Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 298° NW
Fall Creek Scenic Overlook State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 196° S
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 283° W
Govenor John Wood Statue (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 283° W
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 222° SW
History Museum on the Square (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 282° W
All Wars Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 293° NW
Soulard Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.2 mi, 267° W
Bay Island Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.5 mi, 212° SW
Samuel Langhorne Clemens "Mark Twain" Statue (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 207° SW
Scenic Overlook Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (Viewpoint) — 14.0 mi, 206° SW
Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 203° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 204° SW
Art Gallery 310 (Gallery) — 14.5 mi, 203° SW
Wakonda State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 296° NW
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 15.6 mi, 092° E
Dr. J.W. Well Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 16.4 mi, 247° SW
Bridge Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 16.9 mi, 096° E
Canton CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 318° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.6 mi, 319° NW · 3,906 acres
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.3 mi, 334° NW · 10k acres
Karl's Movies (Cinema) — 33.3 mi, 161° S
John Stoeckley's Reflections of Missouri Gallery (Gallery) — 33.3 mi, 162° S
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 34.5 mi, 348° N
Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 34.8 mi, 349° N
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 34.8 mi, 348° N

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