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Carlock Illinois Map

Explore Carlock, 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 Carlock, Illinois

How to Use This Carlock, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.582259
Longitude	-89.132025
Population	548
Density	535.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61725
Area Code	309
County Seat	Bloomington
School District	McLean County Unit School District 5

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About Carlock, Illinois

Carlock is a locality in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 548. The population density is 535.7 people per km². Carlock is located at 40.5823°N, 89.1320°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carlock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61725.

Carlock stretches across the expansive, fertile plains of central Illinois, where the horizon serves as a flat, unyielding line against the vast Midwestern sky. It lies 8.8 miles west-northwest of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 302°T), and is situated 9.9 miles northwest of Bloomington. Rock Creek cuts a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its dark, silty water providing a quiet pulse to the otherwise still landscape. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and dried stalks, a reminder of the deep, black loam that defines the character of the ground. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain remains largely level, though a traveler might catch a faint, distant silhouette of Blue Mound rising nineteen miles away against the pale, evening light. A short distance to the west, the quiet waters of Sunset Lake offer a reflective surface that mirrors the shifting clouds, providing a brief, cool respite from the heat of the summer sun.

Carlock emerged from the expansion of the nineteenth-century rail lines, its layout dictated by the iron tracks that once funneled the bounty of the surrounding grain fields toward distant markets. Today, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture, with silos and steel machinery punctuating the skyline like sentinels of a long-standing harvest tradition. Life in Carlock maintains a steady, deliberate pace, far removed from the frantic density of the state’s urban centers to the north. Those seeking the quietude of preserved wilderness often find their way to the M.J. Rhymer Family Dry Grove Nature Preserve, a five-mile journey that leads into a fragment of the native prairie landscape. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, the wind moves through the fields with a low, persistent hum, documenting a way of life that values the slow turning of the seasons over the noise of modern industry.

Nearby Outdoor Places

M.J. Rhymer Family Dry Grove Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 120° SE
Evergreen Lake (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 054° NE
Comlara Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 055° NE
Franklin Kenyon Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 339° N
Fairlakes Golf Course (Park) — 6.1 mi, 007° N
Eureka Sports Club (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 322° NW
Illinois State University Golf Course (Park) — 7.5 mi, 119° SE
Mackinaw River (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 264° W
Stroud Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 123° SE
Hayden Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 124° SE
Old Main Cornerstone (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 124° SE
Second Globe Theatre (Public Artwork) — 9.1 mi, 125° SE
University Galleries (Gallery) — 9.2 mi, 124° SE
Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 9.8 mi, 131° SE
Den at Fox Creek Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 154° SE
The Sesquicentennial Gates (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 131° SE
Historic US Route 66 Sign (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 141° SE
Ronald Reagan Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 322° NW
Project XV Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 029° NE
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 121° SE
Bosarth Memorial (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 137° SE
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 076° E
Ulrich Wildlife Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.4 mi, 284° W
AMC Classic Sunnyland 10 (Cinema) — 19.8 mi, 292° W
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 22.8 mi, 289° W
American Giants Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 193° S
Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 193° S
Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 193° S
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 34.2 mi, 203° SW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.0 mi, 340° N · 13k acres

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