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Carmi Illinois Map

Explore Carmi, 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 Carmi, Illinois

How to Use This Carmi, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.08615
Longitude	-88.172062
Population	4,865
Density	725.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62821
Area Code	618
County Seat	Carmi
School District	Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5

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About Carmi, Illinois

Carmi is a locality in White County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,865. The population density is 725.5 people per km². Carmi is located at 38.0862°N, 88.1721°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carmi is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62821.

Carmi occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat plains of the Midwest begin to yield to the subtle, verdant complexity of the lower Wabash valley. It lies 43.3 miles east-southeast of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 111°T), and is situated 15.6 miles west-northwest of Posey. The Little Wabash River carves a deliberate, winding path through the landscape, serving as a persistent, low-slung artery that feeds the surrounding bottomlands and defines the local horizon. To the west, the Dogtown Hills rise as a soft, bruised purple silhouette against the evening sky, a reminder of the geological shifts that once rippled through this interior territory. Nearby, the still surface of Griffith Lake reflects the heavy, golden light of late afternoon, providing a mirror for the cottonwood trees that lean over its banks within the Little Wabash River PCON.

Carmi maintains an economy rooted in the cyclical rhythms of agriculture and the extraction of energy, a duality that has shaped its architecture and its social character for generations. Brick storefronts remain from an era when the railroad and the river dictated the speed of commerce, standing as solid, unadorned witnesses to the persistence of the local workforce. The air here carries the faint, dry scent of harvested soybean fields and the occasional metallic tang of pump jacks working the soil, a landscape where the labor of the day is measured in the steady turning of the seasons. Residents navigate a life defined by the intersection of these industrial legacies and the quiet, persistent pull of the river, finding a particular beauty in the way the sunlight flattens across the fields during the long, humid stretches of harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lincoln Playground (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 218° SW
Bradshaw Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 313° NW
Little Wabash River (Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 039° NE
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 10.8 mi, 100° E
Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 263° W
Bieker-Wilson Village Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 156° SE
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 076° E
The Labyrinth State Memorial (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 079° E
Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 076° E
Gate of Progress (Public Artwork) — 13.2 mi, 077° E
Murphy Auditorium & USI New Harmony Theatre (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 077° E
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 077° E
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 077° E
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 077° E
New Harmony State Memorial (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 080° E
George Keppler House (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 077° E
1830 Owen House Jacquess Parlor (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 077° E
Paul Tillich Memorial (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 076° E
Matthias Scholle House (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 077° E
Thrall's Opera House (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 077° E
Hovey Lake Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 155° SE
Beall Woods State Park (Nature Reserve) — 26.4 mi, 045° NE
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 26.7 mi, 195° S · 7,712 acres
Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.7 mi, 045° NE
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.9 mi, 052° NE · 20k acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 26.9 mi, 180° S · 274k acres
Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 31.3 mi, 220° SW
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 33.7 mi, 199° S · 3,978 acres
Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.8 mi, 111° E · 2,073 acres
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.1 mi, 207° SW · 6,632 acres

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