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Clear Lake Illinois Map

Explore Clear Lake, 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 Clear Lake, Illinois

How to Use This Clear Lake, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.813661
Longitude	-89.568708
Population	203
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62707, 62702
Area Code	217
County Seat	Springfield

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About Clear Lake, Illinois

Clear Lake is a locality in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 203. Clear Lake is located at 39.8137°N, 89.5687°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62707, 62702.

Clear Lake emerges from the flat expanse of the Illinois prairie as a quiet intersection of fertile earth and the persistent, winding movement of Sugar Creek. It lies 4.1 miles east-northeast of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 78°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-southeast of Sherman. The topography here is defined by a vast, horizontal openness where the sky claims more territory than the ground, interrupted only by the occasional copse of hardwood or the rhythmic rise of distant grain elevators. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge breaks the monotony of the horizon, a muted reminder of the ancient glacial forces that shaped this sediment-rich soil. At sunset, the light pools across the fields in a heavy, golden amber, casting long shadows that emphasize the subtle, rhythmic swell of the land as it leans toward the water.

Clear Lake serves as a quiet anchor for a region where the economy remains deeply tethered to the slow, seasonal cycle of the harvest and the industrious hum of local agriculture. The presence of Janice Bentley Park provides a preserved sanctuary of native grasses and quiet trails, allowing the ecology of the plains to persist amidst the orderly grid of the surrounding farms. Residents maintain a pace of life governed by the changing colors of the soybean and corn stalks, a rhythm that honors the historical labor of those who first broke this sod. Life in Clear Lake moves with a deliberate, steady frequency, reflecting a Midwestern character that values the preservation of the open field and the enduring, reliable flow of the nearby creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

St Francis of Assisi (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 011° N
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 031° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 274° W
Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 263° W
Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 2.8 mi, 254° W
City Hall Ball Parks (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 031° NE
Lincoln and the Talisman (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 339° N
Shea's Gas Station Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 286° W
Henry Stephens (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 258° W
High Dive Show (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 290° W
AMC Showplace 8 (Cinema) — 4.0 mi, 212° SW
1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - the Levee (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 259° W
Milk a Cow (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 290° W
Illinois State Fair Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 293° NW
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space (Gallery) — 4.2 mi, 258° W
Elijah Iles House (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 253° W
Springfield Art Association (Arts Centre) — 4.3 mi, 266° W
Hoogland Center (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 255° W
Kidzeum of Health and Science (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 258° W
Vachel Lindsay Home (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 254° W
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 4.6 mi, 328° NW
Capitol View (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 257° W
Legacy Theatre (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 254° W
Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 314° NW
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 276° W
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 158° S
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 307° NW
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 024° NE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.4 mi, 332° NW · 13k acres

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