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Coalton Illinois Map

Explore Coalton, 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 Coalton, Illinois

How to Use This Coalton, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.2848
Longitude	-89.302973
Population	317
Density	230.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60942, 62075
Area Code	630, 331, 309
County Seat	Danville
School District	Nokomis Community Unit School District 22

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About Coalton, Illinois

Coalton is a locality in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 317. The population density is 230.9 people per km². Coalton is located at 39.2848°N, 89.3030°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Coalton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60942, 62075.

Coalton emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of brick and timber held fast against the sweep of the wind. It lies 21.4 miles north of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 6°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east-southeast of Hoopeston. The land here leans into a vast, open rhythm, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, and the light at dusk turns the surrounding fields of corn and soybean into a deepening sea of bronze and violet. Two miles to the east, the North Fork Vermilion River carves a slow, deliberate path through the silt, its presence marked by a dense corridor of hardwoods that offer a cool, shadowed refuge from the relentless summer heat. On clear days, the silhouette of Devils Backbone rises thirty-two miles away, a faint, jagged ink line against the western edge of the world, reminding those who live here that the topography beyond the plains holds a different, more ancient weight.

Coalton keeps the memory of its industrial origin in the soot-stained masonry of its older buildings and the iron bones of the rail lines that once fed a hungry economy. While the coal seams that defined the early settlement have long since gone quiet, the local pace remains tethered to the honest, unadorned labor of the interior plains. Residents often seek the quietude of the North Fork Vermilion River, a designated PCON that preserves the riparian fringe, or make the short journey to Lake DeRevey when the humidity of the season grows heavy. The character of Coalton is found in the stillness of its residential porches and the way the morning air carries the scent of damp earth and coming rain, a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the slow, steady growth of the crops and the turning of the seasons across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lincoln Ball Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 123° SE
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 013° N
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 131° SE
Hillsboro Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 12.0 mi, 230° SW
H & B Bremer Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 235° SW
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 206° SW
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 13.8 mi, 059° NE
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 058° NE
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 058° NE
Roberts Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.2 mi, 262° W
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 16.7 mi, 248° W
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 001° N
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 001° N
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 18.3 mi, 001° N
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 280° W
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 001° N
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.1 mi, 336° NW
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 155° SE
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 153° SE
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 153° SE
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 239° SW
Divine Servant (Public Artwork) — 27.5 mi, 192° S
Ganton Circle (Monument) — 27.5 mi, 192° S
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.6 mi, 192° S
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 192° S
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 27.9 mi, 289° W
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 29.2 mi, 070° E
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 35.4 mi, 262° W
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.2 mi, 236° SW · 32k acres
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.1 mi, 301° NW · 7,396 acres

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