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Comer Illinois Map

Explore Comer, 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 Comer, Illinois

How to Use This Comer, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.293102
Longitude	-89.97066
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62626, 62422
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carlinville

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About Comer, Illinois

Comer is a locality in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Comer is located at 39.2931°N, 89.9707°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62626, 62422.

Comer occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the deliberate geometry of silos and the occasional stand of oak. It lies 26.0 miles north-northeast of Godfrey, IL (from Godfrey, IL: bearing 26°T), and is situated 4.8 miles west of Carlinville. The landscape around Comer is defined by the slow, seasonal pulse of the earth, where the soil holds a dark, heavy richness that dictates the rhythm of the year. Only a mile away, the quiet currents of Bear Creek carve a narrow path through the fields, providing a thin ribbon of brush and timber that offers shelter to the local wildlife. Further out, the landscape remains largely agricultural, though four miles distant, the waters of Macoupin Lake catch the flat, golden light of late afternoon, reflecting the vast, unobstructed sky that presses down upon the plains. On clear days, the faint, hazy suggestion of Pea Ridge rises thirty miles to the horizon, a distant reminder of the varied terrain that exists far beyond these level, working lands.

Comer grew from the logic of the railroad and the stubborn persistence of early settlers who understood the value of this fertile ground. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of corn and soybean production, with the seasonal movement of grain defining the pace of commerce and the heavy, mechanical hum of machinery during the harvest. Life in Comer is marked by a pragmatic, unadorned diligence, seen in the sturdy brick facades of older storefronts that have weathered decades of Midwestern winters. Residents often find respite in the nearby Denby Prairie State Natural Area, a four-mile escape that preserves the tallgrass ecosystem as it appeared before the plow arrived. In the quiet transition from dusk to night, the air cools rapidly, carrying the faint, dry scent of dust and stalks, reinforcing a sense of permanence in a place that has long measured its history by the yield of the furrow and the steady turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Denby Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 146° SE
Loveless Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 109° E
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 093° E
Carlinville Fairground (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 081° E
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 181° S
American Legion Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 103° E
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 5.4 mi, 094° E
Carlinville Country Club (Park) — 5.7 mi, 102° E
Hagaman Marsh (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 281° W
Gillespie (Local Recreation) — 10.1 mi, 124° SE
City of Greenfield Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 286° W
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 12.5 mi, 048° NE
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 177° S
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 081° E
Weigh Station Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 18.1 mi, 104° E
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 139° SE
Roberts Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.9 mi, 098° E
Illinois Traction System (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 153° SE
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 153° SE
217 Terror Haunted House (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 302° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.8 mi, 280° W · 665 acres
Quandary (Public Artwork) — 26.4 mi, 207° SW
Bethalto Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 188° S
Robert Pershing Wadlow (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 199° S
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 28.8 mi, 208° SW
Stone Bridge Footing (Historic Ruins) — 29.7 mi, 215° SW
Jacoby Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 30.1 mi, 203° SW
Charles Raich Field (Stadium) — 31.1 mi, 190° S
Koster Site (Historic Ruins) — 31.5 mi, 260° W
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.0 mi, 198° S · 32k acres

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