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Cullom Illinois Map

Explore Cullom, 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 Cullom, Illinois

How to Use This Cullom, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.877812
Longitude	-88.269218
Population	520
Density	599.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60929
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Pontiac
School District	Tri-Point Community Unit School District 6-J

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About Cullom, Illinois

Cullom is a locality in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 520. The population density is 599.3 people per km². Cullom is located at 40.8778°N, 88.2692°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cullom is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60929.

Cullom emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, defined by the relentless geometry of tilled earth and the immense, shifting sky. It lies 18.8 miles east of Pontiac, IL (from Pontiac, IL: bearing 91°T), and is situated 17.0 miles south-southeast of Dwight. The landscape around Cullom stretches in every direction as a vast, fertile plain, where the monotony of the corn and soybean fields is broken only by the sharp, vertical accents of grain elevators and the occasional stand of trees. The North Fork Vermilion River traces a quiet, winding path through the nearby soil, carving a subtle depression into the plateau, while the distant, hazy suggestion of Sand Ridge (historic) haunts the far western edge of the view like a memory of older, more rugged terrain. Even on still days, the air holds a crystalline clarity that makes the golden light of late afternoon seem to pool against the sides of barns and brick facades, turning the mundane textures of weathered wood and gray stone into something momentarily profound.

Cullom persists as a quiet node of commerce and agriculture, its character defined by the rhythm of the harvest and the enduring legacy of the railroads that once anchored its founding. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding black soil, a deep, heavy loam that has long dictated the pace of life and the industrious habits of those who dwell here. Beyond the reach of the town, the local environment finds a pocket of quiet preservation at Don Gardner's Prairie Restoration, where native grasses and wildflowers offer a glimpse of the land as it appeared before the plow. While the stillness of the interior is occasionally punctuated by the distant hum of traffic or the seasonal movement of machinery, the true essence of Cullom lies in the steady, unadorned way the day begins and ends, reflected in the calm, reflective surface of Laue Lake some miles away, a mirror for the wide, unchanging sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Don Gardner's Prairie Restoration (Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 023° NE
Saunemin City Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 280° W
Caps Recreation Center (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 190° S
Milk's Grove State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 074° E
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 302° NW
Dwight Country Club (Local Recreation) — 17.6 mi, 322° NW
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 271° W
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 271° W
Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 271° W
Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 271° W
Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.5 mi, 005° N
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 355° N
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 355° N
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 051° NE
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 006° N
Kankakee Sands Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.0 mi, 011° N
Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 052° NE
Flag Memorial (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 052° NE
Pottawatomi Campground Memorial (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 052° NE
Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.1 mi, 097° E
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 32.1 mi, 008° N · 18k acres
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 33.8 mi, 347° N
Reuben G. Soderstrom (Public Artwork) — 34.0 mi, 300° NW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 34.1 mi, 346° N
Engle Lane Theater (Theatre) — 34.5 mi, 298° NW
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 34.9 mi, 209° SW
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.0 mi, 077° E · 132 acres
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 46.7 mi, 304° NW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.4 mi, 284° W · 13k acres
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 61.1 mi, 044° NE · 11k acres

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