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Dahlgren Illinois Map

Explore Dahlgren, 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 Dahlgren, Illinois

How to Use This Dahlgren, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.198104
Longitude	-88.684502
Population	504
Density	191.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62828
Area Code	618
County Seat	McLeansboro
School District	Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10

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About Dahlgren, Illinois

Dahlgren is a locality in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 504. The population density is 191.3 people per km². Dahlgren is located at 38.1981°N, 88.6845°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dahlgren is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62828.

Dahlgren emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Illinois prairie as a quiet intersection of agriculture and horizon. It lies 14.4 miles southeast of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 125°T), and is situated 18.9 miles northeast of Benton. Big Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape nearby, its waters mirroring the vast, unyielding sky that defines this inland geography. To the south, the Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area offers a sprawling sanctuary of managed woods and wetlands, while the distant, faint silhouette of Fleming Ridge hums against the western edge of the world. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, a heavy, honest fragrance that settles over the fields long after the sun has dipped below the corn-rowed perimeter. Only three miles away, Olan Bullock Lake provides a stillness to the terrain, its surface holding the gray light of dusk with a clarity that renders the surrounding timber into sharp, dark silhouettes.

Dahlgren persists as a node of industry rooted firmly in the soil, where the pulse of the local economy aligns with the seasonal cadence of harvest and planting. The iron rails that once dictated the movement of goods through this region remain a silent witness to a history built on the backs of those who transformed the tallgrass into organized, productive grids. Life in Dahlgren moves with the patient resolve of a pendulum, unbothered by the frantic acceleration of larger centers to the north. Grain silos stand as the primary architecture of the skyline, their metallic forms catching the morning glow and casting long, geometric shadows across the gravel roads. It is a place where the social fabric is reinforced by the endurance of generations who recognize the value of a steady hand and a quiet, deliberate way of being.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 326° NW
Karcher's Post Oak Woods Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 082° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.4 mi, 132° SE
Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 245° SW
Waterfowl Refuge Observation Stand (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 245° SW
Granada (Theatre) — 14.4 mi, 305° NW
Unique Stones (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 301° NW
War Memorial (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 301° NW
Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 15.3 mi, 237° SW
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 15.7 mi, 305° NW
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 306° NW
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 231° SW
George Harrison (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 223° SW
Miner Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 250° W
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 055° NE
David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 167° S
Looking Glass Enterprises (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 167° S
Whites Florist (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 167° S
Saline County Abulance (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 168° S
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 174° S
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 206° SW · 91k acres
Allen Family Farmhouse (Historic Ruins) — 36.3 mi, 174° S
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 36.9 mi, 352° N
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 37.0 mi, 215° SW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 37.5 mi, 163° S · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 37.7 mi, 187° S · 7,712 acres
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 39.1 mi, 253° W
Burden Falls Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.9 mi, 177° S · 3,740 acres
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.4 mi, 170° S · 6,632 acres
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.8 mi, 080° E · 20k acres

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