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Deer Creek Illinois Map

Explore Deer Creek, 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 Deer Creek, Illinois

How to Use This Deer Creek, Illinois Map

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

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	Deer Creek
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Tazewell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.630037
Longitude	-89.332589
Population	667
Density	481.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61733
Area Code	309
County Seat	Pekin
School District	Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701

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About Deer Creek, Illinois

Deer Creek is a locality in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 667. The population density is 481.4 people per km². Deer Creek is located at 40.6300°N, 89.3326°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Deer Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61733.

Deer Creek occupies a quiet stretch of the Illinois prairie where the horizon line is defined by the relentless, seasonal geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 6.4 miles southeast of Washington, IL (from Washington, IL: bearing 142°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east of Morton. Mud Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its banks thick with brush and shadow that offer a stark contrast to the surrounding flatlands. Four miles to the north, the waters of Le Baube Lake remain still and reflective, serving as a cool anchor in an otherwise arid expanse of intensive cultivation. Deer Creek Park provides the immediate relief of green space, offering a patch of managed land where the wind moves through the grass with a dry, persistent rustle. On the clearest of days, the faint, distant silhouette of Hoxie Ridge might be imagined on the horizon, though the reality of the terrain is one of absolute, uninterrupted horizontal scale.

Deer Creek maintains a rhythm dictated by the agricultural calendar, where the pulse of the local economy is measured in the weight of grain and the maintenance of heavy machinery. The settlement emerged from the necessity of the rail and the plow, evolving into a place where the brick-and-limestone architecture of the older buildings bears witness to the steady, unadorned labor of earlier generations. Life here is characterized by a deliberate, measured pace, with the daily movement of people centered around the modest public infrastructure that binds the neighborhood together. While the modern world presses in through the grid of regional roads, Deer Creek retains a sense of isolation that feels earned, grounded in the dark, heavy soil that has defined the inhabitants' relationship with the land for decades.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Deer Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 359° N
Mackinaw River (State Recreation Area) — 3.9 mi, 171° S
Kennel Lake Sportsman's Club (Park) — 4.6 mi, 287° W
Mcclannen Soccer Park (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 260° W
Lake Eureka Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 024° NE
Northwood Park Disc Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 281° W
Becker Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 030° NE
Ronald Reagan Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 030° NE
Eureka Clay Time (Public Artwork) — 7.0 mi, 026° NE
Washington F4 Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 318° NW
Franklin Kenyon Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 073° E
Farmdale Dam Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.0 mi, 293° NW
Ulrich Wildlife Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.4 mi, 280° W
AMC Classic Sunnyland 10 (Cinema) — 8.9 mi, 298° NW
Spring Creek Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 306° NW
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 290° W
Eastlight Theatre (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 283° W
Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 301° NW
Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 (Viewpoint) — 12.8 mi, 283° W
Settlement of Peoria Historic Site (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 292° W
Ironworkers Memorial (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 300° NW
Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 295° NW
Dome Planetarium (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 287° W
Giant Screen Theater (Cinema) — 14.1 mi, 287° W
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Arts Centre) — 14.1 mi, 287° W
Arts Partners (Gallery) — 15.0 mi, 289° W
Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 15.0 mi, 289° W
Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 15.3 mi, 299° NW
Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.6 mi, 315° NW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.7 mi, 353° N · 13k acres

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