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Eckard Illinois Map

Explore Eckard, 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 Eckard, Illinois

How to Use This Eckard, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.319764
Longitude	-89.989004
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62644, 62941
Area Code	217, 618
County Seat	Havana

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About Eckard, Illinois

Eckard is a locality in Mason County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Eckard is located at 40.3198°N, 89.9890°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62644, 62941.

Eckard asserts its presence upon the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 16.6 miles south of Canton, IL (from Canton, IL: bearing 172°T), and is situated 4.0 miles east-northeast of Havana. The landscape around Eckard stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Red Oak Ridge, providing a muted backdrop to the monochromatic fields of corn and soybeans that define the season. Only a mile away, the Mason Tazewell Drainage Ditch cuts a narrow, purposeful path through the sediment, drawing moisture from the soil and channeling the runoff that dictates the slow, deliberate drainage of the plains. Three miles to the west, the waters of Lake Chautauqua gather in a quiet basin, their stillness occasionally broken by the migratory flight paths of waterfowl descending toward the Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, amber weight, casting long, thin shadows that seem to anchor the buildings to the dark, rich loam of the ground.

Eckard draws its character from the cycles of the harvest, an economy built upon the heavy labor of the plow and the steady, mechanical pulse of regional agriculture. Since the early years of settlement, the rhythm of life in Eckard has been measured by the seasonal turning of the soil and the quiet persistence of those who work the land. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos, the terrain shifts into the wooded seclusion of Sand Ridge State Forest, while the more adventurous find their way toward the Deer Run Hiking Trail to traverse the rugged, uncultivated edges of the county. Despite the modern hum of machinery, a profound stillness remains, a quality of silence that settles over the brick storefronts as the sun dips below the level horizon. It is a place where the history is written not in monuments, but in the enduring, calloused patience of a community that understands how to wait for the rain and the eventual promise of the spring thaw.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.8 mi, 336° NW · 13k acres
Veterans Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 248° W
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 290° W
Rockwell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 255° W
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.2 mi, 268° W · 5,262 acres
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 252° W
Mason State Tree Nursery NC (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 090° E
Havana Field Headquarters (State Recreation Area) — 4.5 mi, 247° SW
10Th Street Ball Diamond (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 242° SW
Sand Ridge State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 038° NE
Knuppel Woods (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 172° S
Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 6.9 mi, 283° W
Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 013° N
Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 034° NE
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 027° NE
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 11.1 mi, 204° SW
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 16.5 mi, 024° NE
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 204° SW
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.7 mi, 197° S
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 161° S
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 162° S
Tazewell County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 24.9 mi, 046° NE
29th U.s. Colored Infantry Memorial (Monument) — 24.9 mi, 046° NE
Sun Tracker (Public Artwork) — 25.2 mi, 048° NE
Sundance (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 048° NE
Dragon Stadium (Stadium) — 25.5 mi, 049° NE
Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 358° N
Long Nine Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 151° SE
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 229° SW
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 31.6 mi, 025° NE

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