El Dara Illinois Map
Explore El Dara, 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 El Dara, Illinois
How to Use This El Dara, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Dara, 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 El Dara.
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 | El Dara |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Pike County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.622547 |
| Longitude | -90.991801 |
| Population | 63 |
| Density | 24.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 62312 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| County Seat | Pittsfield |
| School District | Western Community Unit School District 12 |
About El Dara, Illinois
El Dara is a locality in Pike County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 63. The population density is 24.1 people per km². El Dara is located at 39.6225°N, 90.9918°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. El Dara is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62312.El Dara occupies a quiet stretch of the Illinois landscape where the horizon broadens into an expanse of deep, fertile soil and open sky. It lies 31.0 miles southeast of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 134°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west of Pittsfield. The topography surrounding El Dara consists of modest, weathered swells of earth that lead, after a ten-mile journey, toward the silhouette of Long Ridge against the evening haze. A mile from the center, Bull Run carves a steady, narrow path through the silt, its waters reflecting the shifting colors of the canopy above. Further out, the landscape dips toward the Brown Branch Settling Basin, a feature that holds the weight of the rain and the slow transition of the seasons. The air here carries a crisp, earthen clarity, especially when the light at dusk turns the fields into a muted velvet, marking the boundary between the day's labor and the stillness of the plains.
El Dara persists as a quiet witness to the agricultural rhythms of the Midwest, where the economy remains tied to the cultivation of the surrounding acreage and the steady maintenance of the land. Residents maintain a connection to the natural world through the nearby Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area, a space that preserves the wilder character of the region for those who walk its trails. Life in El Dara moves in deliberate increments, punctuated by the seasonal demands of the harvest and the distant, cooling presence of Rising Spring Orchard Lake five miles away. The legacy of the village is etched in the local architecture and the persistent, unpretentious industry of its people, who navigate the complexities of modern life while anchored to the familiar, unchanging cycle of the soil.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 207° SW
- New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 017° N
- Hadley Creek (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 334° NW
- Drift Island (Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 229° SW
- Shanks (Ted) Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 220° SW
- Cincinnati Landing Site (Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 253° W
- Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 11.1 mi, 251° W
- Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.7 mi, 178° S · 10k acres
- Karl's Movies (Cinema) — 12.4 mi, 194° S
- John Stoeckley's Reflections of Missouri Gallery (Gallery) — 12.5 mi, 195° S
- Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 276° W
- America's Most Wanted Bird (Public Artwork) — 15.3 mi, 067° NE
- Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 011° N
- Bridge Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 010° N
- Naples Mound 8 (Historic Ruins) — 18.9 mi, 075° E
- Art Gallery 310 (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 288° W
- William Henry Hatch (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 287° W
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 288° W
- Bay Island Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 22.2 mi, 291° W
- Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.9 mi, 153° SE · 7,659 acres
- Center for American Archeology Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 138° SE
- Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 30.4 mi, 139° SE
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 314° NW
- History Museum on the Square (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 314° NW
- All Wars Museum (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 317° NW
- Senate Theatre (Cinema) — 33.5 mi, 160° S
- Vandalia Historical Center (Museum) — 34.2 mi, 231° SW
- Cuivre River State Park (State Park) — 37.4 mi, 175° S
- Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 75.1 mi, 230° SW · 1.5M acres
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About This El Dara Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Dara, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.622547, -90.991801. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for El Dara includes the ZIP code (62312), telephone area code (217), county seat of Pike County (Pittsfield), and school district assignment (Western Community Unit School District 12).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
