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Eliza Illinois Map

Explore Eliza, 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 Eliza, Illinois

How to Use This Eliza, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.295864
Longitude	-90.967645
Population	25
Density	76.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61272
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Aledo
School District	Mercer County School District 404

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About Eliza, Illinois

Eliza is a locality in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 25. The population density is 76.0 people per km². Eliza is located at 41.2959°N, 90.9676°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61272.

Eliza sits upon the quiet, earthen spine of the Illinois landscape, where the Irwin Branch carves a persistent, muddy path through the fields. It lies 25.0 miles southwest of Rock Island, IL (from Rock Island, IL: bearing 234°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-southeast of Muscatine. The horizon here is a flat, uncompromising line that stretches wide enough to swallow the sun, leaving the sky to bruise into shades of deep violet and bruised plum. Four miles to the east, the grasses of Nussbaum Prairie sway in a rhythmic, golden agitation, acting as a living lung for the surrounding acreage. Five miles away, Otter Pond holds a mirror to the clouds, its stillness a stark contrast to the restless, silt-heavy movement of the nearby Irwin Branch. The air carries the scent of turned soil and distant, drying stalks, a heavy atmosphere that settles over the land with the weight of a long-held secret.

Eliza functions as a quiet node in a network of agriculture, where the daily pulse is dictated by the slow, mechanical labor of the harvest and the seasonal turn of the earth. Generations have etched their patterns into the dirt here, building lives upon the stubborn fertility of a region defined by its distance from the frantic, jagged edges of the world. While the distant Army Ridge Bluffs provide a faint, hazy silhouette against the western sky, the life of the place remains firmly rooted in the local soil and the quiet industry of the plains. Far from the grander, more crowded centers of commerce, Eliza maintains a deliberate, measured pace, a small pocket of existence where the work of the day is measured in acres and the passing of time is marked by the deep, resonant stillness of the prairie night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nussbaum Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 331° NW
Mississippi River - Muscatine (Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 296° NW
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 297° NW
Mississippi River Islands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 280° W
Flaming Prairie Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 251° W
Pearl Bottom Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 335° NW
Mark Twain Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 339° N
Mark Twain Overlook (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 339° N
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.8 mi, 237° SW · 24k acres
Langwood 4-H Reserve (Local Park) — 9.9 mi, 259° W
Muscatine Art Center (Arts Centre) — 10.4 mi, 335° NW
United States Armed Forces Memorial (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 327° NW
Benjamin Nye Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 016° N
Wildcat Den State Park (State Park) — 12.3 mi, 018° N
Indian Slough Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 13.0 mi, 247° SW
Louisa County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 237° SW
Hoover Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 234° SW
Rural Free Delivery Postal Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 227° SW
Tree of Life (Public Artwork) — 20.6 mi, 267° W
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 22.2 mi, 055° NE
Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 24.8 mi, 050° NE
Fryxell Geology Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 056° NE
Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 055° NE
Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 28.5 mi, 185° S
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.8 mi, 058° NE · 274k acres
Helium Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 32.1 mi, 040° NE
House of the Maples (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 323° NW
Statue of Isis (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 323° NW
Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 32.4 mi, 127° SE
Birthplace Cottage (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 323° NW

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