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Elizabethtown Illinois Map

Explore Elizabethtown, 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 Elizabethtown, Illinois

How to Use This Elizabethtown, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.445885
Longitude	-88.305036
Population	220
Density	120.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62931
Area Code	618
County Seat	Elizabethtown
School District	Hardin County Community Unit School District 1

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About Elizabethtown, Illinois

Elizabethtown is a locality in Hardin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 220. The population density is 120.5 people per km². Elizabethtown is located at 37.4459°N, 88.3050°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elizabethtown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62931.

Elizabethtown maintains a quiet vigil along the limestone bluffs that overlook the steady, muscular current of the Ohio River. It lies 39.6 miles east-southeast of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 120°T), and is situated 29.8 miles north-northeast of Paducah. The landscape here is defined by the heavy weight of geology, where the land drops toward the riverbed in a series of wooded limestone cliffs that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. A mile to the north, the still, reflective surface of Barnett Lake offers a contrast to the restless flow of the river, while the nearby Shawnee Purchase Unit creates a dense, green buffer of timber that muffles the sounds of the modern world. Beyond the immediate river valley, the terrain shifts into the rugged, uneven topography of Holbrook Hollow, and in the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Cottonpatch Ridge marks the edge of the horizon. The air here holds a specific, damp weight, smelling of wet stone and the deep, dark loam of the inland forest.

Elizabethtown serves as a small, enduring anchor in a region where the economy has long been tethered to the river’s transit and the subterranean wealth of the earth. Historically, the town functioned as a critical gateway for miners and travelers moving through the Illinois territory, its identity forged in the extraction of fluorspar and the slow, rhythmic commerce of river traffic. While the bustle of the nineteenth-century mining era has faded into a quieter, more deliberate pace, the remnants of that industry remain etched into the local character, visible in the weathered brick facades and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the main streets. Residents often look toward the Kaskaskia Experimental Forest to gauge the changing seasons, or find their way to the Hickory Ridge Trail for a perspective on the vast, wooded interior that defines the local geography. Life in Elizabethtown moves with the slow, predictable cadence of the seasons, indifferent to the frantic speed of the wider world, favoring instead the persistent, quiet endurance of a river town that has seen the water rise and fall for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 1.3 mi, 337° NW · 7,712 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.4 mi, 356° N · 274k acres
Whoopie Cat Mountain Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 2.5 mi, 334° NW
Fluorspar Miners Memorial (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 229° SW
North Central Experiment Station Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 3.5 mi, 350° N
Big Grand Pierre Glade State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 266° W
Cave-In-Rock State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 079° E
Barker Bluff Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 9.0 mi, 071° E
Ohio River Islands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 248° W
University Of Illinois Experimental Demonstration Area Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 9.2 mi, 351° N
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.3 mi, 338° N · 3,978 acres
War Bluff Valley Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 10.4 mi, 270° W
Hurricane Bluff (Viewpoint) — 10.9 mi, 354° N
Pounds Hollow Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 11.0 mi, 008° N
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.2 mi, 290° W · 6,632 acres
Herod Cave (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 322° NW
Old Wall (Historic Ruins) — 13.8 mi, 291° W
Cheif Tecumseh Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.7 mi, 344° N
CCC Tree Planting (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 263° W
Fredonia Valley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 141° SE
Carrier Mills Archaeological District (Historic Ruins) — 22.5 mi, 311° NW
Army Supply Store (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 315° NW
Harrisburg Remodeling (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 326° NW
Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 328° NW
Market House Museum (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 213° SW
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 213° SW
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 29.8 mi, 160° S · 171k acres
Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 30.9 mi, 217° SW
Caldwell County Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 31.0 mi, 133° SE
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 229° SW

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