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Elkhart Illinois Map

Explore Elkhart, 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 Elkhart, Illinois

How to Use This Elkhart, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.012326
Longitude	-89.476113
Population	450
Density	89.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62634
Area Code	217
County Seat	Lincoln
School District	Mount Pulaski Community Unit District 23

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About Elkhart, Illinois

Elkhart is a locality in Logan County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 450. The population density is 89.5 people per km². Elkhart is located at 40.0123°N, 89.4761°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elkhart is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62634.

Elkhart rises as a solitary, unexpected prominence above the expansive, flat horizon of the Illinois prairie. It lies 10.8 miles southwest of Lincoln, IL (from Lincoln, IL: bearing 215°T), and is situated 17.4 miles north-northeast of Springfield. The landscape is defined by the elevation of Elkhart Hill, a geological anomaly that breaks the monotony of the surrounding agricultural expanse where corn and soybeans stretch toward the sky. Three miles to the west, the quiet waters of Lake Fork wind through the low-lying terrain, providing a slow-moving contrast to the elevated ground above. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, heavy quality, turning the fields into a deep, bruised gold while the shadows lengthen across the silty soil, grounding the entire vista in the stillness of the interior plains.

Elkhart maintains a character shaped by its nineteenth-century roots as a vital stop along the burgeoning rail lines that once dictated the pulse of Midwestern commerce. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the earth, tied to the rhythms of seasonal planting and harvest that have defined the region for generations. Five miles away, the quietude of Samuel H Jones Park offers a space for reflection, far removed from the faster pace of urban centers. Residents carry a certain stoic independence, moving through days marked by the rustle of dry stalks and the distant whistle of trains, while the memory of a storied past lingers in the brick architecture that holds the center of the locality together against the relentless sweep of the wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 024° NE
Samuel H Jones Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 219° SW
Roll of Honor Archway (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 224° SW
Shell Gas Station (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 225° SW
Boxcar Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 224° SW
Route 66 Dream Car Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 226° SW
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 7.5 mi, 030° NE
Barton-Sommer Woodland State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 318° NW
World's largest covered wagon (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 026° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 221° SW
VIP Lincoln Grand (Cinema) — 10.9 mi, 033° NE
Centennial Sundial (Public Artwork) — 11.0 mi, 032° NE
The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 025° NE
Kickapoo Creek (Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 016° N
Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 032° NE
Lincoln and the Talisman (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 212° SW
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 12.1 mi, 217° SW
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 253° W
Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 221° SW
First Comprehensive Highway Tree Planting (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 231° SW
Long Nine Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 255° W
Illinois State Fair Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 216° SW
Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 16.4 mi, 208° SW
Springfield Art Association (Arts Centre) — 16.7 mi, 213° SW
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space (Gallery) — 17.2 mi, 212° SW
Hoogland Center (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 212° SW
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 18.8 mi, 261° W
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.7 mi, 179° S
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.3 mi, 318° NW · 13k acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.4 mi, 303° NW · 5,262 acres

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