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Equality Illinois Map

Explore Equality, 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 Equality, Illinois

How to Use This Equality, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.733936
Longitude	-88.343376
Population	539
Density	237.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62934
Area Code	618
County Seat	Shawneetown
School District	Gallatin Community Unit School District 7

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About Equality, Illinois

Equality is a locality in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 539. The population density is 237.3 people per km². Equality is located at 37.7339°N, 88.3434°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Equality is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62934.

Equality emerges from the low-lying basin where the Saline River carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, defining the rhythm of the earth itself. It lies 32.2 miles east of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 89°T), and is situated 7.6 miles southeast of Eldorado. The air here holds the heavy, humid scent of damp soil and ancient river silt, a weight that settles over the fields long before the sun dips behind the distant, shadowed ridges of the Wildcat Hills. To the north, the terrain gives way to the rugged seclusion of Hargrave Hollow, while the quiet waters of Glen Jones Lake offer a still, reflective reprieve only a few miles away. The Saline County State Conservation Area provides a buffer of uncultivated wild, where the dense brush and timber blur into a seamless horizon that feels entirely removed from the frantic pace of the wider world.

Equality carries the weight of a settlement forged in the early gravity of the frontier, where the extraction of salt once dictated the survival of everyone who broke the ground. The economy has long since shifted away from those industrial origins, leaving behind a quietude that defines the daily walk of its residents, who navigate a landscape of wide, open sky and persistent, fertile acreage. The legacy of the land is measured in the changing colors of the crops and the stubborn persistence of the structures that lean into the wind. Life in Equality moves with a gravity of its own, neither rushing nor lingering, but existing in a state of constant, steady labor that recognizes the land as both a provider and a final, quiet destination.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Saline County State Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 233° SW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 2.2 mi, 180° S · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 2.6 mi, 123° SE · 7,712 acres
Cheif Tecumseh Statue (Public Artwork) — 4.0 mi, 224° SW
Cave Hill Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 4.5 mi, 228° SW
Dennison Hollow Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 6.8 mi, 216° SW
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.7 mi, 193° S · 3,978 acres
Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 315° NW
Hurricane Bluff (Viewpoint) — 9.1 mi, 174° S
Pounds Hollow Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 9.7 mi, 159° S
Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 271° W
Graf Ink Printing (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 271° W
University Of Illinois Experimental Demonstration Area Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 10.8 mi, 177° S
Harrisburg Remodeling (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 269° W
Gibbons Creek Barrens State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 209° SW
David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 272° W
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 264° W
North Central Experiment Station Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 12.4 mi, 176° S
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 15.4 mi, 258° W
Lakeview Church (Historic Ruins) — 15.5 mi, 252° W
Gary Jones Memorial (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 258° W
Lakeview War Memorial (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 258° W
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.6 mi, 211° SW · 6,632 acres
War Bluff Valley Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 21.5 mi, 203° SW
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.8 mi, 267° W · 91k acres
Murphy Auditorium & USI New Harmony Theatre (Theatre) — 35.2 mi, 039° NE
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 35.2 mi, 039° NE
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 35.2 mi, 039° NE
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 35.3 mi, 039° NE
1830 Owen House Jacquess Parlor (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 039° NE

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