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Fairmount Illinois Map

Explore Fairmount, 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 Fairmount, Illinois

How to Use This Fairmount, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.045591
Longitude	-87.830584
Population	612
Density	745.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61841
Area Code	309
County Seat	Danville
School District	Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512

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About Fairmount, Illinois

Fairmount is a locality in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 612. The population density is 745.4 people per km². Fairmount is located at 40.0456°N, 87.8306°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fairmount is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61841.

Fairmount emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of brick and timber held against the vastness of the sky. It lies 11.9 miles west-southwest of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 243°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west of Catlin. The land surrounding Fairmount stretches in a rhythmic repetition of corn and soybean fields, interrupted only by the narrow, wooded corridor of Jordan Creek, which snakes through the landscape just a mile away. To the west, the gentle rise of Blue Mound marks the distant edge of the view, while the Salt Fork Vermilion River provides a protected stretch of earth where the wilder, unplowed character of the state persists. During the autumn months, the light here turns a bruised, honeyed gold, casting elongated shadows across the fields that seem to amplify the immense silence of the inland plains.

Fairmount maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by a history rooted in the productive labor of the soil and the iron tracks that once dictated the movement of goods across the region. Small-town commerce defines the daily cadence, where the architecture reflects a utilitarian elegance, built to withstand the biting chill of winters and the heavy, humid heat of midsummer. While the University of Illinois Research Forest sits eighteen miles away, serving as a distant reach of academia and conservation, the local character remains firmly tethered to the rhythms of the harvest and the maintenance of the homestead. Life in Fairmount proceeds with a singular, unadorned focus, marked by the occasional murmur of wind through the stalks and the enduring, stoic presence of the prairie that surrounds it on every side.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Salt Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 292° W
Kickapoo Rail Trail (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 357° N
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 050° NE
Catlin Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 079° E
Homer Lake Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 278° W
Middle Fork Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 033° NE
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 281° W
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 035° NE
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 092° E
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 021° N
Tilton Atv Park (Local Recreation) — 10.7 mi, 066° NE
Ellsworth Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 061° NE
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 11.2 mi, 025° NE
Vermilion River - Wabash Drainage (Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 063° NE
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 061° NE
Danville Art League (Public Artwork) — 12.0 mi, 061° NE
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 061° NE
Windfall Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.6 mi, 021° N
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 104° E
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 13.8 mi, 051° NE
Everyday Heroes (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 045° NE
Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 133° SE
Gifford War Memorial (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 330° NW
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 20.5 mi, 283° W
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 20.5 mi, 283° W
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 281° W
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 25.0 mi, 284° W
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 284° W
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 33.7 mi, 109° E
Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 34.1 mi, 121° SE

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