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Flanagan Illinois Map

Explore Flanagan, 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 Flanagan, Illinois

How to Use This Flanagan, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.878089
Longitude	-88.861182
Population	1,010
Density	679.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61740
Area Code	309
County Seat	Pontiac
School District	Flanagan-Cornell District 74

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About Flanagan, Illinois

Flanagan is a locality in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,010. The population density is 679.4 people per km². Flanagan is located at 40.8781°N, 88.8612°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Flanagan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61740.

Flanagan occupies a vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie where the sky asserts its dominance over the horizon. It lies 12.1 miles west of Pontiac, IL (from Pontiac, IL: bearing 269°T), and is situated 16.8 miles south of Streator. Short Point Creek winds through the nearby fields, its presence marked by thin lines of vegetation that break the relentless geometry of the cultivated earth. At American Legion Park, the air holds a stillness that seems to absorb the mechanical hum of tractors working the dark, heavy soil. During the late afternoon, the sunlight slants low across the fields, turning the dusty haze into a pale gold that softens the edges of the grain elevators rising like sentinels above the plains.

Agriculture provides the primary pulse of Flanagan, dictating the seasonal migration of machinery and the quietude of winter months. The settlement grew from the necessity of the rail line, evolving into a center where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of corn and soybean production. Residents move with a deliberate pace, recognizing the shifts in the wind that signal the harvest or the planting. While Smiths Mound stands as a distant suggestion of elevation fifteen miles away and Lentman Lake remains a quiet fixture on the periphery, the character of the place is defined by the resilience of those who tend the land. Here, the industry of the farm meets the modest architecture of a grid designed for function, creating a life that measures its progress in bushels and the steady accumulation of years.

Nearby Outdoor Places

American Legion Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 270° W
Artesian Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 129° SE
Humiston Woods Nature Center (Private Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 063° NE
Pontiac Fairground (Local Recreation) — 10.4 mi, 085° E
Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 088° E
Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 089° E
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 089° E
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 089° E
Project XV Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 220° SW
Twin Creeks Golf Course (Park) — 13.2 mi, 015° N
Merwin Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 187° S
Mohr Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 177° S
Engle Lane Theater (Theatre) — 16.0 mi, 001° N
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 166° S
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 005° N
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 006° N
Reuben G. Soderstrom (Public Artwork) — 17.0 mi, 005° N
Pluto Monument (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 004° N
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 064° NE
Becker Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 242° SW
Ronald Reagan Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 242° SW
Old Main Cornerstone (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 195° S
University Galleries (Gallery) — 26.4 mi, 194° S
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 27.0 mi, 342° N
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 27.4 mi, 186° S
Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 27.7 mi, 194° S
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.4 mi, 299° NW · 13k acres
Buffalo Rock State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 353° N
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 31.9 mi, 169° S
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 47.8 mi, 043° NE · 18k acres

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