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Flat Rock Illinois Map

Explore Flat Rock, 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 Flat Rock, Illinois

How to Use This Flat Rock, Illinois Map

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

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	Flat Rock
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Crawford County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.901711
Longitude	-87.671692
Population	323
Density	145.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62427
Area Code	217
County Seat	Robinson
School District	Robinson Community Unit School District 2

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About Flat Rock, Illinois

Flat Rock is a locality in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 323. The population density is 145.7 people per km². Flat Rock is located at 38.9017°N, 87.6717°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Flat Rock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62427.

Flat Rock occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior where the land stretches out in a wide, rhythmic continuity of cultivated earth and sky. It lies 18.7 miles south of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 185°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-southeast of Robinson. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, bleaching the gravel roads to a pale bone color and sharpening the silhouettes of distant, isolated timber stands against the horizon. Brushy Creek marks a narrow, winding boundary through the local terrain, its banks lined with brush and sediment that offer a stark contrast to the surrounding fields. Seven miles to the west, the modest rise of Bristol Hill provides a singular variation in the topography, while the wetlands of Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area hold a stillness that seems to temper the heat of the afternoon.

Flat Rock maintains a deliberate pace defined by the seasonal cycles of the corn and soybean harvest, which dictate the pulse of the local economy. The history of the area remains tied to the fertility of the soil and the persistence of families who have worked these acres for generations, organizing their lives around the demands of the weather and the crop. A short distance away, the waters of Brooks Lake provide a reflective anchor for the landscape, mirroring the heavy, bruised clouds that often gather before a summer storm. Life in Flat Rock is measured not by the velocity of transit, but by the steady, quiet accumulation of years spent under the vast, open Midwestern sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 236° SW
Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 113° SE
City Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 331° NW
Merom (Wabash R.) Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 027° NE
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 12.0 mi, 027° NE
Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 352° N
Oubache Trails Park (Local Park) — 14.7 mi, 142° SE
Robeson Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.4 mi, 150° SE
Francis Vigo (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 154° SE
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 153° SE
White Oak Public Access Site/ Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 17.9 mi, 128° SE
Greene-Sullivan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 19.4 mi, 057° NE
4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 069° E
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 242° SW
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 27.2 mi, 271° W
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 28.6 mi, 052° NE
Daviess County Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 122° SE
DoD War Memorial (Monument) — 31.9 mi, 328° NW
Swizzle Spoon (Public Artwork) — 32.3 mi, 328° NW
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 328° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of In (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.4 mi, 144° SE · 462 acres
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 358° N
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.0 mi, 161° S · 20k acres
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 172° S
Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 081° E
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 024° NE
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 40.9 mi, 026° NE
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 47.8 mi, 110° E · 204k acres
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 48.8 mi, 287° W
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 49.1 mi, 288° W

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