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Flora Illinois Map

Explore Flora, 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 Flora, Illinois

How to Use This Flora, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.665617
Longitude	-88.473844
Population	4,803
Density	395.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62839
Area Code	618
County Seat	Louisville
School District	Flora Community Unit School District 35

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About Flora, Illinois

Flora is a locality in Clay County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,803. The population density is 395.4 people per km². Flora is located at 38.6656°N, 88.4738°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Flora is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62839.

Flora occupies a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon stretches wide across fields of corn and soybeans, broken only by the thin, silver threading of Seminary Creek as it cuts through the local topography. It lies 31.3 miles south of Effingham, IL (from Effingham, IL: bearing 174°T), and is situated 33.2 miles northeast of Mount Vernon. The air here holds a distinct, heavy stillness, especially in the late afternoon when the sun descends toward the distant silhouette of Fleming Ridge, casting long, bruised shadows over the black-earthed farmland. A few miles to the west, the quiet surface of Charley Brown Park Lake reflects the changing sky, offering a reprieve from the rigid geometry of the surrounding agricultural grid. Within the center of the grid, the Downtown Pocket Park provides a modest, groomed space where the rhythm of the day is marked not by the clock, but by the slow rotation of the light against the brick facades of the main thoroughfare.

Flora maintains a character forged by the persistent labor of the rail and the soil, with the town’s economy historically tethered to the movement of goods across the vast, interior plains. The legacy of the railroad remains imprinted upon the local landscape, dictating the orientation of the storefronts and the industrial spurs that once drew settlers to this stretch of the Little Prairie. Today, the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the harvest, a quiet cycle that dictates the ebb and flow of commerce and the quiet conversations held on street corners. Residents navigate these familiar blocks with an intimate knowledge of the geography, recognizing the nuances of the changing seasons as the local flora shifts from the deep, humid greens of midsummer to the brittle, golden stalks of autumn.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Flora Kiwanis Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 348° N
Flora Library & Veterans War Memorial (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 295° NW
Hanging Rock Sandstone Cliff State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 239° SW
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 349° N
Little Wabash River (Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 080° E
Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 212° SW
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 281° W
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.1 mi, 284° W
Lincoln Monument (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 162° S
War Memorial (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 162° S
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 163° S
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 078° E
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 23.1 mi, 044° NE
Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 010° N
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 30.4 mi, 353° N
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 31.7 mi, 353° N
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 353° N
Granada (Theatre) — 33.4 mi, 224° SW
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 227° SW
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 33.6 mi, 226° SW
Unique Stones (Public Artwork) — 34.6 mi, 225° SW
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 40.8 mi, 302° NW
Waterfow Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 42.5 mi, 217° SW
Party Cove (Attraction) — 43.5 mi, 275° W
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.1 mi, 122° SE · 20k acres
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 48.5 mi, 145° SE
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 66.4 mi, 172° S · 7,712 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 66.8 mi, 177° S · 274k acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.1 mi, 203° SW · 91k acres
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 71.9 mi, 177° S · 3,978 acres

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