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Garrett Illinois Map

Explore Garrett, 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 Garrett, Illinois

How to Use This Garrett, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.798644
Longitude	-88.424222
Population	122
Density	436.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61913
Area Code	309
County Seat	Tuscola
School District	Arthur Community Unit School District 305

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About Garrett, Illinois

Garrett is a locality in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 122. The population density is 436.2 people per km². Garrett is located at 39.7986°N, 88.4242°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Garrett is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61913.

Garrett occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie where the earth flattens into an endless, fertile horizon. It lies 22.0 miles north of Mattoon, IL (from Mattoon, IL: bearing 353°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west of Tuscola. The Dry Fork carves a narrow, winding path through the soil just a mile from the center, its seasonal pulse dictating the rhythm of the surrounding fields. Far to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Yankee Ridge marks the boundary of the sky, a distant reminder of the geologic shifts that shaped this interior landscape. In the golden light of late afternoon, the tall grasses at Prairie Wind sway in unison, catching the sun until the plains appear to shimmer like a terrestrial tide.

Garrett emerged from the expansion of the rail lines that once drew life into these deep agricultural corridors. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of corn and soybean, with the seasonal movement of grain defining the pace of the local year. Life here is measured by the steady hum of mechanical labor and the quietude of the plains, where the National Petroleum Chemical Company Plant Reservoir sits as a still, reflective presence on the edge of the horizon. There is a particular clarity to the air here, sharpened by the absence of high ground and the vast, unobstructed reach of the wind that sweeps across the black soil, leaving the landscape feeling both expansive and deeply rooted in its own solitary history.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 190° S
Ervin Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 086° E
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 093° E
Wimple Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 096° E
Hippie Memorial (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 142° SE
Raggedy Ann and Andy Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.0 mi, 142° SE
Embarras River - Camargo (Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 098° E
Historical Marker: Early Settlers of Sadorus (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 019° N
Historical Marker: Potawatomi Trail of Death (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 019° N
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 208° SW
Piatt County Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.3 mi, 327° NW
Robert Allerton Park (State Conservation Area) — 17.4 mi, 322° NW
University of Illinois Public Golf Course (Park) — 18.6 mi, 027° NE
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 238° SW
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.1 mi, 173° S
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 23.2 mi, 267° W
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 026° NE
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 026° NE
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 026° NE
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 189° S
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 017° N
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 017° N
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 24.1 mi, 017° N
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 24.4 mi, 218° SW
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 24.5 mi, 028° NE
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 24.5 mi, 028° NE
Reptiles (Viewpoint) — 26.1 mi, 274° W
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 26.6 mi, 267° W
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 277° W
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 153° SE

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