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Golconda Illinois Map

Explore Golconda, 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 Golconda, Illinois

How to Use This Golconda, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.367274
Longitude	-88.486432
Population	630
Density	476.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62938
Area Code	618
County Seat	Golconda
School District	Pope County Community Unit School District 1

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About Golconda, Illinois

Golconda is a locality in Pope County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 630. The population density is 476.9 people per km². Golconda is located at 37.3673°N, 88.4864°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Golconda is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62938.

Golconda emerges from the dense, humid embrace of the Illinois bottomlands as a quiet confluence of limestone and river-fed silt. It lies 35.1 miles southeast of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 136°T), and is situated 20.6 miles north-northeast of Paducah. Lusk Creek cuts a persistent, winding path through the local topography, its waters carving deep into the earth before meeting the larger, slow-moving currents that define the region's western edge. To the north, the land rises toward the subtle, brooding silhouette of Rauchfuss Hill, while Giddeonson Hollow creates a shadowy depression that seems to hold the evening mist long after the sun has retreated. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and decaying leaves, a heavy, organic perfume that lingers in the valleys and clings to the low-hanging branches of the surrounding hardwood canopy. A mile away, the University Of Illinois Experimental Demonstration Area Experimental Research Area maintains a silent, scholarly watch over the soil, its presence a stark contrast to the untamed wildness found near the waterfall at N37 24.465 W88 35.372, where gravity turns water into a frantic, white-knuckled descent.

Golconda persists as a place where the commerce of the past—once tethered to the river’s erratic temperament—has faded into a slower, more deliberate rhythm of life. The architecture speaks of an older, grittier Midwestern ambition, with brick facades that have absorbed generations of sun and winter chill, standing firm against the encroachment of the surrounding brush. While the economy no longer relies on the heavy traffic of the nineteenth-century transit routes, the local character remains defined by a stubborn independence, a trait forged in the isolation of the hinterlands. Residents often look toward the distant horizon where the terrain flattens into the vast, productive expanses of the interior, yet they find their own solace in the local proximity to Sugar Creek Lake, a quiet basin that serves as a mirror for the changing seasons. Life in Golconda moves with the slow, inevitable turn of the agricultural calendar, favoring the steady work of maintenance and the quiet observation of a landscape that demands little but constant attention.

Nearby Outdoor Places

University Of Illinois Experimental Demonstration Area Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 0.6 mi, 001° N
Ohio River Islands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 067° NE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.6 mi, 218° SW · 274k acres
Livingston County Wildlife Management Area (Reynolds Tract) (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 126° SE
Mantle Rock Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 099° E
Mantle Rock Fee (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 099° E
War Bluff Valley Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 5.4 mi, 356° N
Pine Hollow Ecoligical Area (Nature Reserve) — 7.8 mi, 282° W
Pine Hollow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.2 mi, 284° W
Fluorspar Miners Memorial (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 065° NE
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.3 mi, 356° N · 6,632 acres
CCC Tree Planting (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 288° W
Old Wall (Historic Ruins) — 10.7 mi, 344° N
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 11.4 mi, 055° NE · 7,712 acres
Bay Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.1 mi, 331° NW · 2,760 acres
Herod Cave (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 009° N
Boating (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 305° NW
Woodmanship (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 305° NW
Legend of Ondessonk (Monument) — 18.0 mi, 305° NW
Cave in Rock (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 069° E
Kincaid Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 19.9 mi, 181° S
George Rodgers Clark Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.9 mi, 219° SW
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 222° SW
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 20.3 mi, 197° S
Market House Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 197° S
Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.1 mi, 204° SW
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.9 mi, 190° S · 19k acres
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.6 mi, 263° W · 33k acres
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 30.0 mi, 151° SE · 171k acres
Water Park for kids (Theme Park) — 30.8 mi, 166° S

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