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Grand Chain Illinois Map

Explore Grand Chain, 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 Grand Chain, Illinois

How to Use This Grand Chain, Illinois Map

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

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	Grand Chain
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Pulaski County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.251719
Longitude	-89.023404
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62941
Area Code	618
County Seat	Mound City

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About Grand Chain, Illinois

Grand Chain is a locality in Pulaski County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Grand Chain is located at 37.2517°N, 89.0234°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62941.

Grand Chain occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat, fertile horizons of the Midwest meet the dense, shadowed thickets of the southern Illinois lowlands. It lies 33.5 miles south of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 189°T), and is situated 17.5 miles west-northwest of Metropolis. The earth here holds a heavy, dark patience, supporting a landscape that leans toward the nearby Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, where the water clings to the roots of ancient trees in a slow, perpetual stillness. Only a mile away, the surface of Ulrich Lake catches the pale light of late afternoon, reflecting the sky in a mirror of muted slate and silver. To the north, the distant rise of Butter Ridge punctuates the edge of the sky, a faint, blurred line that marks the boundary of the flatlands, while the winding path of Limekiln Slough carves a subtle, moist depression through the fields two miles from the center of the village.

Grand Chain emerged from the steady labor of those who cleared the timber and turned the stubborn soil, establishing a rhythm defined by the seasonal cycles of the corn and soybean harvests. The economy remains tethered to this land, a place where the pulse of industry is measured not by the clamor of machines but by the patient turning of the seasons and the quiet commerce of the fields. Beyond the immediate clearings, the terrain dips toward the low-lying expanse of Hogans Bottoms, a reminder of the water that once shaped the contours of the region. Life in Grand Chain unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned grace, where the humidity of summer hangs thick in the air and the winter frost clarifies the skeleton of the woods, leaving the residents to work in quiet communion with a landscape that demands both respect and resilience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.2 mi, 282° W · 33k acres
Cache River State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 344° N
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 3.3 mi, 040° NE
Lower Cache River Access Area (Nature Reserve) — 3.6 mi, 332° NW
Ballard Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 181° S
Lower Cache River Macrosite Fee (Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 298° NW
Cache River Wetlands Fee (Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 042° NE
Jean Farwell Overloop (Viewpoint) — 5.7 mi, 043° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.9 mi, 359° N · 665 acres
Grassy Slough Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.1 mi, 047° NE
John Bridges Tavern Location (Historic Ruins) — 12.7 mi, 002° N
Trail of Tears Memorial (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 033° NE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 13.6 mi, 032° NE · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 16.6 mi, 018° N · 7,712 acres
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 113° SE
Lois Lane Statue (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 113° SE
Bulge Hole Ecological Area (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 023° NE
George Rodgers Clark Statue (Public Artwork) — 18.7 mi, 114° SE
Fort Massac (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 114° SE
Caboose (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 204° SW
Desert Storm Memorial (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 208° SW
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 19.1 mi, 205° SW
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 206° SW
Burial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 191° S
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 327° NW
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.6 mi, 354° N · 4,387 acres
Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 24.0 mi, 118° SE
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 26.1 mi, 116° SE
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.2 mi, 319° NW · 5,830 acres
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 29.9 mi, 312° NW · 1,959 acres

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