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Hamel Illinois Map

Explore Hamel, 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 Hamel, Illinois

How to Use This Hamel, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.888936
Longitude	-89.845375
Population	929
Density	301.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62046
Area Code	309
County Seat	Edwardsville
School District	Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7

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About Hamel, Illinois

Hamel is a locality in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 929. The population density is 301.4 people per km². Hamel is located at 38.8889°N, 89.8454°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hamel is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62046.

Hamel occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that shifts from pale morning violet to a deep, bruised indigo. It lies 7.9 miles northeast of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 47°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-southwest of Staunton. The terrain remains largely level, defined by the steady, unyielding patience of rich soil and the distant, muted silhouette of Neudeckers Mountain rising toward the clouds like a slow swell of earth. Three miles away, the dark, rhythmic passage of Silver Creek cuts through the landscape, its banks lined with dense thickets that catch the amber light of the setting sun. At the center of daily movement, Hamel Community Park serves as a green anchor for the local landscape, offering a place where the wind carries the dry, sweet scent of maturing crops from the surrounding fields.

Hamel persists as a place where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the land and the steady flow of transit through the interior plains. History here is marked by the slow accumulation of agricultural labor, a legacy that persists in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture and the long, straight roads that bisect the countryside toward Holiday Lake five miles distant. Life in Hamel moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, favoring the quiet industriousness of those who tend the earth and maintain the vital connections that keep the region functioning. Even as modern transit lines pull at the edges of the horizon, the character of Hamel remains grounded in the soil, defined by the honest, unchanging labor of the people who call this expanse their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hamel Community Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 270° W
Mct Quercus Grove Trail (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 234° SW
Golf Course (Park) — 5.5 mi, 238° SW
World War II Tank (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 152° SE
Gold Star Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 227° SW
Simon Kellerman JR. (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 228° SW
Wellspring (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 225° SW
Leclaire field (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 222° SW
Mct Watershed Trail (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 232° SW
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 023° NE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 235° SW
Edwardsville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 9.8 mi, 225° SW
Horseshoe Lake-Madison State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 238° SW
Bethalto Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 278° W
Mct Schoolhouse Trail Spur (Local Recreation) — 11.3 mi, 203° SW
Ralph Korte Stadium (Stadium) — 11.6 mi, 231° SW
Poag Sand Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 12.3 mi, 236° SW
Mustang Corral (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 225° SW
7 Gates of Hell: Gate 7 (Viewpoint) — 12.6 mi, 180° S
Charles Raich Field (Stadium) — 12.7 mi, 258° W
Town & Country Motel sign (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 226° SW
Browns Mound (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 194° S
Structure (Historic Ruins) — 14.2 mi, 244° SW
Hartford Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 14.2 mi, 245° SW
Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 249° W
Edward "ted" And Pat Jones-confluence Point State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 257° W
Columbia Bottom Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 251° W
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.9 mi, 257° W · 32k acres
Horshoe Lake State Park (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 223° SW
Gateway Arch National Park (National Park) — 25.5 mi, 225° SW · 85 acres

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