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Harmon Illinois Map

Explore Harmon, 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 Harmon, Illinois

How to Use This Harmon, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.722811
Longitude	-89.55399
Population	111
Density	287.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61042
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Dixon
School District	Amboy Community Unit School District 272

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About Harmon, Illinois

Harmon is a locality in Lee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 111. The population density is 287.6 people per km². Harmon is located at 41.7228°N, 89.5540°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Harmon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61042.

Harmon occupies a flat, expansive stretch of Illinois prairie where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the soil in a seamless, unbroken line. It lies 8.6 miles east-southeast of Sterling, IL (from Sterling, IL: bearing 122°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-southwest of Dixon. The earth here is dark and heavy, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Fivemile Branch as it carves a shallow path through the fields just a mile away. On clear days, the silhouette of Indian Ridge haunts the distant horizon like a bruised memory of higher ground, while the air carries the dry, sweet scent of disturbed soil and ripening crops. The light in Harmon does not merely shine; it settles, turning the expansive fields into a vast, glowing copper plate as the sun dips low, illuminating the quiet persistence of a landscape that has long been shaped by the plow and the wind.

Agriculture remains the singular pulse of Harmon, a rhythm measured in the turning of seasons and the mechanical hum of harvest that echoes across the flatlands. The legacy of the land is preserved in the nearby Walnut Railroad Prairie, where remnants of the native grasses still stand as a reminder of the wilder, unburdened history that predates the grid of fences and gravel roads. While the local economy is tethered to the patient cycles of corn and soybeans, life in Harmon moves with the steady, unadorned focus of people who understand the demands of the weather and the soil. Seven miles away, the waters of Crystal Lake provide a quiet stillness to the region, a subtle contrast to the industrious, earth-bound character of the village itself, where the architecture is utilitarian and the pace is dictated by the turning of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Walnut Railroad Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 288° W
Green River State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 169° S
Sauk Rock (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 341° N
Jerry Mathis Theater (Theatre) — 6.9 mi, 342° N
SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 6.9 mi, 341° N
9-11 Monument (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 341° N
Sinnissippi Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 315° NW
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 7.3 mi, 298° NW
Centennial Park (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 296° NW
Sinnissippi_Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 7.5 mi, 313° NW
Emerald Hill Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 7.8 mi, 333° NW
Dickenson Site (Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 138° SE
Liberty Bell Monument (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 299° NW
F-105D Thunderchief (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 017° N
Wings of Peace and Freedom (Public Artwork) — 9.1 mi, 024° NE
The Next Picture Show (Gallery) — 9.1 mi, 024° NE
Westwood Fitness & Sports Center (Local Recreation) — 10.7 mi, 302° NW
The Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.0 mi, 017° N
Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 242° SW
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 025° NE
Council Ring (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 031° NE
White Pines Forest Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.4 mi, 014° N
Lowden State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 028° NE
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 170° S
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 126° SE
Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 028° NE
Youth Center (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 030° NE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.9 mi, 297° NW · 274k acres
Heritage Canyon (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 289° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.7 mi, 168° S · 13k acres

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