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Hartsburg Illinois Map

Explore Hartsburg, 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 Hartsburg, Illinois

How to Use This Hartsburg, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityHartsburg
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyLogan County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.250876
Longitude-89.440933
Population262
Density674.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code62643
Area Code217
County SeatLincoln
School DistrictHartsburg-Emden Community Unit School District 21

About Hartsburg, Illinois

Hartsburg is a locality in Logan County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 262. The population density is 674.4 people per km². Hartsburg is located at 40.2509°N, 89.4409°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hartsburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62643.

Hartsburg occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. It lies 8.1 miles north-northwest of Lincoln, IL (from Lincoln, IL: bearing 330°T), and is situated 19.3 miles south of Tremont. The land here is defined by the disciplined geometry of corn and soybean fields, interrupted only by the occasional stand of hardwood timber or the subtle, low-lying depression of the Sugar Creek - Salt Creek Drainage, which provides a sanctuary for local wildlife a few miles from the center. Light hits the fields at dusk with a particular, amber clarity, turning the long rows of stalks into dark, rhythmic lines that pull the eye toward the distant, hazy rise of Pool Hill. Two miles to the east, the steady, unassuming presence of Sugar Creek threads through the landscape, a reminder of the slow, persistent movement of water across the heavy, black soil that has anchored this region for generations.

Hartsburg grew from the necessity of the rail, serving as a vital point for the movement of grain that still dictates the pulse of the local economy today. The architecture tells the story of a place built on the promise of the harvest, with brick structures standing as sturdy, unadorned witnesses to the cycles of planting and dormancy. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, life here maintains a deliberate pace, tied to the seasonal turning of the fields and the quiet endurance of those who work them. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Hickory Lake, seven miles away, when the summer heat settles over the plains, yet the true character of the locality remains firmly rooted in the productive, fertile earth that Hartsburg calls home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sugar Creek - Salt Creek Drainage (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 145° SE
  • Kickapoo Creek (Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 167° S
  • The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 156° SE
  • World's largest covered wagon (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 158° S
  • Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 146° SE
  • Memorial Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 165° S
  • Constellation 2012 (Public Artwork) — 8.2 mi, 150° SE
  • VIP Lincoln Grand (Cinema) — 8.3 mi, 151° SE
  • Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 8.7 mi, 166° S
  • Lincoln Park District (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 151° SE
  • Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 086° E
  • Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 087° E
  • American Giants Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 086° E
  • Barton-Sommer Woodland State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 225° SW
  • Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 181° S
  • Stubblefield Woodlots Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 16.3 mi, 067° NE
  • Shell Gas Station (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 196° S
  • Roll of Honor Archway (Monument) — 21.3 mi, 195° S
  • Boxcar Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 196° S
  • Mackinaw River (State Recreation Area) — 21.8 mi, 016° N
  • Dragon Stadium (Stadium) — 23.5 mi, 336° NW
  • 29th U.s. Colored Infantry Memorial (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 334° NW
  • Tazewell County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 334° NW
  • Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 26.3 mi, 314° NW
  • Ulrich Wildlife Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.7 mi, 355° N
  • Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 27.8 mi, 229° SW
  • Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.3 mi, 292° W · 13k acres
  • Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 28.5 mi, 229° SW
  • Sound of Illinois Chorus (Theatre) — 28.5 mi, 056° NE
  • Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.4 mi, 278° W · 5,262 acres

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About This Hartsburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hartsburg, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.250876, -89.440933. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Hartsburg includes the ZIP code (62643), telephone area code (217), county seat of Logan County (Lincoln), and school district assignment (Hartsburg-Emden Community Unit School District 21).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.