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Harvel Illinois Map

Explore Harvel, 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 Harvel, Illinois

How to Use This Harvel, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.356161
Longitude	-89.532315
Population	178
Density	95.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62538
Area Code	217
County Seat	Hillsboro
School District	Panhandle Community Unit School District 2

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About Harvel, Illinois

Harvel is a locality in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 178. The population density is 95.7 people per km². Harvel is located at 39.3562°N, 89.5323°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Harvel is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62538.

Harvel stretches across the flat, unyielding expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon serves as a sharp, unending line between the black soil and a vast, pale sky. It lies 18.4 miles southwest of Taylorville, IL (from Taylorville, IL: bearing 224°T), and is situated 14.1 miles north-northeast of Litchfield. The landscape is defined by the quiet persistence of the earth, punctuated only by the low, murmuring presence of Prairie Fork a mile to the west and the distant, softened silhouette of Sand Ridge rising far off toward the horizon. Here, the light of late afternoon possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, turning the fields of corn and soybeans into a shimmering sea of green and gold that seems to breathe with the slow, rhythmic pulse of the seasons. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the terrain dips toward the gentle depression of Fox Hollow, grounding the geography in a subtle, ancient topography that predates the grid of the roads.

Harvel remains a place where the economy is tethered to the slow turn of the harvest and the steady, mechanical hum of regional agriculture. The history of the area is written in the rusted iron of grain elevators and the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that anchors the center of the village against the wind. Residents find their quiet recreation at Lake Lou Yaeger, a reservoir five miles away that offers a mirror for the clouds, or venture further toward the walking paths of Lions Park to watch the changing colors of the seasons. Life in Harvel moves with a deliberate, quiet gravity, reflecting a culture shaped by generations of labor on this flat, fertile ground, far removed from the clamor of the world beyond the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 255° W
Roberts Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.0 mi, 208° SW
Weigh Station Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 10.5 mi, 214° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.8 mi, 126° SE
H & B Bremer Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 173° S
Lake Hillsboro Park (Local Park) — 12.5 mi, 167° S
Hillsboro Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 13.0 mi, 167° S
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 286° W
Gillespie Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 214° SW
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 360° N
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.5 mi, 160° S
Gillespie (Local Recreation) — 17.7 mi, 236° SW
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.9 mi, 045° NE
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 18.4 mi, 043° NE
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 044° NE
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 043° NE
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 18.7 mi, 255° W
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 256° W
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 210° SW
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 084° E
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 24.1 mi, 085° E
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 084° E
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 24.8 mi, 247° SW
Trutter Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 350° N
Lincoln Memorial (Monument) — 26.2 mi, 350° N
Impermanent Column (Public Artwork) — 26.4 mi, 350° N
The Muni (Theatre) — 26.8 mi, 355° N
Rotary Sundial (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 346° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.8 mi, 270° W · 665 acres
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.0 mi, 223° SW · 32k acres

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