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Hecker Illinois Map

Explore Hecker, 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 Hecker, Illinois

How to Use This Hecker, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.30505
Longitude	-89.994273
Population	429
Density	654.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62248
Area Code	217
County Seat	Waterloo
School District	Waterloo Community Unit School District 5

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About Hecker, Illinois

Hecker is a locality in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 429. The population density is 654.7 people per km². Hecker is located at 38.3051°N, 89.9943°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hecker is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62248.

Hecker occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 8.7 miles east-southeast of Waterloo, IL (from Waterloo, IL: bearing 104°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-southwest of Freeburg. The landscape here is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Toole Branch, which snakes through the countryside just a mile away, feeding the thirsty soil that characterizes this inland territory. To the west, the subtle rise of Tamarawa Ridge provides a gentle boundary to the view, while the calm surface of Justamir Association Lake sits two miles distant, reflecting the vast, changing Midwestern sky. Within the center of the village, Hecker Village Park offers a modest green space where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and the dry, sweet heat of late summer afternoons.

History in Hecker remains etched in the simple, sturdy architecture of a place built by those who understood the value of deep roots and steady labor. The economy here maintains a quiet pulse, tethered to the seasonal shifts of agriculture and the maintenance of a lifestyle that favors neighborly familiarity over the frenetic pace of urban centers. Life in Hecker is marked by the shifting light of dusk, when the long shadows of silos stretch across the road and the air grows cool enough to settle the dust of a long day’s work. There is a profound stillness in the way the local life unfolds, a quality of existence that values the permanence of the surrounding plains and the quiet endurance of the people who call this stretch of land their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hecker Village Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 315° NW
Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 025° NE
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 118° SE
Lively Branch Woods (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 091° E
Red Bud Area Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 180° S
Waterloo Sportsman's Club (Park) — 6.7 mi, 240° SW
Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 076° E
Silver Creek Woods (Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 062° NE
Golf Course (Park) — 9.1 mi, 296° NW
World War One Doughboy (Public Artwork) — 9.2 mi, 276° W
September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 002° N
Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 004° N
Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 003° N
Gummershiemer Memorial (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 310° NW
Bob's Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 310° NW
Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 193° S
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.7 mi, 232° SW · 16k acres
Tweed Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 mi, 303° NW
Frank Holten State Park (State Park) — 19.1 mi, 345° N
Village Theatre (Theatre) — 19.3 mi, 342° N
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 19.4 mi, 126° SE
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 130° SE
Scenic Red Caboose (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 013° N
O'Fallon Historical Society (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 013° N
Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 187° S
Wildfruit Gallery (Gallery) — 22.8 mi, 324° NW
Janes and Pang Atelier (Arts Centre) — 23.1 mi, 327° NW
Salon and Gallery (Gallery) — 23.5 mi, 328° NW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 35.9 mi, 149° SE · 274k acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 38.2 mi, 188° S · 1.5M acres

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