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Herald Illinois Map

Explore Herald, 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 Herald, Illinois

How to Use This Herald, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.966435
Longitude	-88.181427
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62869, 62845
Area Code	618
County Seat	Carmi

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About Herald, Illinois

Herald is a locality in White County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Herald is located at 37.9664°N, 88.1814°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62869, 62845.

Herald emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Illinois prairie as a quiet congregation of weathered wood and brick, anchored by the rhythmic cycle of the seasons. It lies 44.1 miles east-northeast of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 68°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south of Carmi. To the west, the Little Wabash River carves a serpentine path through the alluvial soil, its waters carrying the sediment of the plains toward distant confluences, while the distant, hazy blue of the Little Chain Hills marks the horizon as a faint, serrated edge against the sky. The quality of light here is expansive, turning the evening fields into vast, amber-colored canvases where the shadows stretch long and thin, emphasizing the profound stillness of the inland air. Only three miles away, The Bayou holds the reflection of the clouds in its glassy surface, offering a cool, quiet contrast to the heat radiating from the open, sun-drenched earth.

Herald maintains a distinct character forged by the persistence of agricultural labor and the steady, unadorned pulse of the rural economy. The local landscape is defined by the Little Wabash River, which serves as a PCON and a sanctuary for local flora, providing a wooded corridor that breaks the relentless geometry of the surrounding corn and soybean fields. History in Herald is not written in grand monuments but in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the grain elevators and the modest homes that have stood through decades of planting and harvest. The residents live by the tempo of the combine and the tractor, finding a peculiar beauty in the stark, industrial utility of their surroundings, where the sky feels larger and more imposing than anywhere else in the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Little Wabash River (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 356° N
Bieker-Wilson Village Site (Historic Ruins) — 6.7 mi, 121° SE
Hovey Lake Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 128° SE
Wabash Lowlands Wetland Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 138° SE
Dogtown Ferry (Wabash R.) Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 084° E
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 063° NE
The Labyrinth State Memorial (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 051° NE
New Harmony State Memorial (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 052° NE
Murphy Auditorium & USI New Harmony Theatre (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 050° NE
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 049° NE
Gate of Progress (Public Artwork) — 17.5 mi, 050° NE
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 050° NE
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 17.5 mi, 050° NE
Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 17.5 mi, 049° NE
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 17.5 mi, 050° NE
George Keppler House (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 050° NE
1830 Owen House Jacquess Parlor (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 050° NE
Matthias Scholle House (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 050° NE
Thrall's Opera House (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 050° NE
Paul Tillich Memorial (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 049° NE
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 18.6 mi, 200° S · 7,712 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 18.7 mi, 179° S · 274k acres
Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 25.1 mi, 231° SW
WSILTV 3 (Harrisburg) Tower (Viewpoint) — 25.2 mi, 231° SW
Graf Ink Printing (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 231° SW
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.8 mi, 204° SW · 3,978 acres
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.0 mi, 041° NE · 20k acres
Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.2 mi, 098° E · 2,073 acres
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 33.9 mi, 210° SW · 6,632 acres
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 63.8 mi, 176° S · 171k acres

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