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Herrick Illinois Map

Explore Herrick, 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 Herrick, Illinois

How to Use This Herrick, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.22032
Longitude	-88.984517
Population	358
Density	377.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62431
Area Code	217
County Seat	Shelbyville
School District	Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A

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About Herrick, Illinois

Herrick is a locality in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 358. The population density is 377.7 people per km². Herrick is located at 39.2203°N, 88.9845°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Herrick is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62431.

Herrick emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of earth and timber, defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Section Creek as it carves a path through the soil. It lies 24.6 miles west-northwest of Effingham, IL (from Effingham, IL: bearing 286°T), and is situated 18.9 miles north-northeast of Vandalia. The landscape here is a study in vast, open geometry, where the sky claims more territory than the land and the quality of light at dusk bleeds a bruised, golden violet across the fields. To the west, the silhouettes of Corley Ridge offer the only significant interruption to an otherwise level theater of crops, while the nearby Dean Hills State Natural Area protects a rugged, unmanicured corner of the terrain. The air, devoid of any saline weight, carries the dry, honest scent of turned earth and the persistent, low-frequency hum of insects that seem to pulse in time with the shifting shadows of the tall grass.

Herrick persists as a deliberate anchor in this agricultural expanse, its character forged by the generations who turned the heavy soil and built their lives against the cyclical demands of the harvest. Commerce here is quiet and essential, revolving around the seasonal rhythms of corn and soybeans that define the local economy and dictate the pace of every day. While the fervor of the world moves elsewhere, the people of Herrick find their recreation in the quietude of the land, whether traversing the Ramsey Hills Nature Trail or seeking the stillness found near the water at Boy Scout Lake. Even the distant, dense canopy of Hidden Springs State Forest serves as a reminder of the wilder, wooded history that once blanketed this region, leaving the modern inhabitants to cultivate a life that is as plain-spoken and durable as the limestone foundations of the older buildings that still stand along the main thoroughfares.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dean Hills State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 169° S
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 238° SW
Kitchell Park (Local Park) — 11.8 mi, 335° NW
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 12.7 mi, 336° NW
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 336° NW
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 336° NW
Hidden Springs State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 15.1 mi, 068° E
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 040° NE
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 203° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 18.5 mi, 200° S
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 198° S
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 198° S
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.9 mi, 039° NE
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 106° E
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 24.7 mi, 106° E
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.6 mi, 323° NW
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 324° NW
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 28.4 mi, 324° NW
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 30.9 mi, 058° NE
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 31.5 mi, 204° SW
Divine Servant (Public Artwork) — 32.0 mi, 226° SW
Ganton Circle (Monument) — 32.0 mi, 226° SW
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 32.0 mi, 225° SW
Claussen Plaza (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 225° SW
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 225° SW
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.6 mi, 267° W
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 34.1 mi, 162° S
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 45.3 mi, 072° E
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 52.1 mi, 270° W
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.1 mi, 247° SW · 32k acres

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