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Hidalgo Illinois Map

Explore Hidalgo, 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 Hidalgo, Illinois

How to Use This Hidalgo, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.155873
Longitude	-88.146983
Population	111
Density	124.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62432
Area Code	217
County Seat	Newton
School District	Jasper County Community Unit School District 1

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About Hidalgo, Illinois

Hidalgo is a locality in Jasper County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 111. The population density is 124.6 people per km². Hidalgo is located at 39.1559°N, 88.1470°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hidalgo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62432.

Hidalgo occupies a quiet stretch of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon flattens into an endless, rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 21.4 miles east of Effingham, IL (from Effingham, IL: bearing 83°T), and is situated 11.4 miles north of Newton. The air here holds a particular, dry clarity, especially as the sun dips low and casts long, violet shadows across the fields that seem to stretch toward the distant silhouette of Pleasant Ridge. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Wolf Creek carve a narrow, wooded corridor through the landscape, providing a cool sanctuary for the local fauna. Four miles to the west, the Cecil E. Meeker State Habitat Area offers a preserved expanse of native grasses and scrub, a place where the wind moves through the vegetation with a dry, persistent rustle that punctuates the otherwise profound stillness of the inland plains.

Agriculture provides the primary pulse of Hidalgo, dictating the seasonal migration of machinery and the slow, deliberate pace of daily life in the fields. The settlement emerged as a waypoint in the development of the region, anchored by the rail lines that once carried the bounty of the soil to broader markets, leaving behind a collection of modest, brick-and-limestone structures that stand as quiet witnesses to decades of harvest. While residents may venture toward Lake Sandpoint seven miles away for recreation or follow the Lake Side Foot Trail for a longer walk, the character of Hidalgo remains defined by the soil itself. Even as the modern world shifts, the rhythm of the work here remains tethered to the turning of the earth, a steady, unadorned existence that finds its beauty in the predictable transition from the pale green of spring to the deep, weathered gold of autumn.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cecil E. Meeker State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 271° W
Huddlestun Woods (Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 101° E
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 174° S
Peterson Park (Local Park) — 11.1 mi, 180° S
Jasper County Boys And Girls Park (Local Recreation) — 11.8 mi, 181° S
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 273° W
Fairview Park (Local Park) — 12.6 mi, 042° NE
DoD War Memorial (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 042° NE
Swizzle Spoon (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 040° NE
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 040° NE
Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 242° SW
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 359° N
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 17.3 mi, 185° S
Woodyard Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 20.7 mi, 001° N
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 21.3 mi, 264° W
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 264° W
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 21.6 mi, 260° W
Lincoln Trail State Park (State Recreation Area) — 25.5 mi, 060° NE
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.5 mi, 331° NW
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.6 mi, 061° NE
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 318° NW
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 056° NE
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 173° S
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 31.6 mi, 102° E
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 216° SW
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 37.3 mi, 309° NW
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 44.1 mi, 056° NE
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 44.2 mi, 062° NE
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 47.8 mi, 089° E
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.2 mi, 160° S · 20k acres

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