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Humboldt Illinois Map

Explore Humboldt, 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 Humboldt, Illinois

How to Use This Humboldt, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.604684
Longitude	-88.32012
Population	361
Density	406.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60647, 61931
Area Code	312, 773, 309
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Mattoon Community Unit School District 2

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About Humboldt, Illinois

Humboldt is a locality in Coles County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 361. The population density is 406.4 people per km². Humboldt is located at 39.6047°N, 88.3201°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Humboldt is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60647, 61931.

Humboldt emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois as a point of quiet stillness where the earth stretches wide under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 8.8 miles north-northeast of Mattoon, IL (from Mattoon, IL: bearing 19°T), and is situated 5.6 miles south of Arcola. The Flat Branch carves a deliberate, winding path through the soil nearby, its waters drawing a thin, dark line through fields that shift from the vibrant, emerald intensity of early summer growth to the brittle, golden harvest of autumn. Beyond the immediate reach of the horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of Fox Ridge provides a distant boundary to the landscape, while the quiet waters of Lake Windermere rest nine miles away, offering a glassy reflection of the drifting clouds. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, turning the long, straight rows of corn and soybeans into a rhythmic, repeating pattern that seems to vibrate with the hum of the heat.

Humboldt holds the steady, measured pace of a place built upon the quiet resilience of the soil and the iron persistence of the railroad. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the grain, a legacy of labor that has defined the character of the inhabitants for generations. Life here moves with the deliberate precision of a mechanical clock, punctuated by the occasional passage of heavy freight or the distant, muffled sound of agricultural machinery working the earth. Those seeking a respite from the intensity of the world often turn toward the quiet trails of Kelly Moore Memorial Park, where the stillness of the woods offers a sharp contrast to the open intensity of the surrounding plains. In Humboldt, the passage of time is felt not in the shifting of trends, but in the slow, inevitable deepening of the shadows as the sun retreats behind the distant, unchanging terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kelly Moore Memorial Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 011° N
Arcola City Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 008° N
Raggedy Ann and Andy Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 006° N
Hippie Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 006° N
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 004° N
Douglas Hart Nature Center (Local Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 176° S
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 8.3 mi, 191° S
WW2 Tank (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 194° S
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.1 mi, 199° S
Woodyard Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 137° SE
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 12.8 mi, 269° W
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 008° N
Embarras River - Camargo (Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 030° NE
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 223° SW
Hindsboro State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 067° NE
Warbler Woods Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 140° SE
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 149° SE
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.2 mi, 250° W
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 277° W
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 277° W
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 140° SE
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 34.7 mi, 008° N
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 008° N
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 008° N
Reptiles (Viewpoint) — 35.0 mi, 296° NW
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 200° S
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 35.4 mi, 200° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 35.6 mi, 296° NW
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 35.6 mi, 010° N
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 35.6 mi, 010° N

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