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Ingraham Illinois Map

Explore Ingraham, 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 Ingraham, Illinois

How to Use This Ingraham, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.836157
Longitude	-88.333933
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62434
Area Code	217
County Seat	Louisville

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About Ingraham, Illinois

Ingraham is a locality in Clay County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Ingraham is located at 38.8362°N, 88.3339°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62434.

Ingraham occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that feels immense and heavy with the scent of damp earth. It lies 22.6 miles south-southeast of Effingham, IL (from Effingham, IL: bearing 150°T), and is situated 15.2 miles west-northwest of Olney. The landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Big Muddy Creek, which carves a modest path through the fields just a mile away, marking the rhythm of the local topography. In the distance, the faint, hazy outline of Pleasant Ridge offers the only real interruption to the vast, open plains that characterize the region. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially at dusk, when the light turns a bruised, golden violet and the shadows of the tall grasses grow long and thin across the soil. Only four miles away, the waters of Newton Lake sit still and reflective, providing a calm anchor to the surrounding agricultural grid that defines the physical presence of Ingraham.

Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of the local economy, with the soil yielding corn and soybeans in a seasonal cycle that dictates the pace of daily existence. History remains embedded in the simple architecture and the orderly layout of the land, reflecting a heritage built on the labor of those who first broke the prairie sod. A few miles out, the Prairie Ridge-Jasper State Natural Area serves as a vital sanctuary for the grasslands, preserving the native character of the territory against the encroaching reach of modernity. Life in Ingraham moves with a steady, unforced consistency, defined by the changing colors of the crops and the seasonal shifts in the wind. There is a quiet endurance in the way the local residents tend to their fields and homes, maintaining a connection to the land that feels both practical and deeply rooted in the Midwestern spirit.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Prairie Ridge-Jasper State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 034° NE
Robert Ridgway Grasslands Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 060° NE
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 9.7 mi, 060° NE
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 244° SW
Little Wabash River (Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 175° S
Richard and Jean Graber Grasslands Land and Water Reserve (Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 053° NE
Olney City Park (Local Park) — 14.6 mi, 118° SE
Muskgrove Park (Local Park) — 15.0 mi, 115° SE
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 118° SE
Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 350° N
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 21.6 mi, 329° NW
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 22.6 mi, 331° NW
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 331° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 354° N
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.3 mi, 252° W
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 25.2 mi, 253° W
Lincoln Monument (Monument) — 31.6 mi, 182° S
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 183° S
Swizzle Spoon (Public Artwork) — 36.8 mi, 030° NE
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 36.8 mi, 030° NE
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 39.4 mi, 013° N
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 41.8 mi, 282° W
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 43.3 mi, 283° W
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 43.8 mi, 069° E
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 43.9 mi, 349° N
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 44.6 mi, 357° N
Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 44.7 mi, 138° SE
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.0 mi, 139° SE · 20k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 77.6 mi, 179° S · 7,712 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 77.8 mi, 179° S · 274k acres

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