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Junction City Illinois Map

Explore Junction City, 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 Junction City, Illinois

How to Use This Junction City, Illinois Map

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

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	Junction City
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Marion County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.580327
Longitude	-89.127847
Population	527
Density	297.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62882
Area Code	618
County Seat	Salem
School District	Sandoval Community Unit School District 501

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About Junction City, Illinois

Junction City is a locality in Marion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 527. The population density is 297.5 people per km². Junction City is located at 38.5803°N, 89.1278°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Junction City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62882.

Junction City occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an immense, pale sky. It lies 3.8 miles north of Centralia, IL (from Centralia, IL: bearing 4°T), and is situated 10.4 miles west-southwest of Salem. Prairie Creek meanders through the low-lying terrain only a mile away, its banks lined with the tangled brush and sycamores that thrive in the rich, dark soil of the basin. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and coming weather, particularly as the light fails and the fields surrender their warmth to the cooling evening. To the distant south, the faint, jagged silhouette of Pelican Pouch provides a singular interruption to the otherwise unbroken flatness of the prairie, while the still, reflective surface of Old Reservoir sits nearby, mirroring the shifting colors of the clouds.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Junction City, with soybean and corn fields defining the seasonal rhythm of labor and harvest that has persisted for generations. The local economy relies on the steady, methodical pace of these agrarian roots, complemented by a modest infrastructure that supports the daily needs of those who call the area home. Residents often gather for respite at Central City Lions Park, a small, green sanctuary that serves as a communal anchor amidst the vast, productive farmland. Life in Junction City moves with a deliberate, unadorned grace, defined by the turning of the seasons and the enduring connection between the people and the expanse of land they cultivate.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Foundation Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 168° S
T-33 Shooting Star (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 203° SW
Nike Ajax Missile (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 199° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 064° NE
Raccoon Lake Park (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 139° SE
Third Principal Meridian (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 187° S
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 304° NW
East Fork Management Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 345° N
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 305° NW
Kaskaskia River - Carlyle (Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 270° W
Party Cove (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 319° NW
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 353° N
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 147° SE
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 20.7 mi, 147° SE
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.0 mi, 060° NE
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 21.3 mi, 062° NE
Welcome to Nashville Mural (Public Artwork) — 21.4 mi, 220° SW
Granada (Theatre) — 21.8 mi, 146° SE
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 24.8 mi, 210° SW
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 26.0 mi, 325° NW
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 004° N
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 325° NW
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 004° N
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 001° N
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 068° E
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 37.9 mi, 203° SW
Scenic Red Caboose (Attraction) — 42.3 mi, 271° W
Browns Mound (Historic Ruins) — 42.8 mi, 282° W
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 54.2 mi, 200° S · 274k acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.1 mi, 180° S · 91k acres

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