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Keensburg Illinois Map

Explore Keensburg, 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 Keensburg, Illinois

How to Use This Keensburg, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.350603
Longitude	-87.868642
Population	174
Density	258.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	62852, 62863
Area Code	618
County Seat	Mount Carmel
School District	Wabash Community Unit School District 348

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About Keensburg, Illinois

Keensburg is a locality in Wabash County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 174. The population density is 258.4 people per km². Keensburg is located at 38.3506°N, 87.8686°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Keensburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62852, 62863.

Keensburg holds its place upon the flat, expansive plains of Illinois, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky claims the greater portion of the landscape. It lies 18.9 miles northwest of Martin, IN (from Martin, IN: bearing 326°T), and is situated 7.1 miles southwest of Mount Carmel. Coffee Creek wanders through the low ground just a mile away, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of moisture and the persistent, quiet growth of brush that defies the surrounding open fields. To the west, the Foote Pond Hills rise as a soft, muted suggestion against the skyline, providing a faint verticality to an otherwise level world. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a peculiar, amber weight, casting long shadows that emphasize the subtle textures of the earth and the deep, fertile color of the soil. Five miles away, the quiet waters of Broad Pond catch the reflection of passing clouds, remaining a still, glassy point of orientation in the sprawling agricultural expanse.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Keensburg, with the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life and the movement of heavy machinery along the rural roads. The nearby Wabash River - Mount Carmel provides a protected expanse of land that guards the character of the region, preserving a wilder, more ancient sense of the terrain that predates the grid of the surrounding farms. History here is written in the endurance of the local homesteads and the resilience of a regional economy tied closely to the yield of the corn and soybean fields. Residents move with a deliberate, measured grace, reflecting a culture that values the quietude of the plains and the steady, unadorned work of the seasons. In Keensburg, the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the slow rotation of the crops and the changing quality of the air as the wind sweeps across the open ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Beall Woods State Park (Nature Reserve) — 2.3 mi, 082° E
Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 126° SE
Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.5 mi, 077° E
Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 087° E
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.0 mi, 107° E · 20k acres
Cane Ridge Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 107° E
Tern Bar Slough (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 102° E
Don Liddle Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 6.4 mi, 054° NE
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 059° NE
Froman Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 036° NE
Saunders Woods (Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 088° E
Shalev: Angel of Compassion (Public Artwork) — 15.4 mi, 193° S
Paul Tillich Memorial (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 193° S
Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 194° S
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 194° S
Thrall's Opera House (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 193° S
New Harmony (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 193° S
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 15.7 mi, 193° S
Matthias Scholle House (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 193° S
George Keppler House (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 193° S
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 193° S
1830 Owen House Jacquess Parlor (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 193° S
Murphy Auditorium & USI New Harmony Theatre (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 193° S
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 089° E
The Labyrinth State Memorial (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 193° S
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 18.3 mi, 190° S
Merchand Bridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 30.0 mi, 149° SE
Bieker-Wilson Village Site (Historic Ruins) — 32.0 mi, 201° S
Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 152° SE · 2,073 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 48.2 mi, 200° S · 274k acres

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