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Kilbourne Illinois Map

Explore Kilbourne, 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 Kilbourne, Illinois

How to Use This Kilbourne, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.15199
Longitude	-90.010115
Population	265
Density	115.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62655
Area Code	217
County Seat	Havana
School District	Havana Community Unit School District 126

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About Kilbourne, Illinois

Kilbourne is a locality in Mason County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 265. The population density is 115.1 people per km². Kilbourne is located at 40.1520°N, 90.0101°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kilbourne is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62655.

Kilbourne emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie like a quiet thought held in the mind of the plains. It lies 28.1 miles south of Canton, IL (from Canton, IL: bearing 177°T), and is situated 10.6 miles south-southeast of Havana. The landscape here is defined by a deep, agricultural stillness, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Pecan Creek a mile to the west. To the north, the terrain shifts into the sandy, scrub-oak terrain of the Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak State Natural Area, where the soil holds a pale, gritty character distinct from the dark loam of the surrounding fields. On the clearest days, the faint, hazy silhouette of Red Oak Ridge marks the distant edge of the world, anchoring the view while Mott Hollow provides a slight, rhythmic dip in the earth four miles away. As evening approaches, the low sun catches the dust motes above the fields, turning the air a pale, bruised gold that illuminates the quiet, silver surface of Pratt Lake nearby.

Kilbourne carries the weight of a settlement forged in the service of the land, its rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest. The local economy remains tethered to the vast, emerald reaches of corn and soybean rows that stretch toward the horizon, a pattern of life that has persisted through generations of Midwestern winters and humid, insect-droning summers. There is a singular, functional beauty in the way the grain elevators rise above the rooftops, serving as the tallest sentinels in a landscape that values utility over ornament. People in Kilbourne move with a deliberate, unhurried pace, their lives shaped by the small, necessary labors of maintaining a home and tending to the soil. It is a place where the history of the region is whispered in the rustle of dry stalks, a locale where the primary connection to the world is the heavy, fertile earth beneath one's boots.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 275° W
Oakford State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 113° SE
Knuppel Woods (Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 019° N
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 224° SW
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.6 mi, 210° SW
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 10.6 mi, 344° N
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.8 mi, 341° N · 5,262 acres
Rockwell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 10.9 mi, 345° N
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 343° N
Mason State Tree Nursery NC (State Resource Management Area) — 12.3 mi, 027° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.6 mi, 137° SE
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 139° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.9 mi, 357° N · 13k acres
Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 14.3 mi, 337° NW
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 14.5 mi, 144° SE
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 144° SE
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 131° SE
Long Nine Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 131° SE
Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 018° N
Ronald McDonald Statue (Public Artwork) — 20.3 mi, 130° SE
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.4 mi, 016° N
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 21.2 mi, 129° SE
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 248° W
First Comprehensive Highway Tree Planting (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 135° SE
Route 66 Dream Car Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 119° SE
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 27.7 mi, 016° N
Shell Gas Station (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 119° SE
Milk a Cow (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 138° SE
High Dive Show (Attraction) — 29.5 mi, 138° SE
DIM Art House (Gallery) — 29.8 mi, 145° SE

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