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Kings Illinois Map

Explore Kings, 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 Kings, Illinois

How to Use This Kings, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.003146
Longitude	-89.107023
Population	146
Density	368.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	61943, 61068
Area Code	309, 847, 224
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Kings Consolidated School District 144

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About Kings, Illinois

Kings is a locality in Coles County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 146. The population density is 368.4 people per km². Kings is located at 42.0031°N, 89.1070°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 61943, 61068.

Kings emerges from the flat, horizon-spanning expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 16.2 miles northeast of Charleston, IL (from Charleston, IL: bearing 39°T), and is situated 16.1 miles west-northwest of Paris. The land here holds a quiet, austere geometry, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Hog Branch as it winds through the fields just a mile away. To the north, the water of Lake Oakland rests in the landscape like a fallen fragment of the sky, cooling the air that drifts across the cultivated rows. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of Fox Ridge provides a permanent boundary to the view, though the immediate surroundings remain dominated by the rhythmic, seasonal cycle of sowing and harvest.

Kings carries the weight of a history rooted in the iron rails and the fertile, dark soil that has long dictated the pace of local life. The economy remains tethered to this productivity, with grain silos serving as the primary architecture against the clouds, marking the pulse of a region that feeds far beyond its own borders. Residents often find their way to the nearby Embarras River - Camargo, where the preserved wildness offers a brief respite from the orderly grid of the surrounding farms. Life in Kings moves with a steady, unadorned persistence, reflecting the character of a place where the light at dusk turns the stubble fields into a bruised, golden copper, and the silence of the evening is broken only by the low, distant hum of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kilbuck Creek (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 093° E
Skare Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 212° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 162° S
Drexler Park (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 164° S
Lyle Kunde Park (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 150° SE
Stillman's (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 334° NW
Kyte River (Park) — 9.8 mi, 264° W
Youth Center (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 316° NW
Lowden State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 280° W
Soldier's Monument (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 319° NW
Lowden-Miller State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 259° W
Dolphin Boys (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 271° W
Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 312° NW
Middle Rock River Fee (Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 241° SW
Prairie Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.4 mi, 011° N
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 263° W
Council Ring (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 255° W
Schmig mem. (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 256° W
The Dells (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 342° N
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 359° N
The McPherson (Arts Centre) — 17.8 mi, 002° N
Tilt Studio (Theme Park) — 18.1 mi, 022° N
White Pines Forest Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.2 mi, 268° W
Inscape Collective (Gallery) — 18.2 mi, 004° N
Kith and Kiln Art Collective (Gallery) — 18.3 mi, 003° N
Jack Olson Gallery (Gallery) — 18.3 mi, 105° E
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall (Theatre) — 18.4 mi, 105° E
317 Art Collaborative (Arts Centre) — 18.4 mi, 003° N
Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 20.5 mi, 145° SE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.3 mi, 267° W · 274k acres

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