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La Fayette Illinois Map

Explore La Fayette, 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 La Fayette, Illinois

How to Use This La Fayette, Illinois Map

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

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	La Fayette
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Stark County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.1095
Longitude	-89.9736
Population	160
Density	326.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61449
Area Code	815
County Seat	Toulon
School District	Stark County Community Unit School District 100

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About La Fayette, Illinois

La Fayette is a locality in Stark County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 326.9 people per km². La Fayette is located at 41.1095°N, 89.9736°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. La Fayette is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61449.

La Fayette emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, defined by the quiet persistence of the earth and the wide, unencumbered sweep of the sky. It lies 9.7 miles south-southwest of Kewanee, IL (from Kewanee, IL: bearing 195°T), and is situated 5.4 miles southeast of Galva. Mason Creek cuts a modest, winding path through the heavy soil nearby, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian growth that interrupts the otherwise unbroken stretch of farmland. The air carries the scent of damp loam and the faint, metallic sharpness of approaching weather, a sensory reminder of the inland distance that separates La Fayette from any oceanic influence. To the west, the landscape holds its breath in the stillness of the afternoon, while the distant, low-lying profile of Pilot Knob waits fourteen miles away as a faint indentation against the clouds.

La Fayette maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, anchored by the cycles of the agricultural season and the quiet industry of the surrounding fields. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the productivity of the soil, with the daily rhythms of the residents attuned to the slow maturation of corn and soybeans across the regional plains. Life here is punctuated by the simple geography of the vicinity, whether it is the tranquil surface of Lake Calhoun two miles distant or the occasional excursion to City Park five miles away for a change of scenery. History lingers in the plain, functional architecture of the buildings, which reflect a legacy of endurance and the modest ambitions of those who first broke the sod of this central Illinois territory.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 314° NW
Roadside Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 028° NE
Buffalo Prairie State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 220° SW
Midland Country Club (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 000° N
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 218° SW
Rock Island (State Recreation Area) — 7.6 mi, 102° E
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 308° NW
Bishop Hill Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 310° NW
Barker Park Disc Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 9.9 mi, 011° N
Public Triangle (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 259° W
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.4 mi, 016° N
The Great Sauk Trail (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 014° N
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 136° SE
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 238° SW
Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 179° S
The Pioneers (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 179° S
CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 241° SW
Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 23.3 mi, 241° SW
Poet Carl Sandburg and Nellie the Goat (Public Artwork) — 23.5 mi, 242° SW
Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 240° SW
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 339° N
Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.9 mi, 255° W
Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 183° S
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 28.7 mi, 155° SE
Town Theater (Cinema) — 28.7 mi, 117° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.8 mi, 096° E · 13k acres
Jubliee College State Park (State Park) — 29.3 mi, 142° SE
Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 31.5 mi, 135° SE
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 056° NE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.3 mi, 321° NW · 274k acres

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