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Lake City Illinois Map

Explore Lake 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 Lake City, Illinois

How to Use This Lake City, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lake 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 Lake 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	Lake City
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Moultrie County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.754479
Longitude	-88.720069
Population	69
Density	68.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61937
Area Code	309
County Seat	Sullivan
School District	Arthur Community Unit School District 305

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About Lake City, Illinois

Lake City is a locality in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 69. The population density is 68.8 people per km². Lake City is located at 39.7545°N, 88.7201°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61937.

Lake City occupies a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon stretches thin and pale under the vast Midwestern sky. It lies 13.8 miles east-southeast of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 115°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east of Mount Zion. The terrain around Lake City remains defined by the deep, fertile loam that supports the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest, a landscape of straight fence lines and massive, quiet fields. To the west, the distant outline of Blind Horse Ridge offers the only vertical disruption to an otherwise level vista, appearing as a faint, bruised smudge against the clouds. Nearby, the slow, meandering path of Stringtown Branch cuts through the earth, providing a modest riparian corridor that brings a sudden density of oak and cottonwood to the open plains. When the light of late afternoon strikes the golden stalks of maturing crops, the entire expanse takes on a burnished, metallic quality, illuminating the stillness of the Eagle Lake Basin that lies just ten miles to the north.

Economic life in Lake City follows the patient, deliberate pace of the agricultural seasons, anchored by the grain elevators that serve as the local sentinels of commerce. The proximity of Lake Decatur ensures a steady, reliable presence of water in an otherwise thirsty landscape, influencing the moisture in the air and the habits of the local wildlife. Residents often seek the quietude of Prairie Wind, where the preserved native grasses offer a glimpse of the terrain as it existed before the plow, swaying in currents of wind that seem to carry the weight of the long, interior plains. The social character of Lake City is forged in these spaces, where the interaction between the industrial demands of modern farming and the enduring, unyielding nature of the soil shapes the daily habits of those who dwell here. Through the heat of the summer and the stark, biting clarity of winter, the identity of Lake City persists as a practical, grounded assembly of lives tied to the slow turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 119° SE
Fort Daniel Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 282° W
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 188° S
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 280° W
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 186° S
Fletcher Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 275° W
Big Creek Park & Riding Stables (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 291° W
Girl Scout Camp (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 288° W
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 181° S
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 11.0 mi, 278° W
Reptiles (Viewpoint) — 11.4 mi, 295° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 297° NW
Decatur 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 297° NW
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 298° NW
G.A.R. Memorial (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 293° NW
Staley Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 296° NW
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 296° NW
Rock Springs Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 288° W
Robert Allerton Park (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 012° N
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.1 mi, 179° S
Piatt County Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.1 mi, 013° N
Death of the Last Centaur (Public Artwork) — 17.1 mi, 011° N
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 289° W
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 083° E
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 150° SE
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 26.3 mi, 136° SE
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 31.8 mi, 217° SW
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 245° SW
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 33.7 mi, 245° SW
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 041° NE

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