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Lake Petersburg Illinois Map

Explore Lake Petersburg, 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 Petersburg, Illinois

How to Use This Lake Petersburg, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.98358
Longitude	-89.86207
Population	740
Density	158.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62675
Area Code	217
County Seat	Petersburg
School District	Porta Community Unit School District 202

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About Lake Petersburg, Illinois

Lake Petersburg is a locality in Menard County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 740. The population density is 158.1 people per km². Lake Petersburg is located at 39.9836°N, 89.8621°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62675.

Lake Petersburg emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Illinois prairie as a quiet reservoir cradled by the soft, earthen contours of the central plains. It lies 17.1 miles northwest of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 317°T), and is situated 2.1 miles south-southwest of Petersburg. The landscape surrounding Lake Petersburg is defined by a rhythmic succession of agricultural fields and patches of stubborn woodland, where the light at dusk turns the tall grass into a field of burnished copper. A mile to the north, the currents of Rocky Branch move with a persistent, low-slung energy through the undergrowth, feeding the stillness of the surrounding terrain. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of Red Oak Ridge provides a grounding anchor to the sky, reminding the observer of the slow, geologic patience that shaped this inland basin long before the first plow broke the sod.

History anchors the spirit of Lake Petersburg, drawing a deep, invisible line back to the frontier era preserved just a mile away at Lincolns New Salem State Park. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the soil, maintaining a steady, agrarian pulse that dictates the seasonal migration of labor and the slow turning of the year. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the land dips toward the subtle depression of Millseed Hollow, where the shadows gather earlier in the afternoon and the air holds a cooler, damp weight. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, where the identity of the place is forged not in grand spectacles, but in the enduring resilience of the people who tend to the crops and watch the sun descend over the quiet, dark water of Lake Petersburg.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 0.6 mi, 100° E
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 0.9 mi, 109° E
Jaycee Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 014° N
Knuppel Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 062° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 025° NE
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 019° N
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 100° E
Long Nine Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 102° E
Sangamon River State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 127° SE
Ronald McDonald Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.8 mi, 102° E
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 106° E
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 272° W
Baugher Hill Prairie (Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 005° N
First Comprehensive Highway Tree Planting (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 123° SE
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.3 mi, 281° W
Fighter Jets (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 133° SE
Air Combat Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 133° SE
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 14.4 mi, 122° SE
Illinois State Military Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 138° SE
Illinois State Fair Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 131° SE
Milk a Cow (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 132° SE
High Dive Show (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 131° SE
DIM Art House (Gallery) — 15.8 mi, 144° SE
Springfield Art Association (Arts Centre) — 16.5 mi, 137° SE
Shell Gas Station (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 097° E
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space (Gallery) — 17.0 mi, 138° SE
Legacy Theatre (Theatre) — 17.1 mi, 140° SE
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.6 mi, 332° NW · 5,262 acres
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 25.6 mi, 070° E
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.1 mi, 346° N · 13k acres

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