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Latham Illinois Map

Explore Latham, 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 Latham, Illinois

How to Use This Latham, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.968652
Longitude	-89.162309
Population	333
Density	471.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62543
Area Code	217
County Seat	Lincoln
School District	Warrensburg-Latham Community Unit District 11

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About Latham, Illinois

Latham is a locality in Logan County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 333. The population density is 471.0 people per km². Latham is located at 39.9687°N, 89.1623°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Latham is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62543.

Latham maintains a quiet vigil over the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches in a thin, unwavering line of slate and gold. It lies 14.1 miles northwest of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 309°T), and is situated 16.4 miles southeast of Lincoln. The earth here is a deep, fertile loam, a heavy black soil that dictates the rhythm of the seasons and the slow, deliberate work of the hands that till it. Two miles to the west, the North Fork Lake Fork traces a subtle, winding path through the fields, its waters moving with a lethargic grace that mirrors the stillness of the afternoon. When the sun begins its descent, the light catches the dust motes and the distant stalks of corn, casting long, bruised shadows that seem to anchor Latham to the very center of the continent, far removed from the restless agitation of the distant coasts.

History in Latham is measured not in monuments, but in the steady endurance of the grain elevators that rise like monoliths against the sky, marking the town’s deep alignment with the agricultural pulse of the region. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, a quiet cycle that has defined the character of the inhabitants for generations. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos, the landscape opens toward Pine Lake, a small, reflective basin six miles away that offers a brief, glassy respite from the endless geometry of the farm rows. Even as the modern world pushes forward, a certain gravity persists in the local pace, perhaps influenced by the distant silhouette of Lockenauer Hill, which sits fourteen miles away as a faint, jagged reminder that the earth is not always as level as it appears here. For those who seek a moment of quiet, the seven-mile journey to East Park offers a rare patch of managed wilderness, a place to witness the slow, turning gears of the seasons without the intrusion of passing traffic.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veteran's Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 299° NW
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 153° SE
Chestnut-Beason Park (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 356° N
Calamus Lake State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 187° S
Rock Springs Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 142° SE
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 165° S
Miller's Mill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.3 mi, 144° SE
Old Mueller Hall Monument (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 131° SE
Mueller Monument (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 131° SE
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 128° SE
Staley Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 129° SE
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 126° SE
Unknown Soldier Monument (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 131° SE
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 308° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 126° SE
Weldon Springs State Park (State Recreation Area) — 15.9 mi, 050° NE
Bronze Police Officer (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 039° NE
VIP Lincoln Grand (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 319° NW
Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 295° NW
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 16.4 mi, 137° SE
Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 322° NW
World's largest covered wagon (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 316° NW
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 129° SE
Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 350° N
Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 350° N
Robert Allerton Park (State Conservation Area) — 25.9 mi, 086° E
Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 26.8 mi, 245° SW
The Muni (Theatre) — 27.1 mi, 235° SW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.8 mi, 306° NW · 13k acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.4 mi, 296° NW · 5,262 acres

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