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Laura Illinois Map

Explore Laura, 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 Laura, Illinois

How to Use This Laura, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.921426
Longitude	-89.926499
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61451
Area Code	815
County Seat	Peoria

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About Laura, Illinois

Laura is a locality in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Laura is located at 40.9214°N, 89.9265°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61451.

Laura stretches across the flat, open expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon serves as a constant, low-slung border to the sky. It lies 22.4 miles south of Kewanee, IL (from Kewanee, IL: bearing 180°T), and is situated 18.7 miles east of Knoxville. The landscape around Laura is defined by the steady, unyielding geometry of agricultural fields, broken only by the thin, dark veins of windbreaks and the seasonal shifts of color in the soil. Two miles to the west, French Creek carves a shallow, quiet path through the earth, its water mirroring the pale, expansive light of the Midwestern heavens. To the north, the land dips into the gentle depression of Tucker Hollow, while three miles distant, the still surface of Cowen Pond acts as a silent glass for the passing clouds. On the far, hazy edge of the horizon, the faint, blue-tinted silhouette of Hoxie Ridge provides the only break in the otherwise relentless flatness of the plains.

Laura emerged from the nineteenth-century expansion of the railroad, serving as a vital point for the movement of grain and the exchange of goods that sustained the local economy. Today, the rhythm of life in Laura remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, with the heavy, golden grain trucks providing the primary pulse of the local thoroughfares. Residents often find respite in the quiet green spaces at Brimfield Community Park, where the trees offer a reprieve from the unfiltered intensity of the sun. The cultural character of Laura is quiet and self-contained, shaped by generations who have learned to read the weather in the changing texture of the wind and the specific, heavy scent of rain on dry corn stalks. It is a place where the passage of time is marked not by grand monuments, but by the slow, seasonal transformation of the land that surrounds the inhabitants on every side.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brimfield Community Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 160° S
Jubilee College State Park (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 135° SE
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 307° NW
Rock Island (State Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 087° E
Maple Lane Country Club (Local Recreation) — 9.2 mi, 191° S
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 085° E
Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 192° S
The Pioneers (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 192° S
Hanna City Sportsman's Club (Park) — 11.0 mi, 178° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 205° SW
Leslie Rutherford Park (Local Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 117° SE
Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 195° S
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.2 mi, 143° SE
Statue of Lion (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 126° SE
Jubliee College State Park (State Park) — 18.7 mi, 122° SE
Public Triangle (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 304° NW
Lacroix Rock (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 117° SE
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 332° NW
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 273° W
Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 21.9 mi, 126° SE
Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 22.0 mi, 115° SE
Arts Partners (Gallery) — 22.8 mi, 132° SE
Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 22.8 mi, 132° SE
CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 274° W
Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 23.0 mi, 275° W
Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 273° W
Town Theater (Cinema) — 23.0 mi, 091° E
Pekin Lake (State Recreation Area) — 25.8 mi, 145° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.0 mi, 181° S · 13k acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.2 mi, 328° NW · 274k acres

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