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Loami Illinois Map

Explore Loami, 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 Loami, Illinois

How to Use This Loami, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityLoami
StateIllinois (IL)
CountySangamon County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude39.675606
Longitude-89.846771
Population812
Density309.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code62661
Area Code217
County SeatSpringfield
School DistrictNew Berlin CUSD 16

About Loami, Illinois

Loami is a locality in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 812. The population density is 309.8 people per km². Loami is located at 39.6756°N, 89.8468°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Loami is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62661.

Loami rests upon the broad, fertile expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an immense, unblinking sky. It lies 7.6 miles west of Chatham, IL (from Chatham, IL: bearing 270°T), and is situated 7.9 miles northwest of Auburn. The land here possesses a quiet gravity, marked by the steady movement of wind across fields that have been tilled for generations. A mile to the north, the waters of Lake Loami gather in a still, reflective pool, while nearby, the banks of Lick Creek carve a modest, meandering path through the earth. On the clearest days, the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge lingers on the horizon like a dream of elevation, a faint reminder of the geological variety that exists far beyond these level, black-soil plains.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Loami, as the seasonal rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the quiet commerce of the region. The legacy of early settlers is etched into the modest architecture of the village, where the character of the place remains tethered to the patient labor of the soil. Residents often find respite a short distance away at the Sangamon Valley Greenway, where the landscape offers a reprieve from the orderly grid of the surrounding farmland. Life in Loami moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, grounded by the heavy, rich earth and the persistent, golden light that settles over the fields as the sun dips low, casting long, lean shadows across the quiet roads.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 103° E
  • Centennial Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 038° NE
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 090° E
  • Chatham Trail (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 090° E
  • Veterans Park (Local Recreation) — 7.7 mi, 135° SE
  • Potawatomi Trail of Death - McCoys Mill Encampment (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 026° NE
  • AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 8.4 mi, 049° NE
  • Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 316° NW
  • Malibu Jack's (Theme Park) — 9.9 mi, 050° NE
  • Route 66 Drive In (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 064° NE
  • Lauterbach Man Statue (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 055° NE
  • Selvaggio Historic Arches (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 069° E
  • Rotary Sundial (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 069° E
  • Angel of Hope (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 048° NE
  • DIM Art House (Gallery) — 11.9 mi, 045° NE
  • Gallery 1624 (Gallery) — 12.3 mi, 053° NE
  • Route 66 Mural (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 057° NE
  • Trutter Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 076° E
  • Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 056° NE
  • Legacy Theatre (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 051° NE
  • Capitol View (Viewpoint) — 13.3 mi, 050° NE
  • Vachel Lindsay Home (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 051° NE
  • Elijah Iles House (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 052° NE
  • Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 16.9 mi, 037° NE
  • Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 17.1 mi, 041° NE
  • Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 002° N
  • Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.6 mi, 328° NW
  • Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 32.3 mi, 191° S
  • Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.0 mi, 297° NW · 7,396 acres
  • Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.7 mi, 349° N · 13k acres

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About This Loami Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Loami, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.675606, -89.846771. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Loami includes the ZIP code (62661), telephone area code (217), county seat of Sangamon County (Springfield), and school district assignment (New Berlin CUSD 16).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.