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Long Creek Illinois Map

Explore Long Creek, 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 Long Creek, Illinois

How to Use This Long Creek, Illinois Map

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

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	Long Creek
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Macon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.811981
Longitude	-88.847574
Population	1,261
Density	172.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62521
Area Code	217
County Seat	Decatur
School District	Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3

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About Long Creek, Illinois

Long Creek is a locality in Macon County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,261. The population density is 172.3 people per km². Long Creek is located at 39.8120°N, 88.8476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Long Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62521.

Long Creek sprawls across the flat, expansive plains of central Illinois, where the horizon serves as a sharp, unyielding line between the earth and the vast Midwestern sky. It lies 6.0 miles east-southeast of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 109°T), and is situated 3.1 miles north-northeast of Mount Zion. The landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of agricultural fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Blind Horse Ridge, a reminder of the tectonic weight far beyond this quiet interior. Within a mile of the town center, the eponymous Long Creek carves a thin, meandering path through the silt, its waters reflecting the heavy, golden light that settles over the soybeans and corn at dusk. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and distant rain, a stillness that permeates the flatland and gives the passing hours a deliberate, heavy weight.

Long Creek functions as a quiet pivot point between the rural labor of the plains and the industrial pulse of the nearby regional centers. The economy remains anchored to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, though the proximity to Lake Decatur provides a necessary counterpoint to the dry, dusty work of the harvest. Residents often congregate near Big Creek Park & Riding Stables, where the equestrian life keeps a tether to the older, slower traditions of the region. History in Long Creek is not found in grand monuments, but in the brick facades of the older buildings and the way the local life organizes itself around the seasonal shifts of the crop cycles, ensuring that the character of the place remains as grounded as the dark, fertile loam beneath the pavement.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Creek Park & Riding Stables (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 253° W
Fort Daniel Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 157° SE
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 2.3 mi, 199° S
Baker Woods Estate Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 307° NW
Girl Scout Camp (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 248° W
Reptiles (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 284° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 290° W
Decatur 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 289° W
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 4.6 mi, 242° SW
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 295° NW
G.A.R. Memorial (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 283° W
Unknown Soldier Monument (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 283° W
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 291° W
Staley Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 290° W
Rock Springs Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 275° W
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 153° SE
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 283° W
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 13.2 mi, 120° SE
Death of the Last Centaur (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 038° NE
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 092° E
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 233° SW
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 30.0 mi, 233° SW
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 232° SW
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 142° SE
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 31.8 mi, 203° SW
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 34.6 mi, 305° NW
Lincoln Heritage Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 312° NW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.6 mi, 305° NW · 13k acres

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