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Lostant Illinois Map

Explore Lostant, 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 Lostant, Illinois

How to Use This Lostant, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.12517
Longitude	-89.066822
Population	423
Density	145.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61334
Area Code	815
County Seat	Ottawa
School District	Lostant Community Unit School District 425

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About Lostant, Illinois

Lostant is a locality in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 423. The population density is 145.6 people per km². Lostant is located at 41.1252°N, 89.0668°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lostant is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61334.

Lostant occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything taller than a grain elevator. It lies 11.8 miles west of Streator, IL (from Streator, IL: bearing 277°T), and is situated 18.0 miles southwest of Ottawa. The land here is defined by a rigorous, flat geometry, a vast expanse of dark, fertile soil that seems to absorb the heavy silence of the plains. A single mile to the east, Little Sandy Creek cuts a shallow, meandering path through the earth, its banks providing a narrow corridor of shade that contrasts with the relentless openness of the surrounding fields. As the sun dips toward the edge of the world, the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, catching the dust of late summer and casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the grid of gravel roads.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Lostant, with the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest serving as the primary clock for its residents. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, a legacy that traces back to the arrival of the railroad which first gave the place its shape and purpose. While the pace of life favors the deliberate and the patient, the nearby presence of Starved Rock, thirteen miles away, offers a stark geological departure from the relentless flatness of the local farmland. Residents might venture toward Alleman Lake for a quiet afternoon or visit City Park for a change of scenery, yet the character of Lostant persists in the steady, unassuming maintenance of its homes and the quietude of its streets, where the wind carries nothing but the scent of dry stalks and the distant hum of machinery.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 175° S
Edgewood Park (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 284° W
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 013° N
Sandy Ford State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 061° NE
Engle Lane Theater (Theatre) — 11.1 mi, 095° E
Otter Creek (Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 079° E
Reuben G. Soderstrom (Public Artwork) — 12.1 mi, 090° E
Pluto Monument (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 083° E
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 091° E
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 091° E
Starved Rock State Park (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 007° N
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.4 mi, 006° N
Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes (Private Recreation) — 13.5 mi, 292° W
Saint Louis Canyon (Viewpoint) — 13.7 mi, 013° N
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 016° N
Senachwine Lake Fee (Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 277° W
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 14.3 mi, 015° N
Buffalo Rock State Park (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 028° NE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.2 mi, 261° W · 13k acres
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 349° N
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 18.6 mi, 308° NW
Remembering the Radium Girls (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 037° NE
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 358° N
Town Theater (Cinema) — 26.1 mi, 237° SW
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 309° NW
Project XV Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 174° S
Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 127° SE
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 126° SE
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 126° SE
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 47.0 mi, 067° NE · 18k acres

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