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Lovington Illinois Map

Explore Lovington, 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 Lovington, Illinois

How to Use This Lovington, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.71559
Longitude	-88.632564
Population	1,069
Density	758.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61937
Area Code	309
County Seat	Sullivan
School District	Arthur Community Unit School District 305

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About Lovington, Illinois

Lovington is a locality in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,069. The population density is 758.7 people per km². Lovington is located at 39.7156°N, 88.6326°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lovington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61937.

Lovington occupies a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon stretches into a seamless union of earth and sky, defined by the steady, rhythmic labor of the Midwestern plains. It lies 19.2 miles east-southeast of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 117°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north of Sullivan. The landscape surrounding Lovington is defined by the deep, rich loam that supports a vast mosaic of corn and soybean fields, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Jonathan Branch as it carves a slow path through the terrain two miles away. Beyond the immediate fields, the subtle depression of the Eagle Lake Basin marks a slight shift in the topography, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Yankee Ridge serves as a rare, jagged interruption to an otherwise unbroken vista. During the late summer, the light here turns a heavy, honeyed gold, casting long shadows that emphasize the vastness of the prairie and the quiet solitude of the Prairie Wind grounds that sit directly within the local landscape.

Lovington emerged from the necessity of the rail lines and the ambition of those who saw the potential in this fertile interior, grounding its identity in the steady cycles of the agricultural economy. The pulse of daily life in Lovington remains tethered to the harvest and the seasonal shifts of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the clouds. While the pace of modern industry pulls at the edges of the region, the local character retains a deliberate, grounded quality, often seen in the quiet maintenance of neighborhood homes or the occasional traveler stopping to observe the stillness near the more distant Elm Springs Park Lake Number 4. There is a distinct, unadorned beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the stubble of the fields, a reminder that Lovington exists as a functional, enduring part of a landscape that has been cultivated with patience for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 359° N
Wyman Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 170° S
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 228° SW
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 230° SW
Tabor Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 168° S
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 154° SE
Fort Daniel Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 291° W
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 288° W
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.0 mi, 197° S
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 16.1 mi, 285° W
Reptiles (Viewpoint) — 16.7 mi, 297° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.3 mi, 298° NW
Decatur 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 298° NW
Hippie Memorial (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 097° E
Raggedy Ann and Andy Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.4 mi, 097° E
Piatt County Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.4 mi, 000° N
Robert Allerton Park (State Conservation Area) — 18.4 mi, 357° N
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 299° NW
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 074° E
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 158° S
Staley Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 297° NW
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 297° NW
Rock Springs Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 20.4 mi, 291° W
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 140° SE
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 292° W
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 31.6 mi, 130° SE
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 32.9 mi, 227° SW
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 032° NE
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 34.0 mi, 032° NE
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 34.2 mi, 038° NE

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