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Mark Illinois Map

Explore Mark, 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 Mark, Illinois

How to Use This Mark, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.26448
Longitude	-89.250087
Population	519
Density	188.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	61340, 61327
Area Code	815
County Seat	Hennepin
School District	Putnam County Community Unit School District 535

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About Mark, Illinois

Mark is a locality in Putnam County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 519. The population density is 188.2 people per km². Mark is located at 41.2645°N, 89.2501°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mark is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61340, 61327.

Mark emerges from the flat, open expanse of the Illinois prairie like a quiet pause in the long, horizontal reach of the fields. It lies 21.9 miles west-southwest of Ottawa, IL (from Ottawa, IL: bearing 255°T), and is situated 7.6 miles southwest of Peru. The landscape around Mark is defined by the steady, rhythmic labor of agriculture, where the soil stretches toward the horizon in shades of dark loam and pale stubble. To the west, the gentle descent into Wolf Hollow provides a subtle break in the plain, while the nearby Allforks Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the brush, its presence marked by the deepening of green along its banks. On clear days, the distant silhouette of High Ridge hums against the sky, a faint suggestion of elevation that contrasts with the absolute levelness of the local ground. Within the settlement itself, the air carries the scent of turned earth and the dry, metallic tang of the grain elevators that stand as the tallest sentinels of the skyline.

Mark maintains a character shaped by the steady, industrious pace of the Midwest, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the movement of goods through the interior. Residents often spend their afternoons at City Park, a quiet space where the shade of mature trees offers a reprieve from the unfiltered intensity of the sun. The collective memory of the place is built upon the labor of the coal and rail industries that once drew people to these plains, leaving behind a legacy of resilience that persists in the brick storefronts and the orderly grid of the streets. Beyond the immediate neighborhood, the stillness of Turner Lake provides a reflective edge to the countryside, a place where the wind ripples across the surface without the interference of the modern rush. Life in Mark follows the turning of the seasons, grounded in a persistent, unassuming dignity that values the reliability of a long-standing neighbor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 092° E
Putnam County Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 020° N
West End Gun Club (Park) — 3.0 mi, 359° N
Lake DePue State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 335° NW
Girl Scouts (Private Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 355° N
Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes (Private Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 236° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 032° NE
Princeton Game and Fish Club (Park) — 5.4 mi, 263° W
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 5.5 mi, 289° W
Senachwine Lake Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 220° SW
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 8.9 mi, 045° NE
Stage 212 (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 061° NE
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 084° E
Cherry Mine Disaster (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 009° N
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.6 mi, 071° E
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.2 mi, 204° SW · 13k acres
Saint Louis Canyon (Viewpoint) — 13.2 mi, 074° E
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 303° NW
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 074° E
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 13.9 mi, 073° E
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 032° NE
Boy Scout of America (Public Artwork) — 20.6 mi, 076° E
Remembering the Radium Girls (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 075° E
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 074° E
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 114° SE
Town Theater (Cinema) — 26.9 mi, 207° SW
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 037° NE
Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 243° SW
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 229° SW
Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 36.3 mi, 205° SW

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