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Martinton Illinois Map

Explore Martinton, 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 Martinton, Illinois

How to Use This Martinton, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.915867
Longitude	-87.725312
Population	334
Density	470.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60951
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Watseka
School District	Donovan Community Unit School District 3

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About Martinton, Illinois

Martinton is a locality in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 334. The population density is 470.6 people per km². Martinton is located at 40.9159°N, 87.7253°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Martinton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60951.

Martinton exists as a quiet anchor upon the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole at the end of every day. It lies 15.8 miles south-southeast of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 153°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north of Watseka. Pike Creek carves a thin, meandering vein through the surrounding fields just two miles away, its presence marked by the thickening of brush and the sudden, sharp chorus of insects that thrive in its damp shade. To the west, the subtle rise of Mount Langham breaks the monotony of the plains, acting as a faint, gray silhouette against a sky that seems to possess more depth and color here than anywhere else. The earth itself is dark and heavy, a deep loam that holds the memory of ancient grasses and the persistent, rhythmic cycle of the seasons.

Martinton sustains itself through the quiet industry of the soil, where the lives of the people are measured in the steady growth of corn and soybeans that ripple toward the edges of the township. History here is written in the geometry of fence lines and the weathered wood of grain elevators, structures that stand like sentinels guarding the wealth of the harvest. Residents find their recreation in the quietude of Little Beaver Creek, a nearby wildlife area where the air carries the scent of damp earth and turning leaves, or they look toward the distant, shimmering surface of J C Murphey Lake for a sense of expanse. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a long-settled place, anchored by the sturdy architecture of the Midwest and the knowledge that the land, while demanding, provides a singular, grounded beauty to those who watch the light shift across the fields of Eastburn Hollow.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Little Beaver Creek (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 007° N
Willow Ridge Duck Club (Park) — 4.3 mi, 335° NW
Beaverville Lions Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 057° NE
Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 5.9 mi, 185° S
Iroquois County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 052° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 187° S
Kankakee Sands Fee (Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 014° N
Willow Slough Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 075° E
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.4 mi, 057° NE · 132 acres
Kankakee 002-07 (State Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 351° N
Splash Valley Aquatic Park (Local Recreation) — 13.0 mi, 332° NW
Pottawatomi Campground Memorial (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 333° NW
Monument Honoring Fallen Police Officers and Firefighters of Kankakee County (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 334° NW
Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 333° NW
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 330° NW
LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 20.8 mi, 037° NE
Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 150° SE
Lilian Fendig Gallery (Gallery) — 29.9 mi, 087° E
Prairie Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 29.9 mi, 087° E
Ritz Cinema (Cinema) — 30.0 mi, 087° E
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 33.5 mi, 330° NW · 18k acres
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 34.9 mi, 321° NW
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 321° NW
Elvis (Attraction) — 34.9 mi, 314° NW
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 35.2 mi, 313° NW
Hunley's Mural (Public Artwork) — 35.4 mi, 025° NE
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 35.6 mi, 302° NW
Union Street Gallery (Gallery) — 40.9 mi, 006° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 43.4 mi, 020° N · 11k acres
Old Zion Museum (Museum) — 45.6 mi, 356° N

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