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McLeansboro Illinois Map

Explore McLeansboro, 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 McLeansboro, Illinois

How to Use This McLeansboro, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.093381
Longitude	-88.535608
Population	2,675
Density	366.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62859
Area Code	618
County Seat	McLeansboro
School District	Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10

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About McLeansboro, Illinois

McLeansboro is a locality in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,675. The population density is 366.6 people per km². McLeansboro is located at 38.0934°N, 88.5356°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McLeansboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62859.

McLeansboro holds the quiet gravity of a place anchored deep within the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, unhurried sky. It lies 25.2 miles southeast of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 128°T), and is situated 33.1 miles northeast of Marion. The landscape here is defined by a gentle, earth-bound persistence, where the fertile soil of the surrounding plains meets the modest, wooded drainages of Bear Creek just a mile away. Sunlight filters through the canopy of mature trees in Courthouse Park, casting long, shifting shadows across the grass that seem to slow the very passage of the afternoon. To the distant west, the faint, hazy outline of Fleming Ridge occasionally catches the light, serving as a silent sentinel over the flat, agrarian expanse. Nearby, the still waters of Lake McLeansboro offer a reflective glass for the changing seasons, grounding the local geography in a cycle of rain, harvest, and dormant winter rest.

McLeansboro persists as a testament to the endurance of the Midwestern interior, its character shaped by the steady labor of the fields and the rhythms of a regional trade hub. The economy draws its strength from the cycles of corn and soybean cultivation, a legacy of settlement that transformed the tallgrass into ordered, productive rows. Within the center of the grid, the architecture of the local government buildings stands as a permanent fixture of civic life, providing a focal point for the residents who move through the streets with a deliberate, measured pace. The atmosphere here is one of quiet consistency, where the history of the land is written in the maintenance of the public squares and the preservation of the local infrastructure. Life in McLeansboro unfolds without the clamor of larger centers, favoring the steady connection between the people and the specific, dark earth they occupy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 313° NW
Kiwanis Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 214° SW
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 269° W
Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 107° E
Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 19.1 mi, 276° W
Waterfowl Refuge Observation Stand (Viewpoint) — 19.2 mi, 277° W
Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 166° S
Big John (Public Artwork) — 20.5 mi, 165° S
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 026° NE
George Harrison (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 252° W
Lincoln Monument (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 026° NE
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 22.1 mi, 260° W
David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 182° S
Whites Florist (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 182° S
Looking Glass Enterprises (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 182° S
Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 181° S
Granada (Theatre) — 25.3 mi, 308° NW
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 26.5 mi, 308° NW
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 308° NW
Bieker-Wilson Village Site (Historic Ruins) — 27.8 mi, 116° SE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 28.0 mi, 166° S · 274k acres
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 28.4 mi, 189° S
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 29.1 mi, 154° SE · 7,712 acres
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 30.5 mi, 094° E
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 085° E
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 085° E
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 33.1 mi, 167° S · 3,978 acres
Burden Falls Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.2 mi, 190° S · 3,740 acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 224° SW · 91k acres
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.0 mi, 068° E · 20k acres

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