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Merritt Illinois Map

Explore Merritt, 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 Merritt, Illinois

How to Use This Merritt, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.714491
Longitude	-90.415957
Population	48
Density	475.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62694
Area Code	217
County Seat	Winchester
School District	Winchester Community Unit School District 1

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About Merritt, Illinois

Merritt is a locality in Scott County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 48. The population density is 475.2 people per km². Merritt is located at 39.7145°N, 90.4160°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62694.

Merritt anchors itself firmly within the expansive, flat horizon of the Illinois prairie, where the quiet flow of Plum Creek provides a constant, murmuring pulse through the landscape. It lies 10.0 miles west of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 262°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west of South Jacksonville. The earth here is deep and dark, a heavy soil that demands respect and defines the rhythm of the seasons, shifting from the pale stubble of winter to the lush, emerald reach of midsummer corn. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Spunky Ridge offers the only deviation from the relentless horizontal line of the sky, while the nearby waters of Freesen Lake hold the reflection of passing clouds in a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of the modern world. Light at dusk possesses a peculiar clarity in Merritt, turning the sprawling fields into a vast, gilded stage where the shadows stretch long and thin against the silos.

Economic life in Merritt remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, an arrangement that has organized the lives of its inhabitants since the earliest days of settlement. The land is not merely a setting but a partner in the daily labor, with the local economy revolving around the steady, seasonal demands of agriculture and the maintenance of the infrastructure that supports it. While the quietude of the plains suggests an isolation from the wider world, residents often find their recreation further afield, occasionally gathering at the Lenz Field & Sports Complex to watch the local spirit manifest in organized play. Those who seek more dramatic terrain might travel toward the shadows of Sugar Hollow, but they always return to the familiar, grounded atmosphere of Merritt, where the social fabric is stitched together by shared harvests and the patient, enduring work of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lenz Field & Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 075° E
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 090° E
Community Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 089° E
Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 9.8 mi, 083° E
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 10.1 mi, 082° E
Nichols Park (Local Park) — 10.4 mi, 091° E
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.0 mi, 325° NW · 7,396 acres
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 248° W
Naples Mound 8 (Historic Ruins) — 12.5 mi, 263° W
Woodlawn Farm Underground RR (Historic Ruins) — 14.8 mi, 084° E
Meredosia Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 330° NW
Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 333° NW
217 Terror Haunted House (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 172° S
America's Most Wanted Bird (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 269° W
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 357° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.6 mi, 185° S · 665 acres
Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 082° E
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 300° NW
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 26.6 mi, 038° NE
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 032° NE
City of Greenfield Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 27.9 mi, 156° SE
New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk (Monument) — 29.0 mi, 268° W
Center for American Archeology Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 200° S
Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 31.5 mi, 200° S
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 35.3 mi, 059° NE
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 056° NE
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 36.4 mi, 030° NE
AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 36.7 mi, 085° E
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 41.4 mi, 147° SE

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