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Metcalf Illinois Map

Explore Metcalf, 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 Metcalf, Illinois

How to Use This Metcalf, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.801146
Longitude	-87.80725
Population	139
Density	90.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61940
Area Code	309
County Seat	Paris
School District	Shiloh Community Unit School District 1

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About Metcalf, Illinois

Metcalf is a locality in Edgar County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 139. The population density is 90.4 people per km². Metcalf is located at 39.8011°N, 87.8072°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Metcalf is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61940.

Metcalf sits as a quiet consolidation of grid and earth, where the horizon stretches into a flat, unbroken line of soybean fields and corn rows that seem to hold the sky in place. It lies 24.2 miles south-southwest of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 203°T), and is situated 17.9 miles west-southwest of Vermillion. The landscape around Metcalf is defined by a deep, black soil that shifts in color from rich loam to a dusty, sun-bleached gray as the seasons turn, punctuated only by the occasional stand of hardwoods or the slow meander of Brushy Fork, which marks the low points of the terrain. The air here holds a stillness that suggests an immense distance from the noise of the world, and in the late afternoon, the light catches the metallic glint of grain silos, casting long, lean shadows across the asphalt. While the distant silhouette of Devils Backbone provides a rugged anchor to the western view, the immediate vicinity remains a domain of open fields and the steady, rhythmic pulse of the plains.

History in Metcalf remains written in the iron rails that once pulled prosperity through the center of the village, linking local agricultural output to the wider arteries of the Midwest. The economy persists in the quiet labor of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life and the movement of heavy machinery along the narrow roads that bisect the countryside. Residents might travel toward the recreational retreat of Blackhawk Park or the waters of Twin Lakes for a change of pace, yet the character of the place is forged by the endurance of those who work the land year after year. There is a particular clarity to the mornings here, when the frost clings to the stubble of the fields, reminding anyone who walks the lanes that the identity of Metcalf is inseparable from the patient, seasonal surrender to the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 059° NE
Blackhawk Park (Local Park) — 12.0 mi, 155° SE
American Legion Park (Local Recreation) — 13.1 mi, 154° SE
Salt Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 359° N
Embarras River - Camargo (Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 238° SW
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 229° SW
Hindsboro State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.7 mi, 242° SW
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.1 mi, 048° NE
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 028° NE
Howards Hollow Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.5 mi, 039° NE
Homer Lake Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 19.7 mi, 331° NW
Forest Glen Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.4 mi, 040° NE
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 333° NW
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.8 mi, 009° N
Young Immigrant (Public Artwork) — 23.0 mi, 113° SE
Mill Creek Lake and Park (Local Park) — 23.1 mi, 182° S
Claude Matthews Medallion (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 114° SE
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 24.0 mi, 009° N
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 022° N
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 022° N
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 269° W
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 137° SE
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 27.4 mi, 020° N
Hippie Memorial (Monument) — 27.8 mi, 253° W
Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 091° E
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 30.2 mi, 316° NW
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 30.2 mi, 316° NW
Haley Tower (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 135° SE
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 31.1 mi, 079° E
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 31.9 mi, 216° SW

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