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Millcreek Illinois Map

Explore Millcreek, 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 Millcreek, Illinois

How to Use This Millcreek, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.341716
Longitude	-89.252582
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62961, 61064
Area Code	618, 847, 224
County Seat	Jonesboro

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About Millcreek, Illinois

Millcreek is a locality in Union County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Millcreek is located at 37.3417°N, 89.2526°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62961, 61064.

Millcreek manifests as a quiet confluence of silt and shadow where Mill Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 26.7 miles south of Carbondale, IL (from Carbondale, IL: bearing 184°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south of Anna. The earth here leans into the rugged topography of the region, where the terrain breaks into the dense, timbered ridges of the Shawnee National Forest just a mile away. To the west, the ground drops away into the shadowed depths of You-Be Hollow, while the horizon is anchored by the modest, earthbound rise of Italian Hill. The light in this corner of the state possesses a particular, heavy clarity, casting long, bruised purples across the fields as the sun dips behind the canopy. Six miles distant, the still, dark surface of Bluff Lake reflects the sky, acting as a silent counterpoint to the persistent, rhythmic movement of the nearby waterway.

Millcreek sustains itself through the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding soil, a place where the economy remains tied to the cultivation of the land and the quiet endurance of its residents. The echoes of an earlier agricultural era linger in the weathered wood of old barns and the rusted skeletons of machinery left to the weeds. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a season, far removed from the frantic intersections of larger hubs, favoring the steady work of the harvest and the maintenance of the local roads. Travelers seeking a different tempo occasionally wander the Opossum Trot Trail, finding in the isolation a rare, unvarnished look at the region’s stubborn character. Millcreek persists not as a destination for the hurried, but as a place defined by the simple, enduring gravity of the forest and the persistent flow of its namesake creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.2 mi, 267° W · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 3.0 mi, 197° S · 7,712 acres
University Of Illinois Experimental Demonstration Area Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 5.6 mi, 307° NW
Ozark Hill Prairie Research Natural Area Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 5.7 mi, 260° W
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.7 mi, 151° SE · 33k acres
Atwood Ridge Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 5.9 mi, 309° NW
Hickory Bottoms (Nature Reserve) — 9.9 mi, 091° E
Cache River State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 109° E
Ozark Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.2 mi, 332° NW
Trail Of Tears State Park (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 303° NW
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 360° N
Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 317° NW
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.1 mi, 339° N · 5,830 acres
John Bridges Tavern Location (Historic Ruins) — 14.5 mi, 064° NE
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 305° NW
Wolf Lake Memorial Garden (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 318° NW
Fort D (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 257° W
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.4 mi, 330° NW · 4,739 acres
Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 347° N
Shawnee Bluffs Canopy Tour (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 031° NE
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 16.8 mi, 325° NW · 1,959 acres
(former Site) Terrace Inn (Historic Ruins) — 17.9 mi, 252° W
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.1 mi, 017° N · 91k acres
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 270° W
Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 048° NE
Shawnee Cave Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.7 mi, 350° N
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 23.7 mi, 169° S
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 24.0 mi, 169° S
Amplitheatre (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 004° N
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 004° N

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