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Milmine Illinois Map

Explore Milmine, 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 Milmine, Illinois

How to Use This Milmine, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.907535
Longitude	-88.650345
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61855
Area Code	309
County Seat	Monticello

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About Milmine, Illinois

Milmine is a locality in Piatt County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Milmine is located at 39.9075°N, 88.6503°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61855.

Milmine stretches across the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois where the sky dominates the earth with an unrelenting, wide-open clarity. It lies 16.8 miles east-northeast of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 74°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south-southwest of Monticello. The landscape remains defined by the deep, dark soil of the prairie, a vast agricultural expanse where the rhythm of the seasons is measured by the steady turning of the fields. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Yankee Ridge occasionally haunts the far edge of the view on the clearest days, providing a vertical contrast to the otherwise level world. The gentle, winding course of Willow Branch cuts through the nearby terrain, its waters serving as a quiet artery through the fields, while the nearby Piatt County Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush where the wind moves with a soft, persistent sigh.

Milmine functions as a steady point within this agricultural geography, where the labor of the harvest has long shaped the local character and the daily movement of its inhabitants. Life here revolves around the quiet persistence of the grain elevator and the seasonal pulse of the rail lines, which carry the yield of the surrounding acreage toward the larger world. Although the waters of Four-H Lake lie only a few miles away, providing a localized stillness in the landscape, the true gravity of Milmine remains tethered to the commerce of the land and the endurance of its people. The architecture of the area reflects a pragmatic Midwestern heritage, composed of sturdy, unadorned structures that stand firmly against the long, shifting shadows of autumn afternoons and the crisp, biting stillness of the prairie winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Piatt County Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 001° N
Robert Allerton Park (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 360° N
Death of the Last Centaur (Public Artwork) — 6.2 mi, 356° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.8 mi, 029° NE
Monticello Family Aquatic Center (Local Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 025° NE
Friends Creek Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 320° NW
Lodge Park (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 021° N
Fort Daniel Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 225° SW
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 13.2 mi, 176° S
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 232° SW
Flamingo & Pelican (Viewpoint) — 15.1 mi, 248° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 250° W
Decatur 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 250° W
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 255° W
Historical Marker: Early Settlers of Sadorus (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 076° E
Historical Marker: Potawatomi Trail of Death (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 075° E
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 17.0 mi, 239° SW
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 256° W
Staley Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 255° W
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 195° S
Weldon Springs State Park (State Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 316° NW
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 112° E
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 21.2 mi, 191° S
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 261° W
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 24.5 mi, 051° NE
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 051° NE
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 24.6 mi, 051° NE
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 059° NE
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 27.3 mi, 059° NE
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 27.4 mi, 059° NE

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