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Mineral Illinois Map

Explore Mineral, 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 Mineral, Illinois

How to Use This Mineral, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.382535
Longitude	-89.836493
Population	206
Density	143.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61344
Area Code	815
County Seat	Princeton
School District	Annawan Community Unit School District 226

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About Mineral, Illinois

Mineral is a locality in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 206. The population density is 143.8 people per km². Mineral is located at 41.3825°N, 89.8365°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mineral is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61344.

Mineral stretches across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 10.5 miles north-northeast of Kewanee, IL (from Kewanee, IL: bearing 26°T), and is situated 19.3 miles west of Princeton. King Creek cuts a quiet, persistent path through the surrounding fields, its banks lined with the tangled, silvered skeletons of willow and cottonwood that lean toward the water. In the distance, the landscape holds its breath, waiting for the seasonal shift that turns the green stalks of summer into the brittle gold of harvest. To the west, the faint, hazy suggestion of Indian Ridge barely bruises the skyline, a reminder of a topography far more jagged than the level, black-loam plains that define the local terrain. Johnson Lake sits four miles away, a steady, dark mirror for the clouds, while the nearby Feeder Basin offers a slight, subtle depression in the otherwise relentless flatness of the prairie.

Mineral grew from the deep, stubborn ambition of those who first broke this soil, finding a livelihood in the rhythm of the plow and the steady commerce of the rail. The nearby Hennepin Canal serves as a quiet monument to a bygone era of industrial ambition, its dormant locks and towpaths now reclaimed by the tall, swaying grasses and the patient creep of local wildlife. Life in Mineral moves with the deliberate pace of a long growing season, where the economy remains tied to the weight of grain and the turning of the seasons. On autumn evenings, the air carries the dry, dusty scent of harvest, and the low sun casts long, thin shadows that stretch across the road, emphasizing the quiet solitude of a place where the work is honest and the horizon is always clear.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 0.9 mi, 009° N
Annawan Village Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 286° W
Howes Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 292° W
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 215° SW
McCune Sand Prairie (Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 004° N
Van Vooren Lodge (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 289° W
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 118° SE
La Chateau Park (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 288° W
The Great Sauk Trail (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 216° SW
Izaak Walton-Leauge Trap and Skeet Grounds (Private Recreation) — 7.8 mi, 284° W
Barker Park Disc Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 10.3 mi, 210° SW
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 287° W
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 286° W
Civil War monument (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 009° N
President Ronald Reagan as a boy (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 009° N
Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 009° N
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 093° E
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 229° SW
Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 171° S
Sinnissippi_Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 30.1 mi, 018° N
Scott County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 300° NW
Lone Star (towboat) (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 300° NW
Norrish Auditorium (Theatre) — 30.3 mi, 347° N
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.7 mi, 136° SE · 13k acres
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 172° S
Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 32.0 mi, 295° NW
SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 32.5 mi, 022° N
Jerry Mathis Theater (Theatre) — 32.5 mi, 022° N
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.2 mi, 322° NW · 274k acres
Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 34.7 mi, 286° W

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