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Modoc Illinois Map

Explore Modoc, 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 Modoc, Illinois

How to Use This Modoc, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.052552
Longitude	-90.037333
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62261
Area Code	217
County Seat	Chester

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About Modoc, Illinois

Modoc is a locality in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Modoc is located at 38.0526°N, 90.0373°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62261.

Modoc occupies a quiet intersection of the Midwestern interior, where the earth settles into the subtle, low-slung geography of Burns Hollow. It lies 20.5 miles south-southeast of Waterloo, IL (from Waterloo, IL: bearing 163°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north of Ste. Genevieve. The land here breathes through the silty soil of the plains, a flat expanse that seems to hold the light longer than the high-country peaks of Lick Hill, which wait eleven miles away like faint, gray pencil sketches against the horizon. Modoc stretches across a landscape defined by the slow, deliberate work of the elements, where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and the impending shift of seasons. Only a mile away, The Discharge carves its path through the terrain, a steady, rhythmic presence that anchors the quietude of the fields.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Modoc, a legacy of labor etched into the rows of corn and soybeans that stretch toward the sky until they blur at the edges of the horizon. Residents look toward the Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area for a respite from the mechanical hum of the harvest, finding a wilder, untamed texture in the protected grasses and timber. Life here moves in alignment with the rhythms of the grain elevators and the cooling temperatures that drift in from the direction of Lake Susan, twelve miles to the north. There is a particular clarity to the evening here, a stillness that descends when the machinery shuts off and the shadows lengthen across the hollow, revealing the fundamental, unadorned beauty of a life lived close to the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 296° NW
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 081° E
Prairie Du Rocher - South (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 304° NW
Mississippi River - Mudds Landing (Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 191° S
Pere Marquette Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 194° S
Fort De Chartres State Park (State Park) — 4.0 mi, 304° NW
Magnolia Hollow Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 248° W
Dave Pinkley Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 190° S
Baseball Fields (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 187° S
Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 184° S
Prairie du Rocher Precinct (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 290° W
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.1 mi, 137° SE · 16k acres
Red Bud Area Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 012° N
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 075° E
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 19.1 mi, 071° E
World War One Doughboy (Public Artwork) — 19.6 mi, 340° N
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 20.6 mi, 188° S · 1.5M acres
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 157° SE
Mill Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 23.8 mi, 117° SE
Swayne Hollow SNA (Nature Reserve) — 24.0 mi, 118° SE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 24.6 mi, 123° SE · 274k acres
Perry Park Center (Cinema) — 24.8 mi, 156° SE
Fine Arts Theater (Theatre) — 28.1 mi, 240° SW
Old Time Flea Market (Attraction) — 28.2 mi, 233° SW
Bonnie "Willow" Shiun (Monument) — 28.7 mi, 280° W
Gummershiemer Memorial (Monument) — 29.0 mi, 341° N
Bonne Terre Mine (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 252° W
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 31.4 mi, 302° NW
Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 006° N
Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 32.0 mi, 005° N

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