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Mount Auburn Illinois Map

Explore Mount Auburn, 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 Mount Auburn, Illinois

How to Use This Mount Auburn, Illinois Map

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

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	Mount Auburn
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Christian County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.766154
Longitude	-89.261749
Population	452
Density	175.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62547
Area Code	217
County Seat	Taylorville
School District	Taylorville Community Unit School District 3

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About Mount Auburn, Illinois

Mount Auburn is a locality in Christian County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 452. The population density is 175.0 people per km². Mount Auburn is located at 39.7662°N, 89.2617°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mount Auburn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62547.

Mount Auburn emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois as a steady collection of rooftops and grain elevators rising above the deep, black soil. It lies 15.1 miles north of Taylorville, IL (from Taylorville, IL: bearing 7°T), and is situated 17.1 miles west-southwest of Decatur. The landscape here is defined by an immense, open sky that presses down upon the fields, where the light at dusk turns the dusty air into a bruised, golden haze. Two miles to the west, the subtle rise of Sand Ridge offers a slight variation in the topography, while the quiet currents of Mosquito Creek and the still, dark waters of Lake Waddy provide the primary texture to the surrounding plains. The earth here feels heavy and ancient, a vast expanse of agricultural ambition that stretches toward the edges of the state, indifferent to the small, deliberate grid of streets that anchors the life of Mount Auburn to the ground.

Agriculture remains the singular, pulsing rhythm of Mount Auburn, directing the cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the pace of every season. The history of the place is written in the steel of its silos and the weathered brick of its older storefronts, which stand as quiet witnesses to generations of families who have worked the surrounding prairie. Beyond the immediate fields, the Calamus Lake State Natural Area, located five miles away, serves as a refuge where the native tallgrass persists, offering a glimpse of the wilderness that existed long before the mechanical hum of tractors became the local soundtrack. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the weight of the harvest and the changing color of the soybeans, a persistent, grounded endurance that defines the character of the people who call this stretch of the Midwest their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Calamus Lake State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 038° NE
Griswold Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 122° SE
War Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 292° W
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial (State Recreation Area) — 8.6 mi, 073° E
Harristown Depot (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 058° NE
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 238° SW
Rock Springs Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 074° E
Miller's Mill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.3 mi, 072° E
Fairview Park (Local Park) — 14.7 mi, 068° E
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 187° S
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 15.1 mi, 187° S
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 187° S
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 187° S
Old Mueller Hall Monument (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 071° E
Sand Creek Open Space Reservation (Local Recreation) — 16.3 mi, 086° E
St Francis of Assisi (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 288° W
Staley Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 071° E
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 071° E
The Muni (Theatre) — 17.0 mi, 264° W
Wabash Station (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 071° E
AMC Showplace 8 (Cinema) — 18.4 mi, 270° W
Trutter Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 260° W
Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 19.2 mi, 278° W
Boxcar Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 310° NW
Shell Gas Station (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 311° NW
Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 20.8 mi, 289° W
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 21.0 mi, 088° E
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 345° N
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.6 mi, 321° NW · 13k acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.8 mi, 311° NW · 5,262 acres

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