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Mount Clare Illinois Map

Explore Mount Clare, 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 Clare, Illinois

How to Use This Mount Clare, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.098658
Longitude	-89.826208
Population	311
Density	78.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62033
Area Code	309
County Seat	Carlinville
School District	Gillespie Community Unit School District 7

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About Mount Clare, Illinois

Mount Clare is a locality in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 311. The population density is 78.1 people per km². Mount Clare is located at 39.0987°N, 89.8262°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mount Clare is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62033.

Mount Clare occupies a quiet stretch of the Illinois interior where the land flattens into an expansive, fertile horizon. It lies 21.0 miles north-northeast of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 19°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north-northwest of Staunton. Big Branch cuts a shallow, persistent path through the local terrain, its waters steering the drainage of the surrounding fields and marking the quiet boundaries of the earth. Mount Clare Park offers a small, open respite for those who walk the grass when the light turns thin and amber in the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate reach of the park, the landscape remains spare and utilitarian, a place where the wind carries the dry scent of soil and the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery. Brushy Mound rises as a faint, singular interruption on the far horizon, a reminder that the prairie is never truly featureless, only patient.

History in Mount Clare is measured in the slow accumulation of seasonal harvests and the enduring presence of the coal and rail lines that once defined the regional industry. The economic pulse of the land has shifted over the decades, moving from the labor of the mines toward a quieter reliance on the surrounding fields, where corn and soybeans define the cycle of the year. Columbia Quarry Lake lies two miles away, a deep, still basin that reflects the vast Midwestern sky and offers a cool stillness in the heat of midsummer. Life here moves with the steady, predictable cadence of the seasons, grounded by the brick structures and local roads that have served the area for generations. Residents carry on with a reserved, steady temperament, shaped by a geography that demands little in the way of spectacle but offers a profound, quiet integrity to those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veteran's Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 089° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 023° NE
Gillespie Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 025° NE
Stauton Country Club (Park) — 3.7 mi, 171° S
Golf Course (Park) — 4.9 mi, 137° SE
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 104° E
Illinois Traction System (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 162° S
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 160° S
Gillespie (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 006° N
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 241° SW
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 10.6 mi, 318° NW
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 13.2 mi, 350° N
Weigh Station Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 13.4 mi, 047° NE
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 346° N
Henry Eilers Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.8 mi, 064° NE
Bethalto Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 222° SW
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 031° NE
Ninian Edwards (Public Artwork) — 21.1 mi, 200° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 203° SW
Robert Pershing Wadlow (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 232° SW
Charles Raich Field (Stadium) — 21.8 mi, 218° SW
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 21.9 mi, 004° N
Edwardsville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 22.9 mi, 200° S
Edward "ted" And Pat Jones-confluence Point State Park (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 222° SW
Alton Hauntings Ghost Tours (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 233° SW
Ralph Korte Stadium (Stadium) — 24.0 mi, 205° SW
Blind (Viewpoint) — 24.1 mi, 230° SW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.3 mi, 224° SW · 32k acres
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.5 mi, 256° W · 1,866 acres
Gateway Arch National Park (National Park) — 37.7 mi, 211° SW · 85 acres

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