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Mount Erie Illinois Map

Explore Mount Erie, 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 Erie, Illinois

How to Use This Mount Erie, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.515049
Longitude	-88.231154
Population	98
Density	98.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62446
Area Code	217
County Seat	Fairfield
School District	North Wayne Community Unit School District 200

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About Mount Erie, Illinois

Mount Erie is a locality in Wayne County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 98. The population density is 98.5 people per km². Mount Erie is located at 38.5150°N, 88.2312°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mount Erie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62446.

Mount Erie emerges from the flat, open expanse of the Illinois prairie like a steady anchor in a sea of changing crops. It lies 38.9 miles east-northeast of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 69°T), and is situated 16.9 miles south-southwest of Olney. Miller Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil nearby, its banks thick with brush and the quiet industry of local wildlife. To the west, the horizon remains wide and unobstructed, though on the clearest days, the faint, jagged silhouette of Pig Ridge might be discerned far off in the distance. The light here acts with a heavy, golden patience, stretching the shadows of grain silos across the fields long before the sun actually touches the edge of the earth. Near the outskirts, the landscape softens toward the Little Wabash River, where the earth holds the damp, dark memory of the spring floods.

Mount Erie carries the quiet gravity of a place built on the cycles of the soil and the iron-willed persistence of those who first cleared the timber. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, where the collective attention of the people turns toward the color of the stalks and the moisture of the air. A few miles away, the stillness of Robinson Lake offers a contrast to the mechanical hum of the combines that dominate the season. Life in Mount Erie moves with a deliberate, unadorned focus, shaped by the practical needs of a rural existence and the social bonds formed at the crossroads. There is a distinct, earthen scent to the air during the planting months, a reminder that the land remains the primary architect of the days spent here.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Little Wabash River (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 034° NE
Sam And Florence Atkinson Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.5 mi, 221° SW
War Memorial (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 216° SW
Lincoln Monument (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 216° SW
Richland County Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 044° NE
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 216° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.5 mi, 217° SW
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 028° NE
Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 274° W
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 321° NW
Beall Woods State Park (Nature Reserve) — 24.5 mi, 117° SE
Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.6 mi, 116° SE
Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.8 mi, 114° SE
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.5 mi, 118° SE · 20k acres
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 30.6 mi, 295° NW
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 149° SE
Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 30.9 mi, 149° SE
Our Lady Queen of Peace Shrine (Public Artwork) — 30.9 mi, 149° SE
Paul Tillich Memorial (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 149° SE
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 31.1 mi, 149° SE
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 31.1 mi, 149° SE
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 149° SE
Thrall's Opera House (Theatre) — 31.1 mi, 149° SE
Murphy Auditorium & USI New Harmony Theatre (Theatre) — 31.1 mi, 149° SE
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 32.8 mi, 153° SE
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 107° E
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 39.5 mi, 251° W
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 55.5 mi, 184° S · 7,712 acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 55.8 mi, 184° S · 274k acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.6 mi, 217° SW · 91k acres

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