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North City Illinois Map

Explore North City, 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 North City, Illinois

How to Use This North City, Illinois Map

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

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	North City
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Franklin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.9918
Longitude	-89.0635
Population	509
Density	90.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	62822, 62865
Area Code	618
County Seat	Benton, Illinois
School District	Christopher Community Unit School District 99

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About North City, Illinois

North City is a locality in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 509. The population density is 90.5 people per km². North City is located at 37.9918°N, 89.0635°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. North City is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62822, 62865.

North City occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the deliberate lines of agriculture and the occasional stand of timber. It lies 13.2 miles north of Herrin, IL (from Herrin, IL: bearing 351°T), and is situated 9.7 miles northwest of West Frankfort. The landscape remains defined by its stillness, a subtle relief from the intensity of the northern urban grid, with the dark, quiet waters of Christopher Reservoir resting just a mile from the center of the grid. Beyond the immediate municipal limits, the ground shifts toward the subtle, ancient contours of the land, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge marks the edge of the sky. In the cool light of late afternoon, the shadows lengthen across City Park, where the grass holds the warmth of the sun long after the wind has turned crisp.

North City grew from the steady, rhythmic demands of industry and the patient extraction of the earth’s own reserves, establishing a character forged in labor and the pragmatism of the plains. The economy here moves with a measured pace, anchored by the heritage of the mines and the seasonal pulse of the corn and soybean fields that surround the perimeter. Near the modest banks of Andy Creek, the remnants of older settlements and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the mid-century suggest a history built on persistence rather than flourish. Life in North City retains a certain transparency, where the daily transit of trucks and the quiet convergence of neighbors at the edge of the park provide the only constant rhythm in a landscape that otherwise seems to hold its breath.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 261° W
Dennison Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 207° SW
Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 5.6 mi, 031° NE
White Oak (Theatre) — 5.8 mi, 036° NE
Campbell Pond State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 245° SW
Miner Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 004° N
Statue of Custard Stand (Public Artwork) — 6.9 mi, 004° N
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.7 mi, 066° NE
George Harrison (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 088° E
Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 9.1 mi, 053° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 202° S
Waterfowl Refuge Observation Stand (Viewpoint) — 13.3 mi, 046° NE
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 218° SW
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.8 mi, 191° S · 91k acres
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 183° S
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 279° W
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 201° S
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 205° SW
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 204° SW
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 21.7 mi, 224° SW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 22.2 mi, 225° SW · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 24.1 mi, 221° SW · 7,712 acres
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 24.5 mi, 018° N
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 018° N
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.3 mi, 180° S · 4,387 acres
Johnson Creek Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 26.5 mi, 247° SW
Panther Den Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.3 mi, 181° S · 988 acres
Little Grand Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 28.1 mi, 220° SW
Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 28.2 mi, 213° SW
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.0 mi, 238° SW · 16k acres

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