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Oak Run Illinois Map

Explore Oak Run, 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 Oak Run, Illinois

How to Use This Oak Run, Illinois Map

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

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	Oak Run
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Knox County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.95988
Longitude	-90.130113
Population	721
Density	65.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61428
Area Code	815
County Seat	Galesburg
School District	Williamsfield Community Unit School District 210

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About Oak Run, Illinois

Oak Run is a locality in Knox County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 721. The population density is 65.1 people per km². Oak Run is located at 40.9599°N, 90.1301°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61428.

Oak Run emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, defined by the quiet persistence of Sugar Creek as it winds through the landscape. It lies 11.8 miles east of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 85°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-northeast of Knoxville. The water moves with a deliberate, muddy grace, carving a path that anchors the local terrain and provides a reflective surface for the wide, shifting Midwestern sky. Spoon Lake serves as the gravitational center of the area, its waters offering a stillness that contrasts with the seasonal rigor of the surrounding plains. On clear days, the silhouette of Hoxie Ridge remains a distant, jagged suggestion far to the horizon, reminding the observer of the vast, interior distance that separates this expanse from any salt-heavy coast.

Human life in Oak Run remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, shaped by the legacy of coal mining that once stirred the earth and left behind the reclaimed wildness of Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area. This preserved expanse, along with the adjacent Snakeden Hollow, offers a sanctuary where the flora of the plains reclaims the scars of industry, turning former extraction sites into an environment for waterfowl and tallgrass. The local economy persists with a steady, pragmatic focus, largely removed from the frantic pace of the urban grid, favoring a lifestyle centered on the maintenance of the land and the quiet stewardship of the regional watershed. In the amber light of a late autumn afternoon, Oak Run feels like a place where the primary labor is simply existing in harmony with the changing seasons, as the corn and soybean fields stretch toward the edges of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 028° NE
Victoria State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 007° N
Public Triangle (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 328° NW
Kiwanis Park (Local Park) — 10.6 mi, 263° W
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 261° W
CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 265° W
Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 12.3 mi, 266° W
Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 263° W
Poet Carl Sandburg and Nellie the Goat (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 266° W
Lake Storey Park (Local Park) — 13.3 mi, 279° W
Maple Lane Country Club (Local Recreation) — 14.4 mi, 143° SE
Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 145° SE
The Pioneers (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 146° SE
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 002° N
Bishop Hill Park (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 002° N
Midland Country Club (Local Recreation) — 17.8 mi, 025° NE
Rock Island (State Recreation Area) — 17.9 mi, 061° NE
Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.2 mi, 281° W
Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 160° S
Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 19.9 mi, 210° SW
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 095° E
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 25.7 mi, 127° SE
The Great Sauk Trail (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 026° NE
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 27.1 mi, 026° NE
Warren County History Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 263° W
Jubliee College State Park (State Park) — 29.3 mi, 115° SE
Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 32.3 mi, 119° SE
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.4 mi, 154° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.5 mi, 168° S · 13k acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.0 mi, 338° N · 274k acres

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