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Olivet Illinois Map

Explore Olivet, 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 Olivet, Illinois

How to Use This Olivet, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.941981
Longitude	-87.643633
Population	336
Density	86.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61846
Area Code	309
County Seat	Danville
School District	Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4

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About Olivet, Illinois

Olivet is a locality in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 336. The population density is 86.1 people per km². Olivet is located at 39.9420°N, 87.6436°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61846.

Olivet rests upon a broad, fertile expanse where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the seasonal pulse of corn and soybean fields. It lies 12.6 miles south of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 183°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south of Westville. The low-lying terrain finds its focus in the nearby Little Vermilion River, which traces a quiet, winding path through the dense, riparian woodlands that break the monotony of the open prairie. Only a mile away, the Georgetown Reservoir catches the shifting Midwestern light, its still surface reflecting the pale gray of an overcast sky or the sharp, brilliant blue of a summer afternoon. To the distance, the subtle silhouette of Devils Backbone suggests a rugged unevenness in the broader region, while the deeper earth folds into the shadowed depressions of Deadmans Hollow.

Olivet carries the quiet weight of a place built on the steady labor of the soil and the enduring influence of academic tradition. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of agriculture, a practice that has shaped the lives of residents for generations as they tend to the heavy, dark loam of the Illinois plains. Beyond the fields, the pace of daily life is marked by a deliberate, measured stillness, occasionally broken by the movement of people traveling toward the nearby Georgetown City Park for recreation or reflection. The architecture of the area favors simple, sturdy forms that mirror the utilitarian character of the surrounding landscape, grounding the identity of Olivet in a history of persistence and the quiet, unadorned beauty of the inland prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Georgetown City Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 013° N
Georgetown Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 015° N
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 067° NE
Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 156° SE
Howards Hollow Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.5 mi, 034° NE
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 002° N
Vermilion River - Wabash Drainage (Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 040° NE
Zamberletti Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 002° N
Forest Glen Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.4 mi, 037° NE
Salt Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 299° NW
Tilton Atv Park (Local Recreation) — 11.5 mi, 000° N
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.9 mi, 335° NW
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 002° N
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 003° N
Danville Art League (Public Artwork) — 13.0 mi, 002° N
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 14.9 mi, 340° N
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 15.9 mi, 003° N
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 17.4 mi, 351° N
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.7 mi, 344° N
Everyday Heroes (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 003° N
Trail of Death marker (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 026° NE
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 296° NW
Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 118° SE
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 22.2 mi, 100° E
Turkey Run Hollow (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 100° E
"140 Steps" (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 099° E
Punch Bowl (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 098° E
Shades State Park (State Park) — 27.8 mi, 091° E
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 32.1 mi, 292° W
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 32.1 mi, 292° W

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