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Panama Illinois Map

Explore Panama, 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 Panama, Illinois

How to Use This Panama, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.029491
Longitude	-89.524253
Population	337
Density	356.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62077
Area Code	309
County Seat	Hillsboro
School District	Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3

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About Panama, Illinois

Panama is a locality in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 337. The population density is 356.5 people per km². Panama is located at 39.0295°N, 89.5243°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Panama is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62077.

Panama occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois where the horizon remains defined by the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 21.5 miles north-northeast of Highland, IL (from Highland, IL: bearing 21°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south of Hillsboro. Bearcat Creek carves a thin, meandering path through the earth nearby, its dark waters providing a slow, constant pulse against the stillness of the surrounding plains. Five miles to the east, the elevation tilts slightly toward Robbs Mound, a modest rise that breaks the absolute flatness of the landscape, while the quiet waters of Coffeen Lake offer a place of stillness for the local wildlife. The air here holds a distinct, heavy clarity, especially as the late afternoon light flattens against the stalks, turning the stubble of the fields into a muted palette of copper and gray.

Panama retains the quiet, sturdy character of a place shaped by the deep-rooted extraction of mineral wealth that once defined the regional economy. The legacy of the coal industry lingers in the town’s layout, a persistent echo of the labor that drew families to this inland stretch of the prairie. Beyond the reach of the Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area, where the land is left to the slow reclamation of brush and timber, life moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace. There is a singular beauty in the way the local architecture—simple, functional brick and wood—holds its own against the vast, open sky, suggesting a resilience that persists long after the shift whistles have faded into memory.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 085° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 015° N
H & B Bremer Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 006° N
Hillsboro Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 015° N
Patriot's Park (Local Park) — 10.1 mi, 155° SE
Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 133° SE
Divine Servant (Public Artwork) — 11.2 mi, 146° SE
Ganton Circle (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 146° SE
Allyson Grabowski Memorial Court (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 147° SE
Page Circle (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 147° SE
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 147° SE
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 11.3 mi, 146° SE
Henry Eilers Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.5 mi, 341° N
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 147° SE
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 12.0 mi, 342° N
Golf Course (Park) — 12.6 mi, 274° W
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 263° W
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 343° N
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 100° E
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 22.6 mi, 141° SE
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 101° E
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 101° E
Party Cove (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 148° SE
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 25.7 mi, 314° NW
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 26.0 mi, 155° SE
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 26.5 mi, 299° NW
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 313° NW
7 Gates of Hell: Gate 7 (Viewpoint) — 28.2 mi, 218° SW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.4 mi, 248° W · 32k acres
Horshoe Lake State Park (State Park) — 36.9 mi, 233° SW

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