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Panther Creek Illinois Map

Explore Panther Creek, 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 Panther Creek, Illinois

How to Use This Panther Creek, Illinois Map

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

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	Panther Creek
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Cass County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.044762
Longitude	-90.154052
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62627, 62640
Area Code	217
County Seat	Virginia

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About Panther Creek, Illinois

Panther Creek is a locality in Cass County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Panther Creek is located at 40.0448°N, 90.1541°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62627, 62640.

Panther Creek defines the horizon where the flat expanse of the Illinois prairie meets the quiet, persistent movement of water. It lies 21.8 miles north of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 10°T), and is situated 14.4 miles east of Beardstown. The topography here remains largely defined by the steady, winding course of Panther Creek, which carves a modest path through the silt and deep loam of the plains. To the west, the subtle rise of Spunky Ridge interrupts the otherwise level perspective, providing a faint, hazy blue silhouette against the expansive sky. The land is punctuated by the stillness of Little Lake, a quiet basin that mirrors the heavy, golden light of the late afternoon sun. Nearby, the terrain dips into the shadowed, wooded recesses of Maxmillian Hollow, creating a mosaic of dense thickets and open fields that soften the rigid geometry of the surrounding farmland.

Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of Panther Creek, with the rhythms of planting and harvest dictating the slow, deliberate pace of the days. The proximity of the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area ensures that large swaths of the local landscape remain reclaimed by tallgrass and timber, acting as a sanctuary for the wildlife that once roamed this prairie in greater numbers. History here is written in the soil, a record of settlers who broke the dense sod and built lives centered around the seasonal shifts of the climate. The economy maintains a steady, modest character, tied to the productivity of the earth and the maintenance of the infrastructure that allows this rural life to endure. Evenings in Panther Creek bring a particular clarity to the air, a cool stillness that settles over the fields long after the tractors have returned to their sheds and the shadows have stretched thin across the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 117° SE
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 140° SE
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.0 mi, 127° SE
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 284° W
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 9.8 mi, 026° NE
Beardstown Marsh (Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 259° W
Izaac Walton Park (Local Park) — 14.4 mi, 332° NW
Beardstown Postage Stamp Welcome Mural (Public Artwork) — 14.9 mi, 263° W
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 263° W
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 098° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 16.3 mi, 096° E
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 105° E
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 105° E
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.8 mi, 009° N · 5,262 acres
Rockwell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 18.6 mi, 015° N
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 18.9 mi, 011° N
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.2 mi, 247° SW · 7,396 acres
Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 20.6 mi, 005° N
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 21.8 mi, 190° S
Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 22.0 mi, 191° S
Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 152° SE
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 192° S
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 104° E
Long Nine Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 104° E
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 25.0 mi, 107° E
Air Combat Museum (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 118° SE
DIM Art House (Gallery) — 30.0 mi, 125° SE
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 30.2 mi, 025° NE
AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 30.2 mi, 131° SE
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 37.0 mi, 258° W

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