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Pleasant Plains Illinois Map

Explore Pleasant Plains, 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 Pleasant Plains, Illinois

How to Use This Pleasant Plains, Illinois Map

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

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	Pleasant Plains
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Sangamon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.872827
Longitude	-89.921221
Population	808
Density	233.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62677
Area Code	217
County Seat	Springfield
School District	Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8

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About Pleasant Plains, Illinois

Pleasant Plains is a locality in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 808. The population density is 233.7 people per km². Pleasant Plains is located at 39.8728°N, 89.9212°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pleasant Plains is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62677.

Pleasant Plains emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of central Illinois as a quiet intersection of sky and soil, defined by the steady, winding passage of Richland Creek. It lies 15.5 miles west-northwest of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 289°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-northwest of Farmingdale. The horizon here remains wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the seasonal rhythm of shifting crops and the occasional silhouette of distant, hazy elevations like Red Oak Ridge, which anchors the far western view in a soft, bluish tint. Toward the edges of the settlement, the cool, still surface of Braun Pond catches the amber light of late afternoon, reflecting the vast, open heavens that dictate the pace of every day. The air carries the scent of turned earth and damp vegetation, a sensory weight that anchors the spirit to the land, while the light at dusk flattens the fields into a calm, golden expanse, turning the mundane fences and silos into stark, deliberate lines against the deepening gray of the prairie evening.

History in Pleasant Plains is measured not in grand monuments but in the endurance of the land and the legacies of those who first broke the sod, a heritage preserved nearby at Lincolns New Salem State Park. The local economy remains deeply tethered to the productivity of the surrounding grain fields, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pulse of commerce and the movement of heavy machinery along rural roads. This is a place where the work of the hand and the yield of the acre have long defined the character of its inhabitants, fostering a culture of quiet self-reliance. Life here moves with the deliberate gait of a landscape that has seen generations come and go, maintaining a steady, grounded existence that finds its meaning in the persistent growth of the crops and the enduring, unhurried flow of the creek that continues to carve its path through the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 031° NE
Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 194° S
Theater in the park at New Salem (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 028° NE
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 309° NW
Sangamon River State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 074° E
Potawatomi Trail of Death - McCoys Mill Encampment (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 130° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 023° NE
Menard County Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 022° N
Centennial Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 133° SE
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 132° SE
Long Nine Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 060° NE
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 058° NE
Ronald McDonald Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.4 mi, 061° NE
AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 13.1 mi, 128° SE
DIM Art House (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 113° SE
Malibu Jack's (Theme Park) — 13.6 mi, 122° SE
Air Combat Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 099° E
Illinois State Military Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 105° E
Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.2 mi, 316° NW
Lauterbach Man Statue (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 120° SE
Milk a Cow (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 100° E
Woodlawn Farm Underground RR (Historic Ruins) — 15.0 mi, 231° SW
Illinois State Fair Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 099° E
Springfield Art Association (Arts Centre) — 15.0 mi, 107° E
Carpenter Park (Local Recreation) — 15.3 mi, 093° E
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 28.0 mi, 133° SE
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.6 mi, 344° N · 5,262 acres
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.2 mi, 277° W · 7,396 acres
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 059° NE

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