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Plymouth Illinois Map

Explore Plymouth, 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 Plymouth, Illinois

How to Use This Plymouth, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityPlymouth
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyHancock County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.291711
Longitude-90.919023
Population436
Density297.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code62367
Area Code217
County SeatCarthage
School DistrictSoutheastern Community Unit School District 337

About Plymouth, Illinois

Plymouth is a locality in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 436. The population density is 297.9 people per km². Plymouth is located at 40.2917°N, 90.9190°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Plymouth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62367.

Plymouth anchors itself amidst the expansive, fertile plains of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that seems to possess a weight and clarity all its own. It lies 17.4 miles southwest of Macomb, IL (from Macomb, IL: bearing 228°T), and is situated 14.3 miles southeast of Carthage. The terrain around Plymouth unfolds in a rhythmic succession of agricultural fields, broken only by the thin, winding ribbons of riparian woodland that follow the path of Flour Creek just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate reach of the cultivated grid, the land rises toward the distant silhouette of Gin Ridge, providing a rugged counterpoint to the quiet, low-lying expanse of the surrounding prairies. A few miles away, the waters of Dennis Lake mirror the seasonal shifts of the canopy, while the nearby Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area preserves a fragment of the wilder, unplowed character of the region.

Agriculture remains the silent pulse of the local economy, a legacy of the deep, dark soils that have defined the labor and livelihood of those who settled this expanse long ago. The rhythm of daily life in Plymouth moves in concert with the planting and harvest cycles, a steady cadence that persists even as the modern world shifts around it. To the east, the rugged terrain of Rattlesnake Den Hollow hints at the geological complexity hidden beneath the flat, productive surface, reminding the traveler of the ancient forces that shaped these plains. Here, the architecture is marked by a functional, sturdy aesthetic, where the brick structures of the past continue to serve the needs of the present, grounding the collective memory of the people in the very earth they tend.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 167° S
  • Cecil White Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 349° N
  • Ira and Reatha T. Post Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 10.3 mi, 006° N
  • Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 12.3 mi, 028° NE
  • "space Rocky" Rocky Statue (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 041° NE
  • Kibbe Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 306° NW
  • Historic Carthage Jail (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 306° NW
  • Thistle Hills Land and Water Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.3 mi, 038° NE
  • Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.7 mi, 051° NE
  • Western Illinois Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 049° NE
  • Abraham Lincoln Plaque (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 048° NE
  • Looking for Lincoln (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 049° NE
  • West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 17.5 mi, 048° NE
  • Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 17.5 mi, 048° NE
  • Civil War Monument (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 048° NE
  • Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 17.5 mi, 044° NE
  • McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 17.6 mi, 044° NE
  • Spring Lake Park (Local Recreation) — 17.9 mi, 036° NE
  • Veterans Park (Local Recreation) — 18.8 mi, 049° NE
  • Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 25.1 mi, 287° W
  • Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 25.3 mi, 172° S
  • Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 287° W
  • Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 286° W
  • Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 25.6 mi, 287° W
  • Henderson County Historical Society (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 010° N
  • Redwing Area Access (State Recreation Area) — 28.5 mi, 283° W
  • Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.2 mi, 278° W · 10k acres
  • Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.2 mi, 147° SE · 7,396 acres
  • Wakonda State Park (State Park) — 36.2 mi, 238° SW

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About This Plymouth Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plymouth, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.291711, -90.919023. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Plymouth includes the ZIP code (62367), telephone area code (217), county seat of Hancock County (Carthage), and school district assignment (Southeastern Community Unit School District 337).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.