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Pocahontas Illinois Map

Explore Pocahontas, 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 Pocahontas, Illinois

How to Use This Pocahontas, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.827825
Longitude	-89.540085
Population	697
Density	343.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62275
Area Code	217
County Seat	Greenville
School District	Bond County Community Unit School District 2

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About Pocahontas, Illinois

Pocahontas is a locality in Bond County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 697. The population density is 343.7 people per km². Pocahontas is located at 38.8278°N, 89.5401°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pocahontas is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62275.

Pocahontas emerges from the expansive, flat horizon of the Illinois prairie, a landscape defined by the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields that stretch toward the sky. It lies 9.3 miles northeast of Highland, IL (from Highland, IL: bearing 49°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-southwest of Greenville. The earth here is dark and heavy, anchored by the slow, deliberate movement of Shoal Creek, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away, carving quiet paths through the soil. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Pelican Pouch range barely breaks the monotony of the horizon, offering a subtle contrast to the vast, open sky that dominates the view. When the light of late afternoon settles over the fields, the air takes on a crisp, golden clarity, turning the long grasses into shimmering filaments of amber that sway with the persistent inland breeze.

Pocahontas carries the weight of a settlement forged by the steady hands of those who turned the sod of the Midwest, building their lives around the necessity of the harvest and the reliability of the rail. The local economy remains tethered to the fertile potential of the plains, where the labor of the day follows the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of distant metropolises. Residents often look toward Potthast Lake for a moment of stillness, finding a reprieve in its quiet, reflective waters, or travel the short distance to the Highland Country Club to engage with the managed greens that serve as a social anchor for the region. Life in Pocahontas moves with a gravity of its own, grounded in a history of agrarian persistence and the quiet, enduring character of a people who measure their time by the changing colors of the crop rows.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Copper Grapes (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 339° N
Highland Country Club (Park) — 6.5 mi, 240° SW
Patriot's Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 050° NE
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 8.2 mi, 060° NE
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 057° NE
Allyson Grabowski Memorial Court (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 057° NE
Page Circle (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 057° NE
Hogue Tower (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 057° NE
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 057° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 057° NE
Korte Recreation Center Park (Local Recreation) — 9.3 mi, 236° SW
Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 051° NE
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 137° SE
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 15.5 mi, 139° SE
Party Cove (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 118° SE
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.1 mi, 090° E
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 313° NW
7 Gates of Hell: Gate 7 (Viewpoint) — 18.5 mi, 243° SW
Browns Mound (Historic Ruins) — 21.4 mi, 247° SW
Edwardsville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.5 mi, 263° W
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 066° NE
Henry Eilers Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 25.0 mi, 353° N
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 25.5 mi, 354° N
Ralph Korte Stadium (Stadium) — 25.6 mi, 263° W
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 069° E
Mustang Corral (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 260° W
Horshoe Lake State Park (State Park) — 29.6 mi, 253° W
Cahokia Mounds State Historical Site (State Park) — 29.7 mi, 249° W
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.9 mi, 271° W · 32k acres
Gateway Arch National Park (National Park) — 37.2 mi, 249° W · 85 acres

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