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Pontiac Illinois Map

Explore Pontiac, 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 Pontiac, Illinois

How to Use This Pontiac, Illinois Map

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

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	Pontiac
State	Illinois (IL)
County	St. Clair County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.889253
Longitude	-88.641399
Population	11,150
Density	513.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	62208, 61764
Area Code	217, 309
County Seat	Belleville
School District	Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429

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About Pontiac, Illinois

Pontiac is a locality in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of 11,150. The population density is 513.6 people per km². Pontiac is located at 40.8893°N, 88.6414°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pontiac is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62208, 61764.

Pontiac emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, a place where the sky commands a heavy, expansive presence over the horizon. The land here is defined by the gentle, almost imperceptible tilt of Ridge Prairie, which stretches out beneath a wide, unobstructed dome of clouds that shift from slate-gray to gold as the sun retreats. Only a mile away, the quiet, persistent flow of Negro Hollow Creek traces a thin, verdant vein through the soil, while the nearby reach of Winstanley Hill provides a modest rise in a landscape otherwise defined by the absolute flatness of the earth. Within the immediate boundaries of Everett Moody Park, the air holds a stillness that speaks to the deep, glacial patience of the surrounding plains, a quietude that persists even as the seasons turn the fields from green to the pale, brittle stubble of late autumn.

Pontiac functions as a deliberate anchor in this agricultural sea, where the commerce of corn and soybeans dictates the rhythm of the year as surely as the coming of frost. The architecture of the center maintains a sturdy, Midwestern gravity, with brick facades that have weathered the passage of decades, reflecting a history tied to the iron rails and the asphalt ribbons that once drew travelers across the continent. While Crooked Lake lies four miles distant, the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the terrestrial grid, a pattern of streets and alleys that mirror the rigid, honest geometry of the surrounding farms. This is a place where the labor of the day is marked by the shifting light against the grain elevators, and where the collective memory of the region is held in the modest, well-kept buildings that stand as witnesses to the slow, steady persistence of life inland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 0.5 mi, 160° S
Fell Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 156° SE
Humiston-Riverside Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 157° SE
Pontiac Fairground (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 271° W
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 132° SE
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 131° SE
Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 138° SE
Humiston Woods Nature Center (Private Recreation) — 4.4 mi, 314° NW
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 037° NE
Dwight Country Club (Local Recreation) — 15.7 mi, 032° NE
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 204° SW
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 329° NW
Engle Lane Theater (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 324° NW
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 328° NW
Reuben G. Soderstrom (Public Artwork) — 19.1 mi, 328° NW
Mohr Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 19.7 mi, 211° SW
Merwin Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 20.2 mi, 216° SW
Pluto Monument (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 330° NW
Project XV Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 242° SW
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 28.3 mi, 187° S
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 29.9 mi, 005° N
Middle East Conflicts Memorial Wall (Monument) — 30.3 mi, 353° N
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 31.5 mi, 207° SW
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 31.6 mi, 175° S
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 31.8 mi, 322° NW
Stroud Auditorium (Theatre) — 31.8 mi, 216° SW
University Galleries (Gallery) — 31.9 mi, 215° SW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.5 mi, 290° W · 13k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 40.0 mi, 033° NE · 18k acres
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 75.5 mi, 055° NE · 11k acres

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