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Prairie City Illinois Map

Explore Prairie City, 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 Prairie City, Illinois

How to Use This Prairie City, Illinois Map

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

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	Prairie City
State	Illinois (IL)
County	McDonough County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.621151
Longitude	-90.462073
Population	407
Density	155.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61470
Area Code	815
County Seat	Macomb
School District	Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170

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About Prairie City, Illinois

Prairie City is a locality in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 407. The population density is 155.9 people per km². Prairie City is located at 40.6212°N, 90.4621°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Prairie City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61470.

Prairie City holds its place upon the flat, expansive Illinois horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 15.7 miles northeast of Macomb, IL (from Macomb, IL: bearing 44°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north-northeast of Bushnell. Gallett Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the heavy soil nearby, drawing a thin line of darker green brush against the golden expanse of corn and soybean fields. The light here shifts with a deliberate, slow intensity, turning the stalks to burnished copper as the sun retreats toward the distant silhouette of Haney Hill. Residents find a quiet rhythm in the way the wind moves across the plains, uninterrupted and steady, carrying the scent of turned earth and the cooling air from the direction of Little Swan Lake.

Prairie City remains an anchor for the surrounding agricultural life, defined by the enduring utility of its rail-side history and the sturdy brick storefronts that have weathered a century of seasons. Economic activity pulses through the local grain elevators and the steady, unadorned work of trade, echoing a time when the railroad dictated the heartbeat of every farmhouse in the county. Visitors often seek the quietude of Avondale Lake, a preserve that offers a stillness rare in the modern rush, while the deeper depressions of the landscape toward Big Hollow suggest the ancient, slow-moving shifts of the prairie floor. Life here is measured not by grand spectacles, but by the reliability of the harvest and the persistent, neighborly connections that form in the shadow of the water tower.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Avondale Lake (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 038° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 206° SW
Camp Wilderness (Private Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 051° NE
Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 049° NE
Fairview Fin-Feather Club (Park) — 12.0 mi, 091° E
Veterans Park (Local Recreation) — 13.8 mi, 224° SW
"trojan Horse" Rocky Statue (Public Artwork) — 13.9 mi, 217° SW
McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 15.5 mi, 229° SW
Chandler Arch (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 225° SW
War of 1812 Monument (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 225° SW
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 15.6 mi, 229° SW
McDonough County Honor Roll (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 225° SW
Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 15.6 mi, 224° SW
West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 15.6 mi, 224° SW
Western Illinois Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 224° SW
Camp Ellis (Private Recreation) — 15.9 mi, 164° S
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 222° SW
Thistle Hills Land and Water Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.1 mi, 234° SW
Double "T" State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.9 mi, 092° E
Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 18.9 mi, 303° NW
Nature Conservancy (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 085° E
Argyle Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 19.4 mi, 238° SW
Henderson County Historical Society (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 285° W
Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 013° N
Warren County History Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 333° NW
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 016° N
CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 013° N
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.0 mi, 138° SE · 5,262 acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.1 mi, 129° SE · 13k acres
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 31.6 mi, 113° SE

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