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Pulaski Illinois Map

Explore Pulaski, 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 Pulaski, Illinois

How to Use This Pulaski, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityPulaski
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyHancock County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude37.220853
Longitude-89.206564
Population154
Density45.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes62311, 62976
Area Code217, 618
County SeatCarthage
School DistrictMeridian Community Unit School District 101

About Pulaski, Illinois

Pulaski is a locality in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 154. The population density is 45.4 people per km². Pulaski is located at 37.2209°N, 89.2066°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pulaski is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62311, 62976.

Pulaski occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon settles into the low, rhythmic swells of the Illinois interior. It lies 22.7 miles southwest of Macomb, IL (from Macomb, IL: bearing 219°T), and is situated 18.0 miles southeast of Carthage. The earth here holds the damp weight of inland soil, a dark loam that drinks the seasonal rains and sustains the deep-rooted grasses of the plains. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Williams Creek carve a persistent, winding path through the silt, while the broader, stillness of Augusta Lake sits just four miles to the north, reflecting the vast, unbroken sky. On clear afternoons, the distant, hazy silhouette of Gin Ridge marks the edge of the world, providing a permanent, muted boundary to the west. The light at dusk here possesses a particular amber density, catching the edges of the fields and turning the very air into a thick, golden suspension that slows the pulse of the day.

Pulaski emerged from the necessity of the land, a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow cycles of cultivation and the quiet labor of the fields. The proximity of the Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area, a mere two miles distant, serves as a reminder of the wilder, unmanaged patches of timber and brush that once defined this entire territory before the plow took hold. Life in Pulaski moves with an unforced cadence, dictated not by the urgent hum of industry but by the deliberate, seasonal shifts of the harvest and the maintenance of the local roads. Generations have settled into the rhythms of this landscape, finding a modest stability in the soil and the wind-swept silence of the plains. There is a singular dignity in the way the local life adheres to the land, an enduring persistence that remains largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the world beyond these borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.4 mi, 307° NW · 33k acres
  • South Tamms Marsh (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 277° W
  • Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 4.6 mi, 221° SW · 274k acres
  • Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 6.3 mi, 328° NW · 7,712 acres
  • Horseshoe Lake-Alexander State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 214° SW
  • Cache River State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 055° NE
  • Lower Cache River Access Area (Nature Reserve) — 9.9 mi, 058° NE
  • Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 10.2 mi, 220° SW
  • Ozark Hill Prairie Research Natural Area Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.6 mi, 308° NW
  • Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 057° NE
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.5 mi, 050° NE · 665 acres
  • Desert Storm Memorial (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 175° S
  • Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 172° S
  • Caboose (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 171° S
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 173° S
  • Jean Farwell Overloop (Viewpoint) — 15.4 mi, 066° NE
  • GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 172° S
  • Proceeding On (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 167° S
  • John Bridges Tavern Location (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 035° NE
  • Burial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 160° S
  • Cobden Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 353° N
  • Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 292° W
  • Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.8 mi, 341° N · 5,830 acres
  • Shawnee Bluffs Canopy Tour (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 015° N
  • Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 029° NE
  • Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.9 mi, 335° NW · 4,739 acres
  • Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 25.2 mi, 331° NW · 1,959 acres
  • Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 100° E
  • Shawnee Cave Amphitheater (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 348° N
  • Malco (Cinema) — 31.0 mi, 221° SW

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About This Pulaski Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pulaski, Illinois. Coordinates: 37.220853, -89.206564. 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 Pulaski includes the ZIP code (62311, 62976), telephone area code (217, 618), county seat of Hancock County (Carthage), and school district assignment (Meridian Community Unit School District 101).

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.