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Renault Illinois Map

Explore Renault, 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 Renault, Illinois

How to Use This Renault, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.153664
Longitude	-90.134002
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62279
Area Code	217
County Seat	Waterloo

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About Renault, Illinois

Renault is a locality in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Renault is located at 38.1537°N, 90.1340°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62279.

Renault occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior where the land folds into gentle, limestone-rich undulations. It lies 12.6 miles south of Waterloo, IL (from Waterloo, IL: bearing 176°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-southwest of Red Bud. The Onemile Race Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its current providing a subtle rhythm to the quiet countryside. Beneath the surface of the fields, Renault rests securely within the Renault Cave System, a subterranean labyrinth that anchors the geography in deep, cool shadow. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and limestone dust, particularly as the sun dips low and casts long, amber shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Point Lookout.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with soybeans and cornfields stretching toward the horizon to define the seasonal cycle of the residents. The history of Renault is written in the stubborn resilience of those who worked these plains long before the current grid of roads settled into the dirt. While the quietude of the region suggests a place removed from the frantic pace of modern centers, it maintains a distinct character forged by the proximity of the subterranean system and the nearby isolation of Morrison Hollow. Life in Renault moves with an unhurried cadence, marked by the changing colors of the crops and the rare, fleeting memory of the distant Johnson Shut-Ins, a reminder of the water-carved beauty that exists far beyond the local horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Renault Cave System (Conservation Area) — locality lies within
Fults Hill Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 271° W
Renault Herpetological Area (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 209° SW
Fults Village Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 279° W
Prairie du Rocher Precinct (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 196° S
Fort De Chartres State Park (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 158° S
Waterloo Sportsman's Club (Park) — 6.6 mi, 011° N
Truman Access (State Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 261° W
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.3 mi, 262° W · 16k acres
Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 149° SE
Magnolia Hollow Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 183° S
Red Bud Area Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 062° NE
World War One Doughboy (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 352° N
Center for French Colonial Life (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 158° S
Gummershiemer Memorial (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 348° N
Bob's Memorial (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 348° N
Tweed Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 22.6 mi, 338° N
Bonnie "Willow" Shiun (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 265° W
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 096° E
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 23.3 mi, 092° E
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 295° NW
Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 019° N
Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 26.2 mi, 018° N
Pink Elephant (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 324° NW
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 27.4 mi, 176° S · 1.5M acres
Bonne Terre Mine (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 235° SW
Fine Arts Theater (Theatre) — 28.5 mi, 222° SW
Village Theatre (Theatre) — 28.8 mi, 003° N
Wildfruit Gallery (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 348° N
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 33.0 mi, 128° SE · 274k acres

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