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Roberts Illinois Map

Explore Roberts, 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 Roberts, Illinois

How to Use This Roberts, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.612813
Longitude	-88.18338
Population	345
Density	276.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60962
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Paxton
School District	Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10

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About Roberts, Illinois

Roberts is a locality in Ford County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 345. The population density is 276.9 people per km². Roberts is located at 40.6128°N, 88.1834°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Roberts is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60962.

Roberts sits amidst the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to claim more than its fair share of the world. It lies 21.1 miles north of Rantoul, IL (from Rantoul, IL: bearing 356°T), and is situated 11.5 miles north-northwest of Paxton. The landscape is defined by the relentless geometry of agriculture, where fields of corn and soybeans form a patchwork of deep green and gold that shifts with the turning seasons. While the North Fork Vermilion River traces a quiet path five miles away, the land itself remains stubbornly level, a testament to the ancient glacial retreats that smoothed this earth into a fertile, dark-soiled plane. In the distance, the faint silhouette of Yankee Ridge might occupy the mind of a traveler looking toward the horizon, though the immediate view is one of endless, open plains punctuated only by the occasional stand of trees or the slender, silver towers of grain silos that mark the passage of the sun.

Farmers have long anchored the economy of Roberts, driving the rhythm of the days according to the requirements of the soil and the harvest. The town holds the remnants of a history built on rail and grain, where the bustle of the nineteenth century has settled into a steady, deliberate pace of life. Residents often look toward Loda Park for a breath of quiet recreation, or perhaps find a reflective stillness near the waters of Laue Lake, located just six miles from the center of the grid. Here, the architecture is modest and functional, composed of sturdy brick and wood structures that have weathered decades of Midwestern winters. The character of Roberts is found in the quiet persistence of its inhabitants, who maintain a life defined by the simple, repeating cycles of the earth and the deep, hushed stillness that settles over the plains as the light fades into dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Loda Cemetery Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 136° SE
Lake View Country Club (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 147° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.8 mi, 138° SE
Sibley Grove Fee (Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 257° W
Caps Recreation Center (Local Park) — 11.5 mi, 329° NW
Railside Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 13.6 mi, 228° SW
Perdueville State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 183° S
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.7 mi, 145° SE
Gifford War Memorial (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 158° S
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 24.5 mi, 240° SW
JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica) (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 088° E
Origin of Milford (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 088° E
Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.8 mi, 057° NE
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 29.0 mi, 252° W
Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 308° NW
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 309° NW
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 309° NW
Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 308° NW
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 31.0 mi, 245° SW
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 274° W
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 326° NW
Prairie Grid (Public Artwork) — 33.5 mi, 189° S
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 33.7 mi, 190° S
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 190° S
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 33.7 mi, 190° S
Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 085° E
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 37.3 mi, 142° SE
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 49.5 mi, 003° N · 18k acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.3 mi, 298° NW · 13k acres
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 72.8 mi, 032° NE · 11k acres

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