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Royal Lakes Illinois Map

Explore Royal Lakes, 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 Royal Lakes, Illinois

How to Use This Royal Lakes, Illinois Map

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

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	Royal Lakes
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Macoupin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.110324
Longitude	-89.961492
Population	167
Density	138.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62685
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carlinville
School District	Bunker Hill Community Unit School District 8

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About Royal Lakes, Illinois

Royal Lakes is a locality in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 167. The population density is 138.4 people per km². Royal Lakes is located at 39.1103°N, 89.9615°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Royal Lakes is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62685.

Royal Lakes occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the land stretches into a flat, deliberate horizon defined by the slow, persistent movement of the Coop Branch. It lies 16.1 miles northeast of Godfrey, IL (from Godfrey, IL: bearing 48°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west of Gillespie. The water of the Coop Branch carves a subtle, dark path through the soil, offering a cool contrast to the sun-drenched fields of soybeans and corn that define the regional geometry. Only a mile away, the surface of Royal Lake holds the sky in a steady, silver mirror, undisturbed by the rush of larger, busier corridors. To the west, the distant silhouette of Brushy Mound rises as a faint, muted interruption to the otherwise unbroken line of the earth, while the atmosphere here carries a dry, golden weight that settles over the fields as the afternoon light begins its long, amber fade.

Royal Lakes maintains a modest, steady rhythm dictated by the agricultural cycles that have long anchored the local economy to the fertile character of the prairie. Life moves with an unforced cadence, whether one is passing through the quiet grounds of Whitaker Community Park four miles out or observing the way the wind brushes against the stalks in late summer. The history of the locality remains quiet, rooted in the labor of the soil and the simple, functional architecture that characterizes the midwestern grid. There is a particular clarity to the dusk in Royal Lakes, a moment when the hum of the day recedes and the shadows of the trees stretch thin and sharp across the land, marking the passage of time in a place that prefers the company of its own wide, open spaces.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Whitaker Community Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 172° S
James Bertanolli Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 190° S
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 173° S
Woodburn Large Ground Plum Site (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 222° SW
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 6.7 mi, 354° N
Gillespie Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 078° E
Stauton Country Club (Park) — 9.0 mi, 120° SE
Gillespie (Local Recreation) — 10.3 mi, 051° NE
Golf Course (Park) — 11.5 mi, 113° SE
Illinois Traction System (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 126° SE
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 127° SE
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 099° E
Macoupin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 018° N
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 13.1 mi, 022° N
Bethalto Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 197° S
Quandary (Public Artwork) — 16.6 mi, 229° SW
Robert Pershing Wadlow (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 215° SW
Weigh Station Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 19.0 mi, 064° NE
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 19.0 mi, 227° SW
Charles Raich Field (Stadium) — 19.0 mi, 199° S
Alton Hauntings Ghost Tours (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 218° SW
Jacoby Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 19.5 mi, 219° SW
Alton Military Prison Site (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 219° SW
City of Greenfield Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 20.0 mi, 322° NW
Edward "ted" And Pat Jones-confluence Point State Park (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 205° SW
Henry Eilers Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.3 mi, 075° E
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 183° S
Stone Bridge Footing (Historic Ruins) — 21.1 mi, 236° SW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.6 mi, 209° SW · 32k acres
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.7 mi, 252° W · 1,866 acres

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