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Sherrard Illinois Map

Explore Sherrard, 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 Sherrard, Illinois

How to Use This Sherrard, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.318924
Longitude	-90.505966
Population	692
Density	287.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61281
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Aledo
School District	Sherrard Community Unit School District 200

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About Sherrard, Illinois

Sherrard is a locality in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 692. The population density is 287.9 people per km². Sherrard is located at 41.3189°N, 90.5060°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sherrard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61281.

Sherrard emerges from the expansive Illinois flatlands as a collection of structures defined by the heavy, seasonal respiration of the earth. It lies 13.0 miles south-southwest of East Moline, IL (from East Moline, IL: bearing 194°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-southeast of Milan. The landscape around Sherrard is defined by the quiet persistence of the prairie, where the horizon remains a razor-thin line separating the soil from an immense sky. Karl Lake anchors the immediate geography, its surface often mirroring the shifting moods of the clouds, while the winding path of Camp Creek cuts through the nearby terrain, providing a subtle, rhythmic fracture in the otherwise seamless fields. In the distance, the Army Ridge Bluffs rise as a muted suggestion of verticality, a faint serration against the gray-blue haze of the afternoon. The air here carries the scent of turned loam and drying stalks, a fragrance that settles over the streets with the gravity of a long-held secret.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Sherrard, dictating the tempo of the calendar through the cycles of planting and harvest. The history of the place is built upon the labor of those who recognized the fertility of this inland expanse, turning the wild grass into a grid of productivity that sustains the local economy. Beyond the immediate fields, the Orion Sportsman Club offers a space for the regional preoccupation with the outdoors, reflecting the quiet, pragmatic character of the populace. Life in Sherrard moves with a deliberate, unadorned focus, marked by the steady hum of machinery and the long, slanted shadows of dusk that stretch across the brick facades. It is a place where the stillness is not an absence of activity, but a presence that demands a particular kind of attention to the changing light and the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Camden Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 338° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 017° N
Josua Lindahl Hill Prairies Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 343° N
Niabi Zoo Forest Preserve (Local Recreation) — 8.7 mi, 022° N
Oakwood Country Club (Local Recreation) — 9.3 mi, 028° NE
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 344° N
Rock River - Carr Island (Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 347° N
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 326° NW
Fryxell Geology Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 350° N
Deere Cross (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 003° N
Mississippi River - Moline (Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 356° N
"bling" Rocky Statue (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 003° N
Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 353° N
The Oculus (Viewpoint) — 13.9 mi, 359° N
Dillon Memorial Fountain (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 345° N
Irish Memorial (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 345° N
Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 15.1 mi, 341° N
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.3 mi, 012° N · 274k acres
Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 18.8 mi, 017° N
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 064° NE
Scott County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 024° NE
Lone Star (towboat) (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 024° NE
Wildcat Den State Park (State Park) — 21.2 mi, 299° NW
Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.4 mi, 175° S
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 113° SE
Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 26.7 mi, 164° S
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.9 mi, 238° SW · 24k acres
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 162° S
Pearl Bottom Museum (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 284° W
Muscatine Art Center (Arts Centre) — 29.3 mi, 286° W

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