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Smithville Illinois Map

Explore Smithville, 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 Smithville, Illinois

How to Use This Smithville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.658954
Longitude	-89.803114
Population	157
Density	47.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62828, 61536
Area Code	618, 815
County Seat	Peoria
School District	Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265

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About Smithville, Illinois

Smithville is a locality in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 157. The population density is 47.9 people per km². Smithville is located at 40.6590°N, 89.8031°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62828, 61536.

Smithville emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of brick and timber held against the wide, insistent sky. It lies 10.5 miles northwest of Pekin, IL (from Pekin, IL: bearing 308°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west of Bartonville. The landscape around Smithville is defined by the subtle, rhythmic dip of the terrain as it approaches Heaton Hollow, a shallow depression that channels the seasonal runoff toward the nearby Largent Creek. Sunlight here possesses a particular weight, turning the surrounding fields of corn and soybeans into a shimmering, monochromatic sea of green that fades into a hazy gold as the day wanes. Only two miles distant, the still, reflective surface of Lakeland Lake catches the shifting colors of the clouds, offering a cool counterpoint to the heat that radiates off the black soil during the long, humid afternoons of July.

Generations of labor have defined the economic pulse of Smithville, which remains anchored to the agricultural output of the surrounding plains and the steady, mechanical hum of regional commerce. The local character is molded by a history of industrious settlement, where the proximity to the tranquility of Lake Camelot provides a necessary reprieve from the relentless cycles of planting and harvest. While the distant silhouette of The Mound provides a faint, elevated marker on the far horizon, the inhabitants focus their gaze on the immediate textures of the land, from the dense, protective canopy of Sand Ridge State Forest to the fertile, dark earth that supports the town’s enduring livelihood. Life moves with a deliberate, measured cadence here, reflecting a continuity that values the slow change of seasons over the frantic pace of the distant, electrified urban grids.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Camelot (Park) — 2.5 mi, 117° SE
Community Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 009° N
Leisure Oak Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 071° E
Hazel and Bill Rutherford's Wildlife Prairie Park (Park) — 5.4 mi, 019° N
Racoon Lakes (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 135° SE
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 6.3 mi, 033° NE
Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 180° S
Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 152° SE
Madison Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 8.6 mi, 079° E
Pekin Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.6 mi, 118° SE
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 8.9 mi, 200° S
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 179° S
Tazewell County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 127° SE
29th U.s. Colored Infantry Memorial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 127° SE
Vanna Whitewall (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 083° E
Fort Crevecoeur monument (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 094° E
Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 10.8 mi, 075° E
Arts Partners (Gallery) — 10.8 mi, 075° E
Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 284° W
Sundance (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 126° SE
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Arts Centre) — 11.3 mi, 080° E
Giant Screen Theater (Cinema) — 11.4 mi, 079° E
Dome Planetarium (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 079° E
Dragon Stadium (Stadium) — 11.6 mi, 126° SE
Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 314° NW
Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 086° E
Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 12.4 mi, 065° NE
Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 072° E
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.3 mi, 202° S · 13k acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.8 mi, 215° SW · 5,262 acres

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