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Speer Illinois Map

Explore Speer, 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 Speer, Illinois

How to Use This Speer, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.98837
Longitude	-89.650375
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61479
Area Code	815
County Seat	Toulon

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About Speer, Illinois

Speer is a locality in Stark County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Speer is located at 40.9884°N, 89.6504°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61479.

Speer occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that shifts from pale morning violet to a heavy, bruised gold by late afternoon. It lies 20.6 miles north of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 351°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-northwest of Chillicothe. The land here is defined by its deep, dark soil, a fertile foundation that has long dictated the rhythm of the seasons and the slow, deliberate movement of the wind through fields of corn and soybeans. Only a mile away, the modest waters of Mud Run trace a narrow path through the earth, cutting a subtle line through the terrain that serves as a quiet witness to the changing light. While Gravel Hill remains a distant point on the far horizon, the immediate landscape feels expansive and unburdened, marked by the simple geometry of rural roads and the occasional cluster of trees that break the vast, uninterrupted flatness.

Speer remains a place where the legacy of the railroad still lingers in the quietude of the surroundings, reminding those who pass through of an era when the pulse of the local economy beat in steady synchronization with the grain elevator and the seasonal harvest. Daily life here is tethered to the cycles of the land, far removed from the dense urban grids that define the regions to the northeast. Residents often look toward the nearby Arrowhead Country Club for recreation, or venture slightly further to the wooded cover of Spring Branch State Conservation Area or the quiet, still waters of Smith Lake when the summer heat settles heavily over the plains. Even as the years have altered the scale of local industry, Speer maintains a distinct, solitary character, persistent and grounded in the heavy, rich earth that has sustained it since the first tracks were laid.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Arrowhead Country Club (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 153° SE
Rock Island (State Recreation Area) — 4.9 mi, 271° W
Banks/Young Wildlife Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 143° SE
Frazer Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 138° SE
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 234° SW
Hazelwood Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 162° S
Santa Fe Train Mural (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 119° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 190° S
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 120° SE
Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 111° E
Town Theater (Cinema) — 9.9 mi, 120° SE
Camp Wokanda (Local Recreation) — 10.4 mi, 163° S
Hopewell Peter Toth sculpture (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 090° E
Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 125° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.9 mi, 067° NE · 13k acres
Lacroix Rock (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 165° S
Jubliee College State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 175° S
Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.8 mi, 158° S
Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 17.8 mi, 170° S
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 18.1 mi, 195° S
Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 168° S
Arts Partners (Gallery) — 20.1 mi, 173° S
Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 20.1 mi, 173° S
Dome Planetarium (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 171° S
Giant Screen Theater (Cinema) — 20.9 mi, 171° S
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Arts Centre) — 21.0 mi, 171° S
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 21.5 mi, 165° S
Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 229° SW
Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 (Viewpoint) — 22.4 mi, 169° S
Eastlight Theatre (Theatre) — 22.5 mi, 168° S

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