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Stonefort Illinois Map

Explore Stonefort, 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 Stonefort, Illinois

How to Use This Stonefort, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.614216
Longitude	-88.708113
Population	224
Density	59.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62987
Area Code	618
County Seat	Harrisburg
School District	Carrier Mills-Stonefort Community Unit School District

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About Stonefort, Illinois

Stonefort is a locality in Saline County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 224. The population density is 59.5 people per km². Stonefort is located at 37.6142°N, 88.7081°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stonefort is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62987.

Stonefort occupies a quiet pocket of the earth where the land rises into subtle, persistent swells that define the southern Illinois landscape. It lies 14.7 miles east-southeast of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 123°T), and is situated 12.6 miles southwest of Harrisburg. The waters of Pond Creek carve a slow, meandering path near the settlement, grounding the geography in a persistent, liquid rhythm that dictates the drainage of the surrounding soil. Beyond the immediate clearing, the terrain deepens into the dense, shadowed canopy of the Shawnee National Forest, which envelops the locality in a vast, protective embrace. To the west, the elevation shifts toward the prominence of Sand Hill, while the nearby Katy Reid Hollow creates a cool, shadowed basin that catches the morning mist. The air here holds the scent of damp loam and decaying leaves, a heavy, fertile atmosphere that persists long after the sun has retreated behind the timberline.

Stonefort carries the weight of a history rooted in the hard, unyielding labor of early settlers who looked to these woods for timber and sustenance. The local economy has long mirrored the cycles of the earth, shifting from the clearing of land for subsistence to the rhythms of modern agriculture that define the regional horizon. Life moves at the pace of the seasons, marked by the slow growth of crops and the quiet maintenance of a landscape that demands constant attention. While the recreational lure of the River to River Trail lies miles to the south and the waters of Lake of Egypt offer a broader expanse of blue to the north, Stonefort remains defined by its inward focus and the simple, enduring architecture of rural survival. Here, the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples over the fields, revealing a place that asks for little and offers a profound, steady silence in return.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 0.0 mi, 334° NW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.4 mi, 160° S · 274k acres
Burden Falls Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.2 mi, 118° SE · 3,740 acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 2.4 mi, 102° E · 7,712 acres
Bay Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.9 mi, 136° SE · 2,760 acres
Carrier Mills Archaeological District (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 059° NE
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 010° N
Carrier millswater department (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 039° NE
Lakeview School (Historic Ruins) — 6.3 mi, 056° NE
Absher Nicholson Funeral Home (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 041° NE
Winters Auto Repair (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 044° NE
Cedar Falls (Viewpoint) — 6.9 mi, 194° S
Lakeview War Memorial (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 044° NE
Gary Jones Memorial (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 044° NE
Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 7.1 mi, 157° SE
Legend of Ondessonk (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 201° S
Boating (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 200° S
Jackson Falls (Nature Reserve) — 7.4 mi, 169° S
University Of Illinois Experimental Demonstration Area Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 10.1 mi, 194° S
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.4 mi, 281° W · 91k acres
Ferne Clyffe State Park (State Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 251° W
Cheif Tecumseh Statue (Public Artwork) — 18.0 mi, 073° E
Martha's Theatre (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 293° NW
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 297° NW
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.2 mi, 230° SW · 33k acres
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 287° W
Amplitheatre (Theatre) — 28.7 mi, 284° W
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 284° W
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 39.7 mi, 263° W · 1,959 acres
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 50.9 mi, 148° SE · 171k acres

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