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Bay View Garden Illinois Map

Explore Bay View Garden, 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 Bay View Garden, Illinois

How to Use This Bay View Garden, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bay View Garden, 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 Bay View Garden.

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	Bay View Garden
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Woodford County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.808926
Longitude	-89.520649
Population	1,200
Density	480.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	61611, 61604
Area Code	815
County Seat	Eureka

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About Bay View Garden, Illinois

Bay View Garden is a locality in Woodford County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 480.0 people per km². Bay View Garden is located at 40.8089°N, 89.5206°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 61611, 61604.

Bay View Garden occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat, fertile prairie yields to the subtle topography carved by the movement of water. It lies 8.7 miles north-northeast of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 24°T), and is situated 9.4 miles northwest of Washington. The earth here possesses a dark, heavy richness, a loam that once supported tall grasses and now anchors the orderly rows of Midwestern crops that stretch toward the horizon. A mile away, the surface of Upper Peoria Lake catches the late afternoon light, turning a bruised, metallic silver that mirrors the expanse of the sky, while the nearby Blue Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the landscape. To the north, the distant outline of Hoxie Ridge provides a jagged, blue-tinted punctuation to the skyline, reminding observers of the geologic shifts that shaped the wider region. In the quiet hours of dusk, the air in Bay View Garden grows cool and still, carrying the scent of damp soil and the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery from the surrounding fields.

Burkett Hollow defines the local geography with its gentle, shaded depressions, offering a contrast to the high, open sky that dominates the life of the inhabitants. Long ago, the settlement took root as a response to the agricultural potential of the soil, growing into a place where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. Within the center of the locality, Village Public Park serves as the primary meeting ground, a patch of green that anchors the neighborhood and provides a space for the slow, deliberate pace of daily life. While the influence of larger industrial centers remains a constant, quiet gravity, Bay View Garden maintains a distinct character, marked by the brick-and-limestone architecture that speaks to a history of steady, localized industry. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the Spring Branch State Conservation Area preserves a fragment of the wilder, wooded terrain that once dominated this interior landscape, offering a lingering sense of the solitude that defined the region before the grid of roads and farms took hold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Village Public Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 006° N
Peoria Skeet and Trap Club (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 181° S
Fon du Lac Park District (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 341° N
Spring Bay Fen State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 197° S
Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 1.9 mi, 222° SW
Mill Point Campground (Private Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 209° SW
Robert Rutherford Wildlife Sanctuary (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 300° NW
Mossville Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 318° NW
Detweiller Woods Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 254° W
Robinson Park - South (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 271° W
Lacroix Rock (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 245° SW
Sweet Like Lemonade (Public Artwork) — 5.2 mi, 228° SW
Jubliee College State Park (State Park) — 5.8 mi, 246° SW
Rock Island (State Recreation Area) — 5.9 mi, 272° W
Ironworkers Memorial (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 197° S
Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 6.2 mi, 215° SW
Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 203° SW
Settlement of Peoria Historic Site (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 199° S
Town Theater (Cinema) — 7.7 mi, 014° N
AMC Classic Sunnyland 10 (Cinema) — 8.4 mi, 166° S
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.5 mi, 188° S
Arts Partners (Gallery) — 8.7 mi, 210° SW
Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 8.8 mi, 210° SW
Dome Planetarium (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 204° SW
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Arts Centre) — 9.1 mi, 204° SW
Eastlight Theatre (Theatre) — 9.8 mi, 191° S
Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 (Viewpoint) — 9.9 mi, 195° S
Ulrich Wildlife Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.1 mi, 172° S
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 12.5 mi, 246° SW
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 306° NW

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