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Bellflower Illinois Map

Explore Bellflower, 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 Bellflower, Illinois

How to Use This Bellflower, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.340034
Longitude	-88.527005
Population	346
Density	370.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61724
Area Code	309
County Seat	Bloomington
School District	Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18

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About Bellflower, Illinois

Bellflower is a locality in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 346. The population density is 370.1 people per km². Bellflower is located at 40.3400°N, 88.5270°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bellflower is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61724.

Bellflower emerges from the vast, planar expanse of the Illinois prairie like a quiet thought held between the furrows of an endless agricultural machine. It lies 11.9 miles north-northwest of Mahomet, IL (from Mahomet, IL: bearing 327°T), and is situated 17.5 miles northeast of DeWitt. The horizon here is a flat, unyielding line, interrupted only by the vertical reach of grain elevators and the occasional stand of timber that marks the slow passage of Salt Creek. Light behaves differently across these open fields, bleaching the sky to a pale, thin blue during the high heat of midday before deepening into the bruised violets and ochres of a long, lingering dusk. While the distant silhouette of Yankee Ridge exerts a subtle gravity upon the landscape, the earth itself remains defined by the dark, heavy soil that has dictated the rhythm of every season since the first sod was turned.

Bellflower carries the weight of a legacy built upon the deep, productive loam that once invited settlers to lay down roots in the face of the wind. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a persistent pulse that hums through the local commerce and dictates the quiet, deliberate pace of the days. Those who wander beyond the immediate grid of the streets might find the stillness of the Saybrook State Habitat Area, or perhaps travel the short distance toward the quiet waters of Trautman Lake, where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and tall grasses. Life in Bellflower persists with a steady, unsentimental grace, honoring the labor of the past while watching the clouds drift over the corn and soybean rows that stretch toward the edge of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 7.2 mi, 334° NW
Saybrook State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 351° N
S. H. West County Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 293° NW
Sagamon River Land Acquisition Pro (Local Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 114° SE
Howard Virgin Timber Park (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 269° W
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.8 mi, 292° W
Champaign County Forest Preserve (Local Recreation) — 11.8 mi, 143° SE
Lake Of The Woods Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 136° SE
Railside Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 12.3 mi, 039° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.8 mi, 137° SE
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 13.7 mi, 316° NW
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 139° SE
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 139° SE
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 19.0 mi, 139° SE
Prairie Grid (Public Artwork) — 19.3 mi, 138° SE
The American's Creed (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 136° SE
Bosarth Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 284° W
Senior Memorial (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 135° SE
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 136° SE
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 22.6 mi, 296° NW
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 136° SE
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 135° SE
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 23.0 mi, 133° SE
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 328° NW
Weldon Springs State Park (State Recreation Area) — 25.2 mi, 233° SW
Sound of Illinois Chorus (Theatre) — 26.3 mi, 292° W
Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 26.5 mi, 293° NW
Historic US Route 66 Sign (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 289° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.2 mi, 320° NW · 13k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 71.2 mi, 015° N · 18k acres

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