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Big Foot Prairie Illinois Map

Explore Big Foot Prairie, 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 Big Foot Prairie, Illinois

How to Use This Big Foot Prairie, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Big Foot Prairie, 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 Big Foot Prairie.

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	Big Foot Prairie
State	Illinois (IL)
County	McHenry County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.495018
Longitude	-88.59899
Population	65
Density	112.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	60033
Area Code	312, 773
County Seat	Woodstock
School District	Harvard Community Unit School District 50

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About Big Foot Prairie, Illinois

Big Foot Prairie is a locality in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 65. The population density is 112.0 people per km². Big Foot Prairie is located at 42.4950°N, 88.5990°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 60033.

Big Foot Prairie stretches across the Illinois landscape as a vast, open expanse where the horizon maintains a crisp, level clarity against the sky. It lies 14.6 miles north-northwest of Woodstock, IL (from Woodstock, IL: bearing 328°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north of Harvard. Lawrence Creek meanders through the periphery, its quiet currents cutting through the dark, fertile soil that has defined this topography since the retreat of the glaciers. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, heavy amber quality, catching the tops of the tall grasses and casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Camelback Kame. Residents often find their way toward the quiet grounds of Ballfield Park, where the air feels cooler and the stillness of the inland plains settles into the lungs like a steadying weight.

Agriculture remains the silent pulse of Big Foot Prairie, as the seasonal rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the life of those who work the deep, black earth. The legacy of the early settlers persists in the sturdy, utilitarian lines of the farmsteads that dot the landscape, far removed from the frantic pace of distant urban centers. Four miles to the north, the waters of Lake Geneva provide a cool, reflective contrast to the sun-drenched fields, drawing those who seek a respite from the labor of the surrounding acreage. There is an enduring, honest simplicity in the way the days unfold here, marked only by the shifting colors of the crops and the persistent, gentle movement of the wind across the open fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ballfield Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 007° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 359° N
High Point 2 (State Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 130° SE
Piscasaw Creek (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 265° W
Duck Pond Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 007° N
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.6 mi, 103° E · 638 acres
Royal Oak Teepee (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 099° E
Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.7 mi, 099° E
Lake Geneva Club Historical Gazebo (Viewpoint) — 5.1 mi, 042° NE
Harvard Historical Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 188° S
Alden Sedge Meadow 10 (Local Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 107° E
Yerkes Observatory (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 023° NE
Alden Sedge Meadow 4 (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 101° E
Sharon State Habitat Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 311° NW
Extensive Wl Habitat - Public Hunting Ground (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 311° NW
Scattered Wildlife (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 316° NW
Ravenstone Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 7.2 mi, 186° S
Ice Castles (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 030° NE
Civil War - Muster Tree and Train Depot Mural (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 348° N
Muster Tree - Train Depot (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 348° N
Big Foot Beach State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 059° NE
Civil War Tree (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 348° N
Shoe Tree (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 176° S
Andy Gump (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 052° NE
Geneva Lake Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 052° NE
Elkhorn Band Shell (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 010° N
Tuttle Clarkson Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.2 mi, 230° SW
Lost Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 109° E
Woodstock Opera House (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 148° SE
Powers-Walker Historical Homestead (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 108° E

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