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Bonfield Illinois Map

Explore Bonfield, 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 Bonfield, Illinois

How to Use This Bonfield, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.146699
Longitude	-88.057828
Population	351
Density	275.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60913
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Kankakee
School District	Herscher Community Unit School District 2

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About Bonfield, Illinois

Bonfield is a locality in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 351. The population density is 275.5 people per km². Bonfield is located at 41.1467°N, 88.0578°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bonfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60913.

Bonfield occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the persistent, rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 9.3 miles west of Bourbonnais, IL (from Bourbonnais, IL: bearing 266°T), and is situated 10.4 miles west of Kankakee. The South Bonfield Branch cuts a narrow, meandering path through the earth nearby, feeding the damp, dark soil that defines the local character. To the north, the distant memory of Sand Ridge (historic) suggests a different geological age, while the air carries the dry, expansive scent of the Midwest, cooling rapidly as the sun slips behind the grain silos. Near the Goodrich Railroad Prairie, the landscape retains a remnant of the tallgrass that once dominated the region, offering a flicker of wild color against the gray, utilitarian lines of the surrounding farmland.

Bonfield holds the quiet weight of an agricultural history, its economy tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of every season. The proximity of the Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond serves as a stark, industrial contrast to the vast fields, a reminder of the modern infrastructure that hums just beyond the periphery of daily life. Life in Bonfield moves with the deliberate, unadorned efficiency of a place focused on the ground beneath its feet, where the local identity is forged not in grand monuments, but in the enduring labor of those who work the land. Visitors arriving from the direction of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie often note the silence, a stillness that seems to amplify the rustle of dry corn husks in the wind and the distant, metallic rumble of trains tracking through the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Goodrich Railroad Prairie (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 160° S
Community Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 098° E
Kankakee River State Park (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 020° N
Chief Shauwanasee Memorial (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 039° NE
Donohue Grove Preserve 1 (Local Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 360° N
DGP Donohue Grove Preserve 3 (Local Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 007° N
Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1 (Local Recreation) — 7.7 mi, 331° NW
Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 286° W
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 088° E
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 104° E
Kankakee Sands Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.9 mi, 323° NW
Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 100° E
Flag Memorial (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 100° E
Elvis (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 316° NW
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 315° NW
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 337° NW
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 338° N
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.1 mi, 331° NW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 13.1 mi, 360° N · 18k acres
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 283° W
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 283° W
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 18.9 mi, 331° NW
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 307° NW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 307° NW
Louis Jolliet (Public Artwork) — 26.2 mi, 358° N
Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 357° N
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.5 mi, 109° E · 132 acres
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 30.5 mi, 360° N
3rd Floor Gallery (Gallery) — 30.7 mi, 360° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 40.4 mi, 052° NE · 11k acres

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