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Braceville Illinois Map

Explore Braceville, 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 Braceville, Illinois

How to Use This Braceville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.226976
Longitude	-88.264783
Population	724
Density	89.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60407
Area Code	708
County Seat	Morris
School District	Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U

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About Braceville, Illinois

Braceville is a locality in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 724. The population density is 89.9 people per km². Braceville is located at 41.2270°N, 88.2648°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Braceville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60407.

Braceville emerges from the flat, industrious stretches of the Illinois plains where the horizon is defined by the persistent geometry of cornfields and the quiet reach of the sky. It lies 12.1 miles southeast of Morris, IL (from Morris, IL: bearing 138°T), and is situated 3.8 miles southwest of Braidwood. The landscape carries a subtle, heavy stillness, punctuated only by the presence of the Braceville Railroad Prairie, a protected strip of land that preserves the original wild grasses against the encroachment of modern development. To the east, the Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond holds a vast, glassy stillness that reflects the changing temper of the clouds, while the Mazon River cuts a modest, winding path through the soil nearby. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of Sand Ridge (historic) breaks the monotony of the flatlands, offering a reminder of the ancient geological shifts that shaped this ground long before the steel tracks were laid.

Braceville keeps the rhythm of an older Illinois, where the labor of coal mining once fueled the ambitions of the early settlers and carved a distinct, resilient character into the local identity. The echoes of that industrial era linger in the quiet streets, balanced now by a slower pace of life that favors open space and the simple endurance of the seasons. While the town remains firmly grounded in its inland heritage, far from the chaotic churn of the coasts, it looks toward the vast expanse of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie as a testament to the landscape reclaiming its original form. Residents move through their days with a pragmatic grace, finding a particular beauty in the way the amber light of late afternoon catches the tall, dry stalks of the prairie grass, signaling a quiet connection to a land that has been worked, settled, and eventually returned to a state of calm.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 180° S
Mazonia Railroad Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 210° SW
K-Mine Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 076° E
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 218° SW
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 218° SW
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 044° NE
Elvis (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 047° NE
Coal City Bell (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 344° N
Sand Ridge Savanna Preserve 3 (Local Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 079° E
Kankakee Sands Preserve 4 (Local Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 062° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 340° N
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.0 mi, 044° NE
Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1 (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 080° E
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 051° NE
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 048° NE
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 047° NE
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 8.8 mi, 030° NE · 18k acres
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 006° N
William G. Stratton State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 319° NW
Karen R. Olson Memorial (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 317° NW
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 316° NW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 316° NW
Gebhard Woods State Park (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 316° NW
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 111° E
Mary Alfred Moes 1828-1899 (Public Artwork) — 22.8 mi, 022° N
Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 024° NE
Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.1 mi, 009° N
Richard A. Rock Amphitheater (Theatre) — 26.4 mi, 006° N
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 27.2 mi, 023° NE
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 46.7 mi, 065° NE · 11k acres

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