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Buckingham Illinois Map

Explore Buckingham, 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 Buckingham, Illinois

How to Use This Buckingham, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.046977
Longitude	-88.175329
Population	244
Density	375.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60917
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Kankakee
School District	Herscher Community Unit School District 2

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About Buckingham, Illinois

Buckingham is a locality in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 244. The population density is 375.3 people per km². Buckingham is located at 41.0470°N, 88.1753°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Buckingham is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60917.

Buckingham unfolds across a vast, flat expanse of prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or a cluster of wind-bent trees. It lies 17.1 miles west-southwest of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 253°T), and is situated 17.1 miles west-southwest of Bourbonnais. Crane Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian growth that persists even when the summer heat draws the water low. The air here holds a distinct clarity, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun turns the golden stalks of corn and soybeans into a shimmering, amber sea that stretches toward the distant, faint outline of Sand Ridge (historic) on the far periphery. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the land maintains a quiet, persistent stillness, broken only by the rustle of dry leaves or the distant hum of machinery that defines the rhythm of the seasons.

Buckingham owes its existence to the iron rails that once dictated the pulse of Midwestern commerce, grounding its economy in the fertile productivity of the surrounding earth. The legacy of these tracks remains etched into the layout of the streets, providing a skeletal structure for a village that still looks toward the harvest as its primary measure of time. Residents find a quiet connection to the native landscape at the Union Hill Railroad Prairie, where the original grasses still sway in the wind, offering a glimpse into the terrain as it existed before the plow. While life moves with a deliberate, steady pace, the proximity to the Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond serves as a modern marker of the region’s industrial capacity, contrasting with the ancient, enduring silence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Union Hill Railroad Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 002° N
Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 346° N
Community Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 056° NE
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 325° NW
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 326° NW
Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1 (Local Recreation) — 13.9 mi, 010° N
Kankakee Sands Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.8 mi, 000° N
Elvis (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 353° N
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 352° N
Dwight Country Club (Local Recreation) — 15.6 mi, 280° W
Chief Shauwanasee Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 040° NE
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 15.9 mi, 063° NE
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 074° E
Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 073° E
Flag Memorial (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 073° E
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.5 mi, 001° N
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 004° N
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 005° N
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 19.5 mi, 005° N · 18k acres
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 352° N
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 328° NW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 328° NW
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 244° SW
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.1 mi, 094° E · 132 acres
Louis Jolliet (Public Artwork) — 33.4 mi, 009° N
Engle Lane Theater (Theatre) — 35.7 mi, 277° W
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 37.9 mi, 009° N
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 49.2 mi, 049° NE
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 49.5 mi, 050° NE · 11k acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.5 mi, 273° W · 13k acres

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