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Bull Valley Illinois Map

Explore Bull Valley, 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 Bull Valley, Illinois

How to Use This Bull Valley, Illinois Map

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

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	Bull Valley
State	Illinois (IL)
County	McHenry County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.320577
Longitude	-88.355089
Population	1,128
Density	47.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60050, 60098
Area Code	312, 773
County Seat	Woodstock
School District	Woodstock Community Unit School District 200

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About Bull Valley, Illinois

Bull Valley is a locality in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,128. The population density is 47.7 people per km². Bull Valley is located at 42.3206°N, 88.3551°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bull Valley is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60050, 60098.

Bull Valley defines itself through the quiet persistence of its glacial topography, where the land rises and falls in long, muscular swells that suggest the slow retreat of ancient ice. It lies 4.6 miles west of McHenry, IL (from McHenry, IL: bearing 259°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north-northwest of Crystal Lake. The landscape is a mosaic of heavy, dark soil and verdant meadows, punctuated by the persistent, winding presence of Boone Creek as it carves a path through the valley floor. To the west, the horizon is anchored by the distant, rounded silhouette of Camelback Kame, a geological sentinel that watches over the prairie grasses as they turn to a brittle, pale gold in the autumn light. Silence here is not an absence of sound, but a texture, occasionally broken by the rustle of wind through oak groves or the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural life that has long defined the character of the soil.

Bull Valley retains a deliberate, pastoral stillness, favoring the preservation of wide, open vistas over the dense clustering of modern development. The local economy and rhythm remain tethered to a stewardship of the land, with residents acting more as custodians of the terrain than mere inhabitants. Nearby, the protected wild spaces of Boone Creek 7 serve as a vital corridor for local fauna, maintaining a ecological integrity that echoes the quietude found further afield near the tranquil waters of Lily Lake. Despite the encroaching pace of the wider region, the spirit of Bull Valley is marked by a refusal to hurry, preferring the slow, seasonal turn of the landscape and the enduring, rugged grace of its rolling, inland expanse.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Boone Creek 7 (State Recreation Area) — 0.9 mi, 285° W
Bull Valley State Fish & Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 339° N
Boger Bog (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 180° S
Boone Creek 1 (State Recreation Area) — 1.7 mi, 360° N
Parker Fen (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 184° S
Dufield Pond (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 258° W
Merryman Fields Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 299° NW
Planetarium Display (Public Artwork) — 4.2 mi, 189° S
South Street Railway Tunnel (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 263° W
Sterne's Fen Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 151° SE
Bill Murray Stepped Here (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 266° W
Woodstock Opera House (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 265° W
Woodstock Mural and Sculpture Garden (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 266° W
Court House and Jail Arts Center (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 265° W
McHenry Downtown Theater (Cinema) — 4.8 mi, 070° E
Morraine Hills State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 098° E
Wetland Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 5.6 mi, 099° E
Horse Barn (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 109° E
Wonder Lake Bible Church (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 005° N
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.4 mi, 325° NW · 638 acres
Lost Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 011° N
Powers-Walker Historical Homestead (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 015° N
Helicopter (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 110° E
Cotton Creek Marsh Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.2 mi, 115° SE
Bates Fen Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.4 mi, 126° SE
McHenry County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 238° SW
Chain O'Lakes State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 038° NE
Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.8 mi, 326° NW
Ravenstone Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 14.1 mi, 290° W

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