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Bureau Illinois Map

Explore Bureau, 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 Bureau, Illinois

How to Use This Bureau, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.289203
Longitude	-89.366479
Population	440
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61315
Area Code	815
County Seat	Princeton

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About Bureau, Illinois

Bureau is a locality in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 440. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Bureau is located at 41.2892°N, 89.3665°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61315.

Bureau anchors itself firmly upon the flat, expansive plains of the Midwest, where the Old Channel Big Bureau Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth. It lies 27.5 miles west of Ottawa, IL (from Ottawa, IL: bearing 262°T), and is situated 7.5 miles southeast of Princeton. The landscape remains defined by the vast, open sky that hangs heavy and pale over the fields, occasionally broken by the distant, hazy silhouette of Indian Ridge on the horizon. Within this quiet expanse, Lake Rawson sits as a steady, reflective presence, mirroring the shifting moods of the clouds. The air here holds a distinct, crisp clarity, especially when the late afternoon sun stretches long, amber shadows across the soil, imbuing the flat horizon with a profound sense of solitude that feels both ancient and immediate.

Bureau persists as a place where the rhythm of the land dictates the pace of existence, deeply tied to the agricultural cycles that have long sustained the surrounding region. The Lake DePue State Fish and Wildlife Area serves as a vital corridor for the local ecology, grounding the area in a raw, unmanicured beauty that contrasts with the nearby, orderly geometry of the corn and soybean fields. History lingers in the quiet intersections and the weathered architecture, remnants of a time when the rails and the earth were the primary masters of commerce. Five miles away, the subtle depression of Wolf Hollow offers a slight variation in the terrain, a reminder of the slow, geological forces that shaped this inland world into a place of persistent, understated endurance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake DePue State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 146° SE
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 164° S
Lucky Seven Duck and Deer Inc (Private Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 145° SE
Hartman Hunting Club (Park) — 1.3 mi, 151° SE
Donnelley State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 081° E
Princeton Game and Fish Club (Park) — 1.9 mi, 181° S
River Front Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 154° SE
Walter Durley Boyle Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 154° SE
Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes (Private Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 162° S
Bureau Balley Country Club (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 309° NW
Senachwine Lake Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 170° S
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 317° NW
Cherry Mine Disaster (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 039° NE
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 13.2 mi, 070° E
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.7 mi, 181° S · 13k acres
Stage 212 (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 079° E
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.1 mi, 083° E
Matthiessen State Park (Nature Reserve) — 17.7 mi, 088° E
Saint Louis Canyon (Viewpoint) — 18.8 mi, 084° E
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 050° NE
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 19.5 mi, 084° E
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 19.5 mi, 083° E
Hopewell Peter Toth sculpture (Public Artwork) — 21.2 mi, 192° S
Santa Fe Train Mural (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 195° S
Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 233° SW
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 194° S
Town Theater (Cinema) — 26.4 mi, 194° S
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 112° E
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 048° NE
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 219° SW

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