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Burtons Bridge Illinois Map

Explore Burtons Bridge, 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 Burtons Bridge, Illinois

How to Use This Burtons Bridge, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.279745
Longitude	-88.228973
Population	226
Density	709.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	60050, 60014
Area Code	312, 773
County Seat	Woodstock
School District	Community High School District 155

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About Burtons Bridge, Illinois

Burtons Bridge is a locality in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 226. The population density is 709.4 people per km². Burtons Bridge is located at 42.2797°N, 88.2290°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 60050, 60014.

Burtons Bridge occupies a low-lying stretch of land where the persistent, silt-heavy currents of the Fox River carve a slow path through the flat, fertile midwestern plains. It lies 4.2 miles south-southeast of McHenry, IL (from McHenry, IL: bearing 152°T), and is situated 9.5 miles southwest of Round Lake Beach. The air here holds a particular weight, often thick with the scent of damp earth and the subtle, metallic tang of the riverbed as it shifts under the influence of seasonal rains. To the west, the horizon remains stubbornly level, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a distant tree line or the rising elevation of Bald Knob, which marks the land’s quiet transition toward the horizon. Within a mile of the river’s edge, the landscape softens into the verdant, manicured greenery of Fish Park, a space where the grass grows thick and lush, unbothered by the industrial hum that characterizes the broader region.

Burtons Bridge maintains a character shaped by the steady, unpretentious commerce of the river valley, where local enterprise has long relied on the proximity of the water for both industry and quiet recreation. While the bustling grid of distant urban centers dictates the pace of the wider state, life in Burtons Bridge follows the slower, more deliberate rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the crops. Residents often seek the solitude of the Fox River Trail, which offers a path through the quiet intensity of the inland woods, or look toward the stillness of Thunderbird Lake for a reprieve from the daily turn of the wheel. The settlement remains an understated junction, a place where the history of the plains is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the land and the simple, persistent flow of the water that binds the geography together.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fish Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 125° SE
Stickney Run Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 269° W
Water Tower Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 102° E
Bates Fen Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 180° S
Silver Creek (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 180° S
Cotton Creek Marsh Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 1.2 mi, 125° SE
Helicopter (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 092° E
Waichunas Wetland Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 043° NE
Horse Barn (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 314° NW
Stickney Run 14 (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 269° W
Black Tern Marsh Viewing Platform Form (Viewpoint) — 1.9 mi, 343° N
Morraine Hills State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 360° N
Fel-Pro RRR 1 (State Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 180° S
Fel-Pro RRR 3 (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 190° S
Hickory Grove Riverfront (Nature Reserve) — 3.3 mi, 161° S
Volo Auto Museum Sign (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 041° NE
McHenry Downtown Theater (Cinema) — 4.9 mi, 337° NW
Alumni Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 239° SW
1995 Fox River Grove Bus–train Collision Memorial (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 174° S
Bettendorf Castle (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 174° S
Mack Manor - Christmas/Halloween Display (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 182° S
Alex Lancaster Memorial Bench (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 047° NE
Catlow Movie Theater (Cinema) — 9.9 mi, 151° SE
Chain O'Lakes State Park (State Park) — 10.6 mi, 018° N
Grayslake Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 065° NE
Perkowitz Art Studio (Gallery) — 10.9 mi, 067° NE
Powers-Walker Historical Homestead (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 336° NW
Lost Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 334° NW
Woodstock Opera House (Theatre) — 11.4 mi, 282° W
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.6 mi, 335° NW · 638 acres

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