Explore Campus, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Campus, 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 Campus.
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 | Campus |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Livingston County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.023366 |
| Longitude | -88.306165 |
| Population | 149 |
| Density | 625.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 60920 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| County Seat | Pontiac |
| School District | Herscher Community Unit School District 2 |
Campus stretches across a flat expanse of fertile Illinois earth, defined by the vast, open horizon that seems to press down upon the grid of fields. It lies 19.5 miles east-northeast of Pontiac, IL (from Pontiac, IL: bearing 60°T), and is situated 7.9 miles southeast of Dwight. The landscape is a study in horizontal lines, where the sky claims two-thirds of the visual field and the soil—dark, heavy, and rich—dictates the pace of the seasons. A mile to the west, the quiet current of Broughton Creek traces a shallow path through the brush, its banks marking a subtle shift in the terrain that otherwise remains unbroken for miles. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of Sand Ridge (historic) interrupts the level view, a reminder of the ancient geological forces that once shaped this plains-heavy geography. When the sun begins to retreat, the light catches the metallic silos and the silvered grain bins, turning the entire perimeter of Campus into a silhouette of industry and harvest.
Agricultural rhythms remain the singular pulse of Campus, sustaining a life focused on the cultivation of corn and soybeans that fan out in emerald and gold blocks from the center. The local economy is tied to the movement of these crops, an exchange that has defined the character of the settlement since its inception as a rail-side stop. Residents here understand the land not as a scenic backdrop but as a working partner, and the quiet of the streets is often punctuated by the distant, heavy hum of machinery. Those seeking a deeper connection to the native landscape often travel seven miles to Don Gardner's Prairie Restoration, where the tallgrass ecosystem offers a glimpse of what the region appeared to be before the plow arrived. Even the recreational hours are quiet, often spent near the water at Dwight Lions Lake, where the surface reflects the expansive Midwestern clouds and the steady, unpretentious life of the people who call Campus their own.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Campus, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.023366, -88.306165. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Campus includes the ZIP code (60920), telephone area code (630, 331), county seat of Livingston County (Pontiac), and school district assignment (Herscher Community Unit School District 2).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |