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Capron Illinois Map

Explore Capron, 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 Capron, Illinois

How to Use This Capron, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.399741
Longitude	-88.740379
Population	1,395
Density	701.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61012
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Belvidere
School District	North Boone Community Unit School District 200

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About Capron, Illinois

Capron is a locality in Boone County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,395. The population density is 701.3 people per km². Capron is located at 42.3997°N, 88.7404°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Capron is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61012.

Capron emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of northern Illinois as a collection of sturdy roofs and grain elevators rising above the black earth. It lies 10.8 miles north-northeast of Belvidere, IL (from Belvidere, IL: bearing 29°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-southwest of Harvard. The landscape surrounding Capron is defined by the persistent, unyielding geometry of Midwestern farmland, where the sky claims more territory than the soil. Two miles away, the quiet current of Piscasaw Creek cuts a narrow, meandering path through the terrain, its banks offering a sanctuary of green that stands in stark contrast to the vast, open fields. When the sun dips low, the light stretches across the plains in long, amber fingers, illuminating the dust motes that dance above the corn rows and turning the gray silos into silhouettes against the darkening firmament.

History in Capron remains tied to the steel ribbons of the railroad, which once funneled the bounty of the prairie toward distant markets and shaped the very layout of the streets. The local economy persists as a quiet engine of agriculture, where the rhythm of the year is dictated by the planting and the harvest rather than the frantic pace of the urban grid. While the residents look toward the distant, hazy rise of Lookout Point eighteen miles away, their daily lives are anchored by the local connection to the Piscasaw Creek PCON, a rare preserve of wilder, untamed growth in a landscape otherwise ordered by the plow. Life here unfolds with a deliberate, steady cadence, reflecting a place that values the weight of the harvest and the simple clarity of a horizon that meets the sky in an unbroken line.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Piscasaw Creek (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 107° E
O.O. Stimes Memorial Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 158° S
Beck's Woods 3 (Local Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 071° E
Tuttle Clarkson Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 3.5 mi, 237° SW
Piscasaw Fen Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 214° SW
Beck's Woods 7 (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 069° E
Milky Way Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 077° E
Ravenstone Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 6.4 mi, 095° E
Harvard Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 078° E
Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 224° SW
The Aviator (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 225° SW
Shoe Tree (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 117° SE
Jefferson Prairie Settlement (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 316° NW
Brookdale 5 (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 108° E
Brookdale 1 (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 107° E
Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 211° SW
Apollo Theater (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 209° SW
Extensive Wl Habitat - Public Hunting Ground (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 013° N
Rock Cut State Park (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 254° W
Ingrid Dohm Studio (Public Artwork) — 11.3 mi, 229° SW
Belvidere High School PAC (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 203° SW
Cody's Farm and Orchard (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 136° SE
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.7 mi, 067° NE · 638 acres
Royal Oak Teepee (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 064° NE
Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.2 mi, 064° NE
Denny's Corn Crib (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 206° SW
Lake Geneva Club Historical Gazebo (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 046° NE
Yerkes Observatory (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 038° NE
McHenry County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 138° SE
Big Foot Beach State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 053° NE

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