Cave-In-Rock Illinois Map
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County.
Interactive Map of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
| City | Cave-In-Rock |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Hardin |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.469217 |
| Longitude | -88.165308 |
| Population | 210 |
| Density | 304.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
Cave-In-Rock is a locality in Hardin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 210. The population density is 304.1 people per km². Cave-In-Rock is located at 37.4692°N, 88.1653°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62919.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, surveys the broad sweep of the Ohio River where it bends, a place where the land itself seems to exhale toward the water. It lies 35.8 miles north-east of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 42°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west-south-west of Williams. The terrain here is a rugged embrace of rolling hills giving way to steeper bluffs, cloaked in the dense green of deciduous forests that spill down to the river's edge. The air, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, smoky perfume of wood fires. The dominant feature, the namesake cave, is a gaping maw in the limestone, a dark invitation carved by water and time, a stark contrast to the sun-drenched expanse of the river. Even the light seems to linger here at dusk, softening the sharp edges of the bluffs and casting a molten gold across the water's surface, imbuing the landscape with a quiet, persistent grandeur. For centuries, this particular bend in the Ohio River has been a nexus of human endeavor, its history as layered as the rock formations that define it. Cave-In-Rock itself was once a notorious hideout for river pirates and outlaws, their whispers still seeming to echo in the cool, damp recesses of the cavern, a dramatic counterpoint to the more recent, honest toil of agriculture and small-scale industry that has sustained the people of Hardin County. The local economy, once tied to the river's bounty and the timber harvested from the surrounding hills, now finds its pulse in the quiet routines of its residents, a resilience etched into the very character of Cave-In-Rock. The river remains a constant, a lifeblood and a historic highway, its ceaseless flow a reminder of the passage of generations and the enduring spirit of this place.
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About This Cave-In-Rock Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Cave-In-Rock and Hardin County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Cave-In-Rock is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Cave-In-Rock is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
