Cave-In-Rock Illinois Map

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 228. The population density is 235.4 people per km². Cave-In-Rock is located at 37.4692°N, 88.1653°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cave-In-Rock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62919.

Cave-In-Rock commands a limestone bluff overlooking the expansive, slow-moving currents of the Ohio River. It lies 45.7 miles east-southeast of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 113°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west-southwest of Williams. The landscape here is characterized by a rugged, karst topography where the earth seems to breathe through deep fissures and hidden hollows, notably toward the depression of Big Sink. Beyond the river’s immediate reach, the terrain shifts into a series of wooded ridges, with the distant, muted silhouette of Cottonpatch Ridge defining the horizon. Visitors often traverse the Hickory Ridge Trail, where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, a sensation that deepens as one wanders toward the quiet, still waters of Walker Lakes. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, pale shafts, illuminating the gray, weathered stone that gives Cave-In-Rock its enduring, elemental presence.

History clings to the limestone walls of Cave-In-Rock State Park, where the eponymous cavern once served as a notorious refuge for river bandits during the frontier era. This legacy of lawlessness has long since faded into a quiet, agrarian economy, where the rhythm of life is dictated by the seasonal turning of fields and the steady passage of barges on the water. While the Kaskaskia Experimental Forest lies to the north, the local character remains defined by the interplay between the dense, ancient woodland and the river that has carved the region’s identity over centuries. Modern life here unfolds with a deliberate, unhurried pace, favoring the persistence of tradition over the restless momentum of the outside world, as the inhabitants maintain a quiet stewardship over this singular stretch of the Midwestern interior.

About This Cave-In-Rock Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. Coordinates: 37.469217, -88.165308. 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 Cave-In-Rock includes the ZIP code (62919), telephone area code (618), county seat of Hardin County (Elizabethtown), and school district assignment (Hardin County Community Unit School District 1).

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.