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Cave In Rock Illinois Map

Explore Cave In Rock, 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 Cave In Rock, Illinois

How to Use This Cave In Rock, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cave In Rock, 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 Cave In Rock.

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.

CityCave In Rock
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyHardin County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude37.469217
Longitude-88.165308
Population346
Density35.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code62919
Area Code618
County SeatElizabethtown

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 346. The population density is 35.0 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 commands a limestone bluff overlooking the steady, southward pull 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 rises in heavy, sedimented layers, where the dense canopy of the Kaskaskia Experimental Forest keeps the air cool and thick with the scent of damp earth. To the west, the depressions of Big Sink draw the rainwater into the hidden veins of the karst topography, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Cottonpatch Ridge marks the horizon against a sky that turns a bruised violet at dusk. Hikers frequent the Hickory Ridge Trail, moving through a quiet wilderness that feels ancient and indifferent to the passing of hours, save for the occasional shadow of a hawk circling above the quiet waters of Walker Lakes nearby.

Cave-In-Rock State Park preserves the hollowed limestone cavern that once served as a notorious refuge for river bandits and desperate travelers during the early years of frontier expansion. This history of lawlessness has long since faded into the quiet labor of the present, where the local economy finds its footing in the steady movement of commerce along the river and the seasonal rhythms of the surrounding fields. The air here holds a stillness that suggests the weight of long-buried secrets, a quality that lingers even as modern life continues in the slow, deliberate pace of those who live between the riverbanks and the limestone cliffs. It is a place where the water reflects the amber light of the sun, casting long, wavering patterns against the stone that have witnessed the slow drift of history for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Cave-In-Rock State Park (State Park) — 0.2 mi, 059° NE
  • Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.5 mi, 032° NE · 274k acres
  • Barker Bluff Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 1.5 mi, 032° NE
  • Collier Limestone Glade (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 071° E
  • Dam 50 Recreational Area (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 095° E
  • Big Rivers Wildlife Management Area and State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 085° E
  • Panther Hollow Research Natural Area Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 5.6 mi, 025° NE
  • Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 7.8 mi, 269° W · 7,712 acres
  • North Central Experiment Station Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 8.3 mi, 285° W
  • Fluorspar Miners Memorial (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 251° W
  • Pounds Hollow Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 11.1 mi, 326° NW
  • Hurricane Bluff (Viewpoint) — 12.7 mi, 317° NW
  • Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.9 mi, 306° NW · 3,978 acres
  • Herod Cave (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 298° NW
  • War Bluff Valley Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 18.1 mi, 265° W
  • Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.4 mi, 283° W · 6,632 acres
  • Fredonia Valley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 162° S
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.8 mi, 321° NW
  • Confederate Monument (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 042° NE
  • Old Wall (Historic Ruins) — 20.8 mi, 279° W
  • Caldwell County Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.3 mi, 147° SE
  • Harrisburg Remodeling (Attraction) — 27.6 mi, 311° NW
  • Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 27.6 mi, 312° NW
  • Graf Ink Printing (Attraction) — 27.7 mi, 312° NW
  • Carrier Mills Archaeological District (Historic Ruins) — 28.0 mi, 298° NW
  • Adsmore Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 148° SE
  • Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 29.5 mi, 174° S · 171k acres
  • Market House Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 222° SW
  • Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 35.4 mi, 222° SW
  • Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 37.1 mi, 225° SW

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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.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.