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Compton Illinois Map

Explore Compton, 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 Compton, Illinois

How to Use This Compton, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.694475
Longitude	-89.081201
Population	274
Density	669.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61318
Area Code	815
County Seat	Dixon
School District	Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289

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About Compton, Illinois

Compton is a locality in Lee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 274. The population density is 669.6 people per km². Compton is located at 41.6945°N, 89.0812°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Compton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61318.

Compton persists as a quiet intersection of sky and soil, defined by the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie that stretches toward a horizon of endless green and gold. It lies 22.8 miles east-southeast of Dixon, IL (from Dixon, IL: bearing 116°T), and is situated 15.9 miles south of Rochelle. The land here holds the stillness of the deep interior, marked by the slow, deliberate movement of Big Bureau Creek, which wanders through the landscape just a mile away, carving a modest path through the silt and heavy earth. To the west, the distant elevation of High Ridge offers a faint, jagged interruption to the otherwise unbroken line of the plains, while the light at dusk settles over the fields in a heavy, bruised violet, turning the stalks of corn into silhouettes that guard the silence of the evening. Life in Compton moves in rhythm with the seasonal turning of the crops, a slow, methodical pulse that seems to draw its strength from the very minerals of the ground.

Agriculture remains the primary anchor of the local economy, with the legacy of early homesteaders still visible in the orderly grid of the fields and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the streetscape. The collective memory of the settlers who broke this stubborn sod is carried in the quietude of the surrounding acres, where the reach of the Green Wing Environmental Laboratory provides a sanctuary for the native grasses and birds that once dominated the entire region. Unlike the bustling metropolitan centers that pull at the edges of the state, Compton favors a deliberate pace, where the labor of the day is measured by the sun and the steady, reliable turn of machinery. It is a place where the history of the soil is not a distant relic but a living, working reality, grounded in the humble strength of a landscape that asks for little and yields everything to those who know how to tend it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Old Chicago Trail Marker (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 094° E
Homes of Chief Waubonsie and Madeline Ogee (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 097° E
Green Wing Environmental Laboratory (Park) — 9.4 mi, 271° W
Lake Mendota Park & Sports Complex (Local Park) — 9.4 mi, 197° S
Steward State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 031° NE
Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 072° E
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 131° SE
Mendota Golf Club (Park) — 11.1 mi, 203° SW
Indian Oaks Country Club (Local Recreation) — 11.8 mi, 069° E
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 180° S
Indian Creek Massacre Historic Site (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 132° SE
Green River State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.8 mi, 260° W
Huskies on Parade - Nestle (Public Artwork) — 22.5 mi, 050° NE
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 318° NW
Council Ring (Theatre) — 23.1 mi, 320° NW
The Next Picture Show (Gallery) — 23.1 mi, 297° NW
Jack Olson Gallery (Gallery) — 23.4 mi, 045° NE
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall (Theatre) — 23.5 mi, 045° NE
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 23.6 mi, 186° S
F-105D Thunderchief (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 296° NW
Castle Rock Scenic Outlook (Viewpoint) — 24.4 mi, 321° NW
Classic Cinemas Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 25.0 mi, 097° E
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 26.0 mi, 170° S
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.1 mi, 175° S
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 26.8 mi, 174° S
SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 27.9 mi, 288° W
Fern Dell Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 113° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.1 mi, 199° S · 13k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 48.9 mi, 115° SE · 18k acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.3 mi, 288° W · 274k acres

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