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Crescent Illinois Map

Explore Crescent, 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 Crescent, Illinois

How to Use This Crescent, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.547261
Longitude	-89.665659
Population	552
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61554
Area Code	815
County Seat	Pekin

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About Crescent, Illinois

Crescent is a locality in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 552. Crescent is located at 40.5473°N, 89.6657°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61554.

Crescent unfolds across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 1.9 miles southwest of Pekin, IL (from Pekin, IL: bearing 223°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southwest of East Peoria. Lost Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the heavy, dark soil, its waters often sluggish beneath the weight of the humid summer air. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant silhouette of Hoxie Ridge provides a faint, jagged interruption to the otherwise unbroken line of the prairie. A mile away, the quiet stillness of Powerton Cooling Lake reflects the shifting colors of the atmosphere, while the nearby Pekin Park Youth Sports Complex serves as a localized hub where the quietude is punctuated by the sharp, rhythmic sounds of activity. Even in the height of the growing season, the light here possesses a singular, golden clarity that turns the tall grasses into a sea of amber, softening the hard edges of the industrial silos that mark the distance.

Crescent remains defined by the deep, fertile earth that dictates the tempo of its economy and the cycle of its days. Generations have oriented their lives around the seasonal rhythms of corn and soybean cultivation, a legacy that manifests in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that guards the center of the locality. While the proximity of Sand Ridge State Forest offers a glimpse of the native, sandy landscape that once dominated this region, the modern character of Crescent is firmly anchored in the productivity of the plains. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the necessity of patience, where the daily commerce of the grain elevator and the local trade routes honor a history of agrarian resilience. The social fabric is held together by an understated endurance, visible in the way the morning mist clings to the fields long after the sun has begun to warm the black, loam-rich ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pekin Park Youth Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 076° E
Rail Splitter Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 048° NE
Powerton lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 276° W
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 021° N
29th U.s. Colored Infantry Memorial (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 031° NE
Tazewell County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 031° NE
Sunset Hills Country Club (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 109° E
Sun Tracker (Public Artwork) — 2.1 mi, 060° NE
Sundance (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 060° NE
Pekin Lake (State Recreation Area) — 2.2 mi, 019° N
Dragon Stadium (Stadium) — 2.4 mi, 067° NE
Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 269° W
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.3 mi, 253° W
Fort Crevecoeur monument (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 025° NE
Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 (Viewpoint) — 9.9 mi, 030° NE
Eastlight Theatre (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 034° NE
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 10.3 mi, 266° W
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Arts Centre) — 10.5 mi, 022° N
Giant Screen Theater (Cinema) — 10.6 mi, 022° N
Dome Planetarium (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 022° N
Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 017° N
Arts Partners (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 017° N
Ulrich Wildlife Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.6 mi, 052° NE
Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 023° NE
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.5 mi, 344° N
Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 13.6 mi, 017° N
Jubliee College State Park (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 008° N
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.7 mi, 235° SW · 13k acres
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.8 mi, 239° SW · 5,262 acres
Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 32.1 mi, 154° SE

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