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Cuba Illinois Map

Explore Cuba, 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 Cuba, Illinois

How to Use This Cuba, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.493601
Longitude	-90.193353
Population	1,184
Density	841.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60010, 61427
Area Code	312, 773, 815
County Seat	Waukegan
School District	Fulton County Community Unit School District 3

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About Cuba, Illinois

Cuba is a locality in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,184. The population density is 841.9 people per km². Cuba is located at 40.4936°N, 90.1934°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cuba is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60010, 61427.

Cuba occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the deliberate geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 3.1 miles southeast of Cary, IL (from Cary, IL: bearing 129°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-northwest of Palatine. The land here is defined by the steady, modest movement of water through the soil, with Flint Creek carving a narrow, meandering path through the earth just a mile away. Within the immediate perimeter of the streets, Citizens For Conservation Open Space preserves a fragment of the native prairie, offering a quiet sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the Midwestern wind. Beyond the town limits, the landscape softens into the gentle, wooded ridges that lead toward the distant elevation of Bald Knob, while the deeper stillness of Grassy Lake remains a silent presence a short distance to the north.

Cuba emerged from the deep soil of the nineteenth century, its character forged by the relentless labor of agriculture and the extraction of mineral wealth that once defined the regional economy. The architecture remains grounded in the sturdy, utilitarian brick that speaks to a time when industry dictated the pace of daily life, yet the current atmosphere is one of deliberate, patient endurance. Life in Cuba proceeds with an unforced cadence, where the changing light across the fields marks the passage of seasons more reliably than any clock. While the bustle of larger urban grids feels worlds away, the connection to the land remains absolute, anchored by the heritage of those who first broke the prairie sod and the persistent, quiet resilience of a place that values the steady work of the present over the vanity of the past.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Baseball Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 171° S
Putnam Township Park District (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 173° S
Golf Partners (Park) — 2.7 mi, 039° NE
Wee-Ma-Tuk Hills Country Club (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 042° NE
Living Springs Camp (Private Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 171° S
Rocky Meadows Sportsmens Club (Park) — 4.4 mi, 062° NE
Double "T" State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 030° NE
Nature Conservancy (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 054° NE
Camp Ellis (Private Recreation) — 8.1 mi, 220° SW
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.0 mi, 162° S · 5,262 acres
Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 159° S
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.7 mi, 137° SE · 13k acres
Rockwell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 14.7 mi, 152° SE
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 104° E
Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 105° E
Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 336° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 283° W
Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 035° NE
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.7 mi, 080° E
"walky" Rocky Statue (Public Artwork) — 22.5 mi, 264° W
The Pioneers (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 031° NE
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 23.1 mi, 164° S
Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 031° NE
Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 25.2 mi, 265° W
West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 25.2 mi, 265° W
War of 1812 Monument (Monument) — 25.2 mi, 265° W
Western Illinois Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 264° W
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.5 mi, 262° W
McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 25.8 mi, 267° W
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 26.0 mi, 267° W

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