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Danforth Illinois Map

Explore Danforth, 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 Danforth, Illinois

How to Use This Danforth, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.820312
Longitude	-87.977818
Population	594
Density	479.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60930
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Watseka
School District	Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10

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About Danforth, Illinois

Danforth is a locality in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 594. The population density is 479.8 people per km². Danforth is located at 40.8203°N, 87.9778°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Danforth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60930.

Danforth stretches across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 21.6 miles south-southwest of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 196°T), and is situated 13.0 miles west-northwest of Watseka. Prairie Creek meanders through the periphery of the landscape, its quiet waters carving a subtle artery through the deep, black soil that defines the regional character. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially at dusk when the fading light turns the vast soybean and corn fields into a sea of muted greens and golds, stretching toward the distant, faint silhouette of Pilot Hill. Within the borders of the village, Danforth Centennial Township Park provides a central point of repose, offering a simple green space where the wind moves through the grass with an unforced, rhythmic persistence.

Economic life in Danforth remains tethered to the patient cycles of agriculture, a tradition that has anchored the locality since its earliest days of settlement. The grain elevators rise as the most prominent features of the skyline, standing as utilitarian monuments to a history built on the cultivation of the plains. While Kam Lake lies a short distance away, the pulse of daily existence is felt most keenly in the steady, mechanical hum of farm machinery during the harvest and the quietude that settles over the streets once the work is done. There is a distinct, understated dignity in how Danforth maintains its pace, favoring a deliberate continuity over the rapid shifts of the modern world, as if the land itself demands a measured and attentive way of life.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Danforth Centennial Township Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 058° NE
Mann Park (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 185° S
Crescent City Fairground (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 103° E
Milk's Grove State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 338° N
Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.7 mi, 087° E
Little Beaver Creek (Conservation Area) — 16.3 mi, 048° NE
Splash Valley Aquatic Park (Local Recreation) — 19.2 mi, 021° N
JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica) (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 132° SE
Origin of Milford (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 132° SE
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 014° N
Pottawatomi Campground Memorial (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 017° N
Kankakee 002-07 (State Recreation Area) — 22.0 mi, 030° NE
Iroquois County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.3 mi, 060° NE
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.1 mi, 060° NE · 132 acres
Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 116° SE
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 326° NW
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 326° NW
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 31.4 mi, 294° NW
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 32.1 mi, 177° S
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 338° N
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 277° W
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 277° W
Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 277° W
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 35.8 mi, 354° N · 18k acres
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 41.6 mi, 230° SW
Lilian Fendig Gallery (Gallery) — 43.8 mi, 079° E
Prairie Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 43.8 mi, 079° E
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 43.9 mi, 328° NW
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 55.0 mi, 029° NE
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 55.0 mi, 030° NE · 11k acres

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