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Dewey Illinois Map

Explore Dewey, 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 Dewey, Illinois

How to Use This Dewey, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.318922
Longitude	-88.281996
Population	105
Density	417.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61840
Area Code	309
County Seat	Urbana
School District	Fisher Community Unit School District 1

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About Dewey, Illinois

Dewey is a locality in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 105. The population density is 417.9 people per km². Dewey is located at 40.3189°N, 88.2820°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61840.

Dewey emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, a landscape defined by the relentless geometry of agriculture and the wide, unencumbered sky. It lies 6.7 miles west of Rantoul, IL (from Rantoul, IL: bearing 276°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-northeast of Lake of the Woods. The earth here is a dark, heavy loam, flattened by the slow retreat of ancient glaciers and now sculpted into the endless, orderly rows of corn and soybeans that stretch until they blur against the hazy distance. A mile to the west, the slow, muddy meander of Wildcat Slough cuts a shallow channel through the fields, its banks thick with seasonal grasses and the occasional stubborn stand of cottonwood. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the faint, blue-gray silhouette of Yankee Ridge haunts the western skyline, a reminder of the rising terrain that anchors the region. When the sun hangs low, the light flattens against the stalks, turning the entire expanse into a shimmering, bronze-colored sea of grain that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the shadows have lengthened.

Dewey remains a place where the rhythm of the year is dictated by the planting and the harvest, a quiet testament to the persistence of the American agricultural economy. The settlement grew in tandem with the steel rails that bisected the prairie, bringing the promise of transport to a region otherwise isolated by the sheer scale of the plains. Life in Dewey revolves around the grain elevators that rise like monoliths above the flat ground, their corrugated sides reflecting the stark, changing colors of the Midwestern seasons. Residents often seek the quiet margins of Greenwood Lake, two miles away, to watch the water catch the shifting clouds, or spend afternoons in the open, grassy expanses of Richman Park, a local focal point for communal gatherings. There is a profound stillness here, a sense that the passage of time is measured not in hours, but in the slow, inevitable cycle of the crops and the steady, unyielding wind that sweeps across the black soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Richman Park (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 267° W
Sagamon River Land Acquisition Pro (Local Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 233° SW
Bill Seeber Sports Complex & Aquatic Center (Local Recreation) — 6.4 mi, 106° E
Perdueville State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 032° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 139° SE
Lake Of The Woods Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 211° SW
Champaign County Forest Preserve (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 211° SW
Prairie Grid (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 180° S
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 182° S
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 12.9 mi, 182° S
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 182° S
Gifford War Memorial (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 095° E
The American's Creed (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 173° S
Yingying Zhang Memorial Garden (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 168° S
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 165° S
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 165° S
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 170° S
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 169° S
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 170° S
Saybrook State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 313° NW
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 17.9 mi, 296° NW
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.0 mi, 082° E
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 138° SE
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.6 mi, 284° W
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 25.1 mi, 297° NW
Horseshoe Bottom Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.5 mi, 102° E
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.4 mi, 110° E
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 311° NW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 70.1 mi, 006° N · 18k acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 77.1 mi, 314° NW · 13k acres

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