Explore East Dubuque, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for East Dubuque, 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 East Dubuque.
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 | East Dubuque |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Jo Daviess County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.488331 |
| Longitude | -90.624224 |
| Population | 1,505 |
| Density | 211.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61025 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Galena |
| School District | East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119 |
East Dubuque commands a rugged posture where the limestone bluffs rise sharply from the floodplain of the Mississippi River. It lies 1.2 miles east-southeast of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 118°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east-southeast of Asbury. The landscape is defined by this dramatic elevation, casting long, cool shadows over the lower reaches where the Floodwall Trail - South Section winds its way through the quiet brush. To the east, the terrain yields to the gentle, undulating rhythm of the Midwest, while the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Dubuque Hills anchor the horizon. Deep within the nearby landscape, the quiet waters of Frentress Lake reflect the shifting prairie sky, and the narrow, shaded depression of Boatyard Hollow serves as a reminder of the ancient, slow-moving forces that shaped this limestone-heavy ground.
Grammercy Park provides a verdant vantage point for observing the persistent commerce of East Dubuque, where the hum of the railway and the steady operation of regional freight define the modern day. The economy here remains tethered to the movement of goods and the endurance of its industrial roots, a legacy built upon the back of the river’s path and the grit of those who settled this high ground. Residents move with the measured patience of people accustomed to a landscape that demands respect for its incline and its weather. As evening light catches the masonry of the older buildings, the intersection of history and industry becomes clear, revealing a place that values the steady, unadorned labor required to maintain a life on the edge of the bluffs.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of East Dubuque, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.488331, -90.624224. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for East Dubuque includes the ZIP code (61025), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Jo Daviess County (Galena), and school district assignment (East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |