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Edgewood Illinois Map

Explore Edgewood, 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 Edgewood, Illinois

How to Use This Edgewood, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.921865
Longitude	-88.664076
Population	398
Density	151.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	61016, 62426
Area Code	847, 224, 217
County Seat	Belvidere
School District	Effingham Community Unit School District 40

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About Edgewood, Illinois

Edgewood is a locality in Boone County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 398. The population density is 151.7 people per km². Edgewood is located at 38.9219°N, 88.6641°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Edgewood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61016, 62426.

Edgewood emerges from the flat, industrious stretch of the Illinois landscape as a quiet intersection of open sky and working soil. It lies 4.2 miles west-southwest of Belvidere, IL (from Belvidere, IL: bearing 248°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-southeast of Rockford. The ground here holds a steady, unassuming character, defined by the vast expanse of the Ipsen Prairie that blankets the immediate surroundings with tall, swaying grasses and native flora. Only a mile away, the Kishwaukee River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth, its water reflecting the pale, expansive light that defines the Midwestern horizon. Further out, the gentle rise of Lookout Point punctuates the distance, while the dense, shadowed canopy of the McKiski County Forest Preserve offers a deep contrast to the sun-drenched fields. When the light dips low in the evening, the air carries a crisp, earthen stillness that seems to settle into the very grain of the land, marking the transition from the heat of the day to the cool, quiet dark.

Edgewood retains a rhythm shaped by the persistence of its agricultural roots and the steady pulse of local labor that has defined its growth over generations. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding fields, where the cyclical nature of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of daily life. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the proximity of Spring Lake, six miles distant, provides a point of seasonal retreat for those who know the quiet corners of the region. There is a particular honesty in the way the architecture here favors function over ornament, reflecting a history of settlers who built with what the land provided. Life in Edgewood moves with the unforced patience of a place that understands its own scale, grounded in a landscape that demands little but rewards the observant eye with the subtle, shifting colors of the prairie seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Edgewood Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 035° NE
Wildcat Hollow State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 026° NE
Ballard Nature Center (Private Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 347° N
Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 202° S
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 140° SE
Rock Cave State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 330° NW
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 14.1 mi, 027° NE
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.9 mi, 205° SW
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 15.3 mi, 026° NE
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 025° NE
Community Park (Local Park) — 15.5 mi, 026° NE
Karl Bartel Grassland Land and Water Reserve (Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 221° SW
Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 058° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 042° NE
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 277° W
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 277° W
Little Wabash River (Conservation Area) — 24.7 mi, 131° SE
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 279° W
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 26.2 mi, 092° E
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 30.5 mi, 251° W
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 113° SE
Party Cove (Attraction) — 35.9 mi, 247° SW
Nike Ajax Missile (Monument) — 37.7 mi, 224° SW
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 37.9 mi, 245° SW
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 38.2 mi, 014° N
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 39.4 mi, 325° NW
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 40.0 mi, 267° W
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 40.1 mi, 267° W
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 41.9 mi, 039° NE
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.8 mi, 130° SE · 20k acres

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