Enter your search query in the box below.

Elizabeth Illinois Map

Explore Elizabeth, 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 Elizabeth, Illinois

How to Use This Elizabeth, Illinois Map

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

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	Elizabeth
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Jo Daviess County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.317791
Longitude	-90.221517
Population	694
Density	297.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61028
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Galena
School District	River Ridge Community Unit School District 210

🌦 Goto Elizabeth Weather Page: Elizabeth, Illinois — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Elizabeth, Illinois

Elizabeth is a locality in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 694. The population density is 297.7 people per km². Elizabeth is located at 42.3178°N, 90.2215°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elizabeth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61028.

Elizabeth occupies a landscape defined by the steady, persistent carve of the Apple River, which winds through the terrain like a silver thread pulled taut against the limestone bluffs. It lies 30.7 miles west of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 273°T), and is situated 12.6 miles east-southeast of Galena. The earth here rises in sudden, jagged shifts toward Terrapin Ridge, creating a topography that feels ancient and unyielding compared to the flatter expanses of the surrounding plains. Elizabeth City Park provides a central green expanse where the light at dusk settles in long, amber streaks across the grass, highlighting the way the air cools rapidly once the sun slips behind the distant, shadowed contours of Snipe Hollow. To the north, the quiet stillness of Fitzgerald Lake mirrors the sky, remaining a singular, glassy anchor within the rugged, undulating countryside.

Lead mining once dictated the pulse of Elizabeth, drawing settlers who sought fortune in the dark, heavy veins of the earth, though today the economy leans into the quiet persistence of local agriculture and the slow commerce of a main street that remembers its past. The architecture remains grounded in the limestone masonry of another era, a physical record of the laborers who once moved through these valleys to establish a permanent foothold in the wilderness. Life in Elizabeth maintains a deliberate pace, governed more by the changing colors of the seasonal harvest and the slow, rhythmic rising of the morning mist over the riverbanks than by the frantic industry of the distant urban grids. Residents move with a familiarity that suggests a deep connection to the geography, acknowledging that their daily routines are framed by the same enduring ridges and watercourses that guided the first pioneers to this place.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 063° NE
Elizabeth City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 309° NW
Tapley Woods State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 303° NW
Apple River Road Bridge (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 045° NE
Witkowsky State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 261° W
Golf Course (Park) — 6.0 mi, 200° S
Prairie Point (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 267° W
Indian Dancing / Tap Out Arena (Theatre) — 7.8 mi, 038° NE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.8 mi, 220° SW · 274k acres
Pioneer Potpourri (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 038° NE
Lee I. Binkley Council Ring (Theatre) — 8.0 mi, 039° NE
Rice Algific Slope (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 273° W
Human Foosball (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 038° NE
Princess Mine Algific Slope (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 265° W
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 186° S
Green Island Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 204° SW · 3,776 acres
Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 10.8 mi, 285° W
Bellevue State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 244° SW
Revolutionary War Patriots (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 249° W
Jackson County Freedom Rock (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 249° W

Latest News: Elizabeth

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News