Erie Illinois Map
Explore Erie, 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 Erie, Illinois
How to Use This Erie, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Erie, 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 Erie.
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 | Erie |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Whiteside County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.65642 |
| Longitude | -90.079286 |
| Population | 1,518 |
| Density | 424.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61250 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Morrison |
| School District | Erie Community Unit School District 1 |
About Erie, Illinois
Erie is a locality in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,518. The population density is 424.7 people per km². Erie is located at 41.6564°N, 90.0793°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Erie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61250.Erie occupies a flat expanse of the Illinois prairie where the sky asserts a vast, encompassing dominion over the dark, productive soil. It lies 21.7 miles east-northeast of East Moline, IL (from East Moline, IL: bearing 60°T), and is situated 14.2 miles south-southeast of Clinton. This landscape is defined by the steady, unadorned presence of the Rock River, which carves a deliberate path through the terrain just one mile away, while the distant, quiet waters of Lake Erie remain an ever-present point of geographical reference. To the west, the subtle rise of Thunderbolt Hill breaks the horizon, providing a singular verticality to a vista otherwise governed by the sweeping horizontal lines of field and sky. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar clarity, turning the stalks of drying corn into rows of burnished copper that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped below the edge of the plains.
Erie draws its character from the rhythms of an agrarian economy that has long dictated the pace of labor and the cycle of the seasons. The settlement grew from the necessity of working this fertile earth, and today, the economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, manifesting in the methodical movement of machinery and the quiet commerce of the center. Residents seeking a respite from the routine of the fields often travel to Jaycee Park or traverse the Wa-bo-kie-shier Nature Trail, finding in these spaces the same stillness that defines the broader region. Despite the pressures of a modernizing world, Erie retains an essential, grounded quality, where the history of the land is written not in monuments, but in the enduring, quiet persistence of those who cultivate the plain.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Wabokieshiek, White Cloud the Prophet (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 081° E
- Prophetstown State Park Indian Village (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 082° E
- Prophetstown State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 082° E
- Lyndon Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 060° NE
- Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 336° NW
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.7 mi, 313° NW · 274k acres
- Norrish Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.2 mi, 029° NE
- Camanche Depot Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 313° NW
- Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 197° S
- Camanche Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 314° NW
- Princeton Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 289° W
- World War Memorial (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 256° W
- Lone Star (towboat) (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 254° W
- Clinton Show Boat (Theatre) — 14.2 mi, 338° N
- Scott County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 253° W
- Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 194° S
- President Ronald Reagan as a boy (Public Artwork) — 15.2 mi, 097° E
- Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 097° E
- Heritage Canyon (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 344° N
- Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 17.3 mi, 252° W
- Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 40.0 mi, 059° NE
- Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.1 mi, 140° SE · 13k acres
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About This Erie Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Erie, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.65642, -90.079286. 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 Erie includes the ZIP code (61250), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Whiteside County (Morrison), and school district assignment (Erie Community Unit School District 1).
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. |
