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Essex Illinois Map

Explore Essex, 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 Essex, Illinois

How to Use This Essex, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.183053
Longitude	-88.192367
Population	841
Density	139.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60619, 60649, 60435, 60935
Area Code	708, 630, 331
County Seat	Kankakee
School District	Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U

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About Essex, Illinois

Essex is a locality in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 841. The population density is 139.5 people per km². Essex is located at 41.1831°N, 88.1924°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Essex is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60619, 60649, 60435.

Essex stretches across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself, punctuated by the steady, rhythmic silhouettes of grain elevators and power lines. It lies 16.0 miles west of Bourbonnais, IL (from Bourbonnais, IL: bearing 276°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-southeast of Braidwood. The landscape surrounding Essex remains defined by the deep, fertile soils of the Illinois prairie, a place where the light at dusk turns the fields into broad swathes of amber and bruised violet. Granary Creek meanders quietly through the low-lying terrain nearby, while the expansive Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond serves as a quiet, industrial mirror to the wide-open heavens. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of Sand Ridge (historic) breaks the monotony of the plains, reminding the eye that the land holds subtle variations beneath its seemingly infinite flatness.

History in Essex remains anchored to the coal mining roots that once drew laborers to these plains, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists long after the shafts have closed. Today, the economy leans into the agricultural rhythms of the region, though the proximity to the Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area invites a different pace, drawing those who find solace in the quietude of the tallgrass and the stillness of the water. Life in Essex moves with a deliberate, unadorned quality, where the passing of the seasons dictates the texture of the day more than any clock. Beyond the immediate fields, the far-off expanse of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie offers a glimpse of the landscape as it appeared before the plow, a wilder, ancient echo that still hums beneath the quiet streets of the village.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 267° W
Sand Ridge Savanna Preserve 3 (Local Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 011° N
K-Mine Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 323° NW
Sand Ridge Savanna Preserve 2 (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 012° N
Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1 (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 038° NE
Kankakee Sands Preserve 4 (Local Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 007° N
Elvis (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 351° N
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 347° N
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 274° W
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 274° W
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 007° N
Coal City Bell (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 325° NW
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 017° N
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 015° N
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 015° N
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 10.4 mi, 015° N · 18k acres
Chief Shauwanasee Memorial (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 077° E
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 350° N
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 107° E
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 314° NW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 17.2 mi, 314° NW
Gebhard Woods State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 314° NW
Louis Jolliet (Public Artwork) — 24.4 mi, 014° N
Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 013° N
Van Horne Woods Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.6 mi, 035° NE
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 28.8 mi, 014° N
3rd Floor Gallery (Gallery) — 29.0 mi, 014° N
Silver Springs (State Park) — 34.3 mi, 331° NW
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 44.8 mi, 060° NE · 11k acres

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