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Florence Illinois Map

Explore Florence, 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 Florence, Illinois

How to Use This Florence, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.628417
Longitude	-90.612775
Population	17
Density	23.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	61032, 62363
Area Code	847, 224, 217
County Seat	Freeport
School District	Pikeland Community Unit School District 10

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About Florence, Illinois

Florence is a locality in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 17. The population density is 23.8 people per km². Florence is located at 39.6284°N, 90.6128°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Florence is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61032, 62363.

Florence emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie as a quiet intersection of sky and soil, where the horizon stretches thin and pale under the immense weight of the Midwestern light. It lies 6.0 miles south-southwest of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 199°T), and is situated 14.1 miles southeast of Lena. Crane Grove Creek carves a slender, winding path through the landscape just a mile away, its banks lined with the gnarled skeletons of oaks and the seasonal debris of a slow-moving current. To the west, the subtle rise of Hardpan Ridge breaks the monotony of the fields, offering a muted silhouette against the bruised purple of a dusk sky. The air here holds a crisp, dry stillness, carrying the scent of disturbed earth and the distant, rhythmic hum of grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the surrounding plains.

Florence maintains a pace set by the turning of the seasons and the meticulous cycles of the local agricultural economy, which remains the lifeblood of the region. The legacy of the land is preserved in the nearby Oakdale Nature Preserve, where the prairie grasses lean in unison with the wind, echoing a time before the grid of roads defined the geometry of the fields. While the stillness of Coffman Lake eight miles distant provides a sanctuary for the local fauna, the people of Florence focus their industry on the harvest, their daily lives organized around the steady, demanding pulse of the soybean and corn crops. History lingers in the plain, sturdy architecture of the center, where the limestone foundations reflect a culture built on endurance, patience, and the quiet dignity of a life lived in harmony with the shifting colors of the inland plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 351° N
Naples Mound 8 (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 337° NW
Lake Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 271° W
Pilot Knob Limestone Glade (Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 173° S
America's Most Wanted Bird (Public Artwork) — 8.2 mi, 313° NW
Kampsville Archeology Center (Park) — 8.5 mi, 169° S
Mound House (Historic Ruins) — 9.5 mi, 171° S
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.3 mi, 010° N · 7,396 acres
Meredosia Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 008° N
217 Terror Haunted House (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 128° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 16.2 mi, 127° SE
Meredosia Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 17.7 mi, 005° N
New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 285° W
Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 073° E
Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 21.4 mi, 070° E
Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 21.7 mi, 070° E
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 328° NW
Center for American Archeology Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 180° S
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.8 mi, 215° SW · 10k acres
Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 23.6 mi, 181° S
North Overlook (Viewpoint) — 24.6 mi, 180° S
Karl's Movies (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 242° SW
John Stoeckley's Reflections of Missouri Gallery (Gallery) — 26.6 mi, 242° SW
Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 019° N
City of Greenfield Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 29.4 mi, 132° SE
Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment (Monument) — 36.1 mi, 075° E
Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 37.8 mi, 041° NE
Art Gallery 310 (Gallery) — 40.0 mi, 279° W
Cuivre River State Park (State Park) — 41.3 mi, 204° SW
Bay Island Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 41.6 mi, 281° W

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