Franklin Grove Illinois Map
Explore Franklin Grove, 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 Franklin Grove, Illinois
How to Use This Franklin Grove, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Franklin Grove, 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 Franklin Grove.
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 | Franklin Grove |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Lee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.841698 |
| Longitude | -89.300376 |
| Population | 896 |
| Density | 740.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61031 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Dixon |
| School District | Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 |
About Franklin Grove, Illinois
Franklin Grove is a locality in Lee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 896. The population density is 740.8 people per km². Franklin Grove is located at 41.8417°N, 89.3004°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Franklin Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61031.Franklin Grove occupies a stretch of northern Illinois where the prairie transition reveals itself in the quiet, insistent geometry of black soil and sky. It lies 9.2 miles east of Dixon, IL (from Dixon, IL: bearing 89°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north of Amboy. Franklin Creek carves a shallow, limestone-lined path just one mile from the center, its current providing a steady, rhythmic pulse that defines the local topography. To the north, the landscape softens into the wooded reaches of Middle Rock River Fee, where the dense canopy offers a cool, shaded reprieve from the expansive agricultural fields. Five miles to the west, the water of Lost Lake holds the reflection of the clouds with a stillness that suggests an ancient, patient depth, anchoring the horizon before the land eventually slopes toward the distant Earth Star Flats.
Franklin Grove emerged as a waypoint for those moving through the interior, its early character shaped by the pragmatism of trade routes and the unrelenting productivity of the surrounding acreage. The local economy persists in a slow, deliberate dialogue with the seasons, centered on the labor of the harvest and the maintenance of a heritage that values endurance over flash. Brick facades along the main thoroughfare retain a solemnity born of long winters, while the residents move with an unforced cadence that mirrors the shifting light across the corn rows. Here, the history of the region is not merely recalled but lived in the daily upkeep of the land, an ongoing cultivation that keeps the spirit of the plains present in every season.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Middle Rock River Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 309° NW
- Middle Rock River (Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 329° NW
- Lowden-Miller State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 329° NW
- Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 327° NW
- Council Ring (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 335° NW
- Replica Statue of Liberty (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 334° NW
- Schmig mem. (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 335° NW
- President Ronald Reagan (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 268° W
- Wings of Peace and Freedom (Public Artwork) — 9.3 mi, 271° W
- The Next Picture Show (Gallery) — 9.4 mi, 271° W
- Skare Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 047° NE
- Castle Rock Scenic Outlook (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 336° NW
- Green Wing Environmental Laboratory (Park) — 9.8 mi, 173° S
- Lowell Park (Local Park) — 9.9 mi, 289° W
- F-105D Thunderchief (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 272° W
- Lowden State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 356° N
- White Pines Forest State Park (State Conservation Area) — 13.0 mi, 321° NW
- White Pines Forest Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.5 mi, 322° NW
- Jerry Mathis Theater (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 264° W
- SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 15.3 mi, 264° W
- Sinnissippi_Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 18.8 mi, 261° W
- Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 004° N
- Youth Center (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 007° N
- Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 259° W
- Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 22.6 mi, 106° E
- The Dells (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 012° N
- Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 132° SE
- Jack Olson Gallery (Gallery) — 28.5 mi, 077° E
- Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 240° SW
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.0 mi, 280° W · 274k acres
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About This Franklin Grove Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Franklin Grove, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.841698, -89.300376. 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 Franklin Grove includes the ZIP code (61031), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Lee County (Dixon), and school district assignment (Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275).
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. |
