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Gifford Illinois Map

Explore Gifford, 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 Gifford, Illinois

How to Use This Gifford, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.305868
Longitude	-88.021149
Population	911
Density	792.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61847
Area Code	309
County Seat	Urbana
School District	Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188

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About Gifford, Illinois

Gifford is a locality in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 911. The population density is 792.2 people per km². Gifford is located at 40.3059°N, 88.0211°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gifford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61847.

Gifford occupies a flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth itself. It lies 7.1 miles east of Rantoul, IL (from Rantoul, IL: bearing 91°T), and is situated 17.6 miles northeast of Champaign. The landscape around Gifford remains defined by the methodical geometry of agriculture, a vast grid of corn and soybean fields that drink in the summer sun and turn a deep, dusty gold by harvest. A mile away, the Spoon River traces a quiet, winding path through the soil, offering a sliver of shade and movement to an otherwise static, sun-drenched plain. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of Yankee Ridge breaks the absolute flatness of the view, while the lush, dense canopy of the University of Illinois Experimental Forest remains a thirteen-mile trek for those seeking a deeper woodland. Within the village itself, the air carries a clean, dry scent, and the light at dusk settles over the rooftops with a heavy, honeyed clarity that makes the grain elevators appear as monuments to the region's quiet labor.

Roessler Memorial Park provides a central green space for Gifford, serving as a modest anchor for local gatherings and the simple, persistent rhythm of daily life. The economy here remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding dark, fertile soil, a legacy that has dictated the pace of growth and the character of the streetscape for generations. While the influence of larger intellectual centers like the nearby university permeates the regional culture, Gifford retains a distinct, self-contained stillness that favors the neighborly exchange over the bustle of the metropolis. Travelers passing through might notice how the afternoon shadows lengthen across the pavement, grounding the village in a sense of permanence that feels detached from the rapid, shifting currents of the wider world. Life in Gifford moves with the deliberate, seasonal clock of the farmer, acknowledging the proximity of Greenwood Lake for those seeking a respite from the inland heat, yet remaining firmly committed to the quietude of its own expansive, open plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Roessler Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 192° S
Gifford War Memorial (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 171° S
Point Pleasant Addition Land Acquisition (Local Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 033° NE
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 5.3 mi, 049° NE
Brookhill Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 289° W
Maplewood Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 280° W
Middle Fork Land Acquisition Projec (Local Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 019° N
Bill Seeber Sports Complex & Aquatic Center (Local Recreation) — 7.1 mi, 263° W
Herschel Workman State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 026° NE
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 105° E
Horseshoe Bottom Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.0 mi, 110° E
Mr. Big Beatle Finds His Way (Public Artwork) — 15.9 mi, 219° SW
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 16.6 mi, 216° SW
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 173° S
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 16.6 mi, 217° SW
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.6 mi, 124° SE
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 118° SE
Yingying Zhang Memorial Garden (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 219° SW
Morton Weir Memorial (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 218° SW
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 218° SW
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 219° SW
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 218° SW
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 18.6 mi, 127° SE
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 18.6 mi, 230° SW
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 230° SW
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 230° SW
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 22.7 mi, 114° SE
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 31.1 mi, 287° W
Shades State Park (State Park) — 54.1 mi, 118° SE
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 70.9 mi, 355° N · 18k acres

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