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Gilman Illinois Map

Explore Gilman, 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 Gilman, Illinois

How to Use This Gilman, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.760528
Longitude	-88.000916
Population	1,738
Density	275.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60938
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Watseka
School District	Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10

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About Gilman, Illinois

Gilman is a locality in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,738. The population density is 275.8 people per km². Gilman is located at 40.7605°N, 88.0009°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gilman is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60938.

Gilman asserts itself as a quiet intersection of flat, fertile earth where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 25.4 miles south-southwest of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 196°T), and is situated 13.4 miles west of Watseka. The horizon stretches in every direction, an endless expanse of dark, heavy soil that turns the color of iron after a spring rain, broken only by the thin, silver ribbon of Prairie Creek winding through the fields two miles to the west. In the golden light of late afternoon, the flatness of the terrain creates a peculiar clarity, making the distant silhouettes of silos appear as sharp as ink marks on a parchment. Mann Park offers a patch of green reprieve where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp grass and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the agricultural cycle. A traveler looking toward the horizon might catch the faint, hazy suggestion of Pilot Hill, eighteen miles distant, rising like a shallow ripple in an otherwise uniform sea of corn and soybeans.

Gilman holds the quiet weight of a place built to serve the iron rails and the harvest, a legacy still etched into the wide, pragmatic layout of its streets. The local economy remains anchored to the grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the tracks, marking the rhythm of a life governed by the changing seasons and the yield of the surrounding fields. While Kam Lake lies five miles away, offering a brief stillness in the landscape, the true character of the locality is found in the steady, industrial hum of the regional agriculture that dictates the pace of every weekday morning. The architecture here favors the sturdy and the functional, with brick facades that have weathered the extremes of Midwestern winters and humid summers alike. It is a place where history is measured in the succession of crops and the maintenance of the grid, a persistent, unadorned endurance that defines the life of those who call Gilman home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mann Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 073° E
Durham Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 194° S
Crescent City Fairground (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 068° E
Milk's Grove State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 351° N
Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.7 mi, 071° E
Lake View Country Club (Local Recreation) — 17.6 mi, 195° S
JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica) (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 120° SE
Origin of Milford (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 120° SE
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 015° N
Pottawatomi Campground Memorial (Monument) — 25.9 mi, 016° N
Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 107° E
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.1 mi, 174° S
Willow Slough Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.2 mi, 061° NE
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.3 mi, 055° NE · 132 acres
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 32.2 mi, 301° NW
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 33.5 mi, 332° NW
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 332° NW
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 284° W
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 284° W
Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 284° W
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 342° N
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 38.1 mi, 234° SW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 39.8 mi, 357° N · 18k acres
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 41.0 mi, 160° S
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 41.7 mi, 161° S
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 41.8 mi, 243° SW
Mr. Big Beatle Finds His Way (Public Artwork) — 45.1 mi, 194° S
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 45.1 mi, 154° SE
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 59.2 mi, 029° NE · 11k acres
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 59.2 mi, 028° NE

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