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Grand Ridge Illinois Map

Explore Grand Ridge, 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 Grand Ridge, Illinois

How to Use This Grand Ridge, Illinois Map

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

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	Grand Ridge
State	Illinois (IL)
County	LaSalle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.236979
Longitude	-88.831465
Population	515
Density	430.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61325
Area Code	815
County Seat	Ottawa
School District	Grand Ridge Community Consolidated School District 95

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About Grand Ridge, Illinois

Grand Ridge is a locality in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 515. The population density is 430.4 people per km². Grand Ridge is located at 41.2370°N, 88.8315°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grand Ridge is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61325.

Grand Ridge sits atop the high, flat prairie of Illinois, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by anything but the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 7.5 miles south of Ottawa, IL (from Ottawa, IL: bearing 176°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north of Streator. The land here acts as a vast, open stage for the shifting Midwestern light, which turns the sky into a deep, bruised violet as evening settles over the dark earth. Two miles away, the quiet passage of Covel Creek cuts through the terrain, a steady, modest presence in a landscape otherwise defined by the immense scale of the sky. While the distant, historic rise of Sand Ridge exists far off on the horizon, the immediate ground remains a reliable, fertile expanse that demands a patient, observant eye to appreciate its subtle shifts in color and texture.

Grand Ridge grew from the simple, rugged necessity of the agricultural frontier, evolving into a place where the pace of life is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic motion of the city grid. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, though the industrial hum of the LaSalle County Nuclear Station Cooling Pond, visible eight miles out, serves as a modern, silent sentinel over the plains. Travelers seeking a quieter communion with the natural world often find their way toward Sandy Ford State Natural Area, where the topography breaks into rugged, wooded pockets that feel worlds removed from the surrounding fields. Whether watching the light fade over the distant Horseshoe Canyon or considering the geological endurance of the Great Falls of the Illinois River, one finds that Grand Ridge maintains a quiet, self-possessed character, anchored firmly in the quietude of the interior plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sandy Ford State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 230° SW
Otter Creek (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 182° S
Peck Park (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 356° N
Marilla Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 176° S
Pluto Monument (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 182° S
Boy Scout of America (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 346° N
Illinois Canyon (Viewpoint) — 7.2 mi, 309° NW
Starved Rock State Park (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 320° NW
Buffalo Rock State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 327° NW
Remembering the Radium Girls (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 355° N
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 356° N
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 177° S
Lasalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 085° E
Dayton Bluffs Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 010° N
Engle Lane Theater (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 188° S
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 286° W
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 10.1 mi, 304° NW
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 10.4 mi, 306° NW
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.1 mi, 298° NW
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 065° NE
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 17.4 mi, 298° NW
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 321° NW
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 068° E
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 136° SE
CSX Morris Depot (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 067° NE
Fern Dell Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 032° NE
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 349° N
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 157° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.0 mi, 250° W · 13k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 32.8 mi, 072° E · 18k acres

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