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Granville Illinois Map

Explore Granville, 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 Granville, Illinois

How to Use This Granville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.261147
Longitude	-89.227586
Population	1,359
Density	401.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61326
Area Code	815
County Seat	Hennepin
School District	Putnam County Community Unit School District 535

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About Granville, Illinois

Granville is a locality in Putnam County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,359. The population density is 401.5 people per km². Granville is located at 41.2611°N, 89.2276°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Granville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61326.

Granville occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 20.8 miles west-southwest of Ottawa, IL (from Ottawa, IL: bearing 254°T), and is situated 6.9 miles southwest of Peru. The landscape remains defined by its inland stillness, far from any salt air, with the modest flow of Allforks Creek cutting through the terrain just one mile from the center. To the west, the distant silhouette of High Ridge traces a faint, jagged line against the sky, grounding the view in a geologic permanence that contrasts with the seasonal shifts of the fields. Within the local borders, City Park provides a necessary green pause, a place where the light at dusk settles in long, golden slants across the grass, turning the ordinary foliage into something quiet and watchful. Four miles away, the waters of Turner Lake hold the reflection of the clouds, offering a cool, still depth that anchors the surrounding basin of Wolf Hollow.

Granville maintains a character forged in the legacy of the regional coal industry, which once drew laborers from across Europe to work the shafts beneath the black soil. This history lingers in the sturdy brick architecture of the storefronts and the plain, honest houses that define the neighborhood grid. While the economy has evolved beyond the extraction of coal, the spirit of the place remains tied to the cycles of the land and the industry of its residents. The pace of life here is measured by the changing colors of the crops and the steady, unadorned movement of daily commerce, where neighbors recognize one another in the quiet aisles of local shops. It is a place that does not demand attention, preferring instead to exist in a state of modest, functional grace, supported by the deep, dark earth that has sustained Granville for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 001° N
Putnam County Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 360° N
South End Gun Club (Park) — 3.3 mi, 351° N
West End Gun Club (Park) — 3.3 mi, 347° N
Girl Scouts (Private Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 341° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 019° N
Lake DePue State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 323° NW
Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes (Private Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 245° SW
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 288° W
Senachwine Lake Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 228° SW
Stage 212 (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 056° NE
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 8.3 mi, 039° NE
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 082° E
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.6 mi, 068° E
Cherry Mine Disaster (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 004° N
Saint Louis Canyon (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 071° E
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 12.8 mi, 072° E
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 070° E
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.5 mi, 209° SW · 13k acres
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 301° NW
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 028° NE
Boy Scout of America (Public Artwork) — 19.6 mi, 074° E
Remembering the Radium Girls (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 073° E
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 073° E
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 114° SE
Town Theater (Cinema) — 27.3 mi, 210° SW
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 035° NE
Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 244° SW
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 230° SW
Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 36.6 mi, 207° SW

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