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Hillcrest Illinois Map

Explore Hillcrest, 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 Hillcrest, Illinois

How to Use This Hillcrest, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.966829
Longitude	-89.062559
Population	1,224
Density	133.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	61953, 61068
Area Code	309, 847, 224
County Seat	Tuscola
School District	Rochelle Township High School District 212

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About Hillcrest, Illinois

Hillcrest is a locality in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,224. The population density is 133.2 people per km². Hillcrest is located at 41.9668°N, 89.0626°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hillcrest is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61953, 61068.

Hillcrest occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie where the Scattering Fork meanders past, its slow, dark water carving a path through the flat, fertile earth. It lies 20.7 miles north-northwest of Charleston, IL (from Charleston, IL: bearing 345°T), and is situated 1.0 miles south of Tuscola. The landscape remains defined by an immense sky that flattens the horizon, drawing the eye toward the faint, serrated silhouette of Yankee Ridge on the far edge of the view. At the center of this expanse, Wimple Park offers a patch of green refuge, its trees catching the late afternoon sun to cast long, slender shadows across the grass. Four miles away, the National Petroleum Chemical Company Plant Reservoir sits as a still, industrial mirror, its presence a reminder of the engineering that shapes the local hydrology. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, smelling of turned soil and the subtle, metallic tang of an inland landscape that breathes with the changing seasons.

Hillcrest carries the quiet gravity of a place built upon the labor of the Midwest, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture and regional industry. The town functions with a steady, deliberate pace, reflecting a history rooted in the expansion of rail and the persistent productivity of the surrounding fields. Residents move through their days with a practiced composure, their lives organized around the steady hum of commerce that connects the local grain elevators to the wider world beyond the plains. While the pace of life feels modest, there is an enduring resilience in the brick facades that line the streets, standing as markers of a community that has quietly maintained its own character for generations. Evening light settles over Hillcrest in shades of bruised purple and gold, illuminating a stillness that speaks of a place satisfied with its own quiet rhythm.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Powers Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 203° SW
Hillcrest Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 196° S
Kilbuck Creek (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 047° NE
Lyle Kunde Park (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 160° S
Drexler Park (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 180° S
Stillman's (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 329° NW
Golf Course (Park) — 12.2 mi, 100° E
Lowden-Miller State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 271° W
Lowden State Park (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 288° W
Dolphin Boys (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 281° W
Youth Center (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 316° NW
Marsh Observatory (Viewpoint) — 14.4 mi, 079° E
Soldier's Monument (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 318° NW
Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 314° NW
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 273° W
February 14th, 2008 Shooting Memorial (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 098° E
Jack Olson Gallery (Gallery) — 15.6 mi, 098° E
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 098° E
Council Ring (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 266° W
Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 17.1 mi, 146° SE
The Dells (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 337° NW
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 352° N
Tilt Studio (Theme Park) — 19.8 mi, 013° N
Denny's Corn Crib (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 031° NE
The McPherson (Arts Centre) — 20.3 mi, 355° N
White Pines Forest Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.6 mi, 276° W
Inscape Collective (Gallery) — 20.7 mi, 357° N
Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 064° NE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.5 mi, 269° W · 274k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 58.8 mi, 133° SE · 18k acres

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