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Hudson Illinois Map

Explore Hudson, 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 Hudson, Illinois

How to Use This Hudson, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.605869
Longitude	-88.987296
Population	1,753
Density	827.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61748
Area Code	309
County Seat	Bloomington
School District	McLean County Unit School District 5

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About Hudson, Illinois

Hudson is a locality in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,753. The population density is 827.4 people per km². Hudson is located at 40.6059°N, 88.9873°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hudson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61748.

Hudson emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie as a quiet intersection of sky and cultivated soil. It lies 6.3 miles north of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 2°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north of Bloomington. The horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the seasonal rhythm of shifting crops and the sudden, dark silhouettes of timber stands that break the monotony of the plains. A mile to the north, the waters of Evergreen Lake hold the reflection of the clouds, while the nearby Sixmile Creek carves a thin, serpentine path through the terrain. During the late afternoon, the light here loses its sharpness, turning a bruised gold that settles over the fields and softens the edges of the horizon, where the distant, singular rise of Blue Mound marks the boundary of the visible world.

Hudson remains tethered to the steady pulse of agrarian life, a legacy etched into the persistence of the surrounding acreage. The local economy finds its roots in the deep, dark loam that has defined the region since the earliest settlers broke the sod, moving slowly from the labor of the plow to the precision of modern cultivation. Residents find respite at Comlara Park, a space that preserves the quietude of the tallgrass landscape, allowing the wilder edges of the state to persist against the grid of roads. Life in Hudson unfolds with a deliberate, measured cadence, where the rustle of wind through the corn and the quiet movement of the seasons dictate the pace of the day, far removed from the clamor of the urban centers that hum miles away.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Comlara Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 292° W
Evergreen Lake (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 297° NW
Ironwood Golf Course (Park) — 4.2 mi, 175° S
El Paso Country Club (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 357° N
Illinois State University Golf Course (Park) — 5.3 mi, 189° S
Sweeney Woods Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 029° NE
Merwin Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 053° NE
Stroud Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 184° S
Capen Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 182° S
Old Main Cornerstone (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 182° S
University Galleries (Gallery) — 6.7 mi, 179° S
Second Globe Theatre (Public Artwork) — 6.8 mi, 181° S
Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 8.1 mi, 182° S
The Sesquicentennial Gates (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 181° S
Bloomington Country Club Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 173° S
Project XV Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 351° N
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.3 mi, 156° SE
Historic US Route 66 Sign (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 186° S
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 076° E
Bosarth Memorial (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 166° S
Mackinaw River (State Recreation Area) — 16.0 mi, 261° W
Ronald Reagan Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 297° NW
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 16.9 mi, 120° SE
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.2 mi, 137° SE
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 24.2 mi, 119° SE
Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 044° NE
Ulrich Wildlife Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.5 mi, 277° W
AMC Classic Sunnyland 10 (Cinema) — 26.6 mi, 283° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.8 mi, 328° NW · 13k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 66.5 mi, 036° NE · 18k acres

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