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Irwin Illinois Map

Explore Irwin, 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 Irwin, Illinois

How to Use This Irwin, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.052254
Longitude	-87.983933
Population	68
Density	583.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60901
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Kankakee
School District	Herscher Community Unit School District 2

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About Irwin, Illinois

Irwin is a locality in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 68. The population density is 583.4 people per km². Irwin is located at 41.0523°N, 87.9839°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Irwin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60901.

Irwin anchors itself to the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 7.9 miles southwest of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 234°T), and is situated 9.0 miles southwest of Bourbonnais. Gar Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its banks providing the primary variation in a terrain defined by the long, rhythmic stretch of agricultural fields. To the west, the subtle rise of Pilot Hill interrupts the otherwise relentless levelness, serving as a landmark that catches the bruised purple light of late autumn sunsets. The air here holds the scent of turned soil and dry corn husks, vibrating with the stillness of a place that measures time by the slow accumulation of seasons rather than the frantic pace of the modern world.

Irwin maintains a character shaped by the legacy of the railroad and the enduring labor of the surrounding farms. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the black, fertile earth, a heritage that persists despite the shifting tides of regional industry. Residents often look toward the ecological preservation efforts at the nearby Goodrich Railroad Prairie to understand the original, unplowed state of the plains. While the Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond sits miles away as a man-made fixture on the landscape, the daily life of Irwin remains centered on the quiet maintenance of its homes and the steady, predictable cycles of the harvest. Here, the history of the region is written in the steel of the tracks and the resilience of those who continue to work the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Community Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 358° N
Gar Creek Trail and Prairie Restoration (Local Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 066° NE
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 053° NE
Iroquois Woods State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 094° E
Kankakee River Dam (State Recreation Area) — 7.4 mi, 055° NE
Splash Valley Aquatic Park (Local Recreation) — 7.5 mi, 075° E
Kankakee River State Park (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 019° N
Biver Road Ball Fields (Local Recreation) — 7.7 mi, 069° E
Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 054° NE
Flag Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 054° NE
Pottawatomi Campground Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 054° NE
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 032° NE
Kankakee 002-07 (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 075° E
Kankakee Sands Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.5 mi, 326° NW
Elvis (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 321° NW
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 321° NW
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 299° NW
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 300° NW
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 334° NW
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 335° NW
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.7 mi, 330° NW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 19.9 mi, 351° N · 18k acres
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.2 mi, 097° E · 132 acres
Field Rotation (Public Artwork) — 30.6 mi, 027° NE
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 312° NW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 31.3 mi, 312° NW
Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 351° N
Union Street Gallery (Gallery) — 36.0 mi, 030° NE
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 37.3 mi, 354° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 42.1 mi, 041° NE · 11k acres

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