La Grange Illinois Map
Explore La Grange, 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 La Grange, Illinois
How to Use This La Grange, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Grange, 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 La Grange.
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 | La Grange |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Brown County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.807213 |
| Longitude | -87.874148 |
| Population | 16,321 |
| Density | 2495.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 62378, 60525 |
| Area Code | 217, 708 |
| County Seat | Mount Sterling |
| School District | Lyons Township High School District 204 |
About La Grange, Illinois
La Grange is a locality in Brown County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of 16,321. The population density is 2495.7 people per km². La Grange is located at 41.8072°N, 87.8741°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. La Grange is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62378, 60525.La Grange occupies a quiet expanse of the interior plains where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that shifts from pale morning violet to a deep, resonant gold by evening. It lies 22.0 miles northwest of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 312°T), and is situated 7.7 miles southwest of Beardstown. The Illinois River traces a path nearby, its steady, dark current serving as a silent witness to the geography that defines the local terrain. To the west, the gentle rise of Spunky Ridge interrupts the otherwise flat horizon, offering a subtle verticality to the vista. Residents often find their way to the Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area, where the land retains an untamed, wooded character, and the quiet waters of Big Lake reflect the slow turning of the seasons. The air here holds a crisp, earthen quality, carrying the scent of damp soil and the distant, rhythmic hum of a landscape that breathes with the changing light.
La Grange preserves the echoes of its mid-nineteenth-century founding within the sturdy geometry of its brick architecture and the deliberate grid of its streets. The local economy draws strength from its connectivity to the broader Midwestern commerce, balancing a heritage of trade with a modern rhythm of professional life. History remains visible in the preserved facades of the central district, where the architecture serves as a quiet record of generations who labored to build a stable, enduring settlement far from any coastline. Life in La Grange unfolds with a measured consistency, defined by the steady movement of trains and the shared cadence of neighbors navigating the daily round. Even as the decades pass, the spirit of the place remains tethered to the fundamental work of the land and the simple, quiet beauty of a community built upon the steady, inland plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 0.5 mi, 332° NW
- La Grange Art League Gallery (Gallery) — 0.5 mi, 013° N
- Sedgwick Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 104° E
- Gordon Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 025° NE
- Nettie J. McKinnon Art Gallery (Gallery) — 0.9 mi, 339° N
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 002° N
- Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans Monument (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 080° E
- Bemis Woods - South (Nature Reserve) — 1.8 mi, 301° NW
- Prairie Spirit (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 057° NE
- Cannon Memorial (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 057° NE
- Bemis Woods - North (Nature Reserve) — 2.0 mi, 318° NW
- Unnamed Central Zone Site (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 066° NE
- Arie Crown Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 177° S
- Wolf Road Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 323° NW
- Mexican Gray Wolf (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 046° NE
- Kill Site (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 047° NE
- Naturalist Outpost (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 046° NE
- Andean Condor (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 048° NE
- Golden Lion Tamarins Summer Treehouse (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 044° NE
- Tom Hardies & Otis (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 232° SW
- Riverside Historical Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 063° NE
- Willow Springs Historical Society (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 170° S
- Thai Culture Center (Arts Centre) — 5.4 mi, 132° SE
- Midewin Other (National Forest) — 28.9 mi, 195° S · 18k acres
- Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 30.0 mi, 132° SE · 11k acres
- Silver Springs (State Park) — 34.9 mi, 250° W
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About This La Grange Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Grange, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.807213, -87.874148. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for La Grange includes the ZIP code (62378, 60525), telephone area code (217, 708), county seat of Brown County (Mount Sterling), and school district assignment (Lyons Township High School District 204).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
