La Moille Illinois Map
Explore La Moille, 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 Moille, Illinois
How to Use This La Moille, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Moille, 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 Moille.
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 Moille |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Bureau County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.531701 |
| Longitude | -89.27981 |
| Population | 679 |
| Density | 226.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61330 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| County Seat | Princeton |
| School District | La Moille Community Unit School District 303 |
About La Moille, Illinois
La Moille is a locality in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 679. The population density is 226.8 people per km². La Moille is located at 41.5317°N, 89.2798°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. La Moille is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61330.La Moille emerges from the vast, level expanse of the Illinois prairie, defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Pike Creek as it meanders through the surrounding fields. It lies 23.6 miles south-southeast of Dixon, IL (from Dixon, IL: bearing 154°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west of Mendota. The horizon here stretches wide and unobstructed, a flat geometric plane where the sky asserts its dominance over the dark, nutrient-rich soil. To the north, the faint, hazy silhouette of High Ridge provides a distant boundary to the view, while the lingering moisture of the earth gathers in the low-lying pockets of the Oak Glen Savanna, ten miles away. At the center of the grid, Roadside Park offers a quiet pause for the traveler, its green space marking a stillness that contrasts with the relentless, seasonal labor of the surrounding acreage.
Agriculture remains the singular, rhythmic pulse of La Moille, dictating the tempo of the year through the planting of corn and the golden harvest of soybeans. The village grew from the necessity of the rail and the plow, maintaining a character forged by generations of families who have measured time by the cyclical demands of the weather and the grain market. While Lake Mendota sits eight miles distant, providing a cool, reflective counterpoint to the heat of the summer fields, the life of the inhabitants remains anchored to the land itself. There is a precise, utilitarian beauty in the grain elevators that rise like monoliths against the gray, winter clouds, serving as the local landmarks of a landscape that values substance over ornament.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Roadside Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 018° N
- Mendota Golf Club (Park) — 5.2 mi, 084° E
- Lake Mendota Park & Sports Complex (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 073° E
- Cherry Mine Disaster (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 154° SE
- Maytown State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 315° NW
- Old Indian Boundary Line (State Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 267° W
- Green Wing Environmental Laboratory (Park) — 10.7 mi, 360° N
- Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 114° SE
- Green River State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 305° NW
- AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 14.5 mi, 147° SE
- Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 221° SW
- Stage 212 (Theatre) — 17.0 mi, 146° SE
- Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 192° S
- Old Chicago Trail Marker (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 054° NE
- Homes of Chief Waubonsie and Madeline Ogee (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 056° NE
- Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 078° E
- Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.3 mi, 140° SE
- Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 142° SE
- Saint Louis Canyon (Viewpoint) — 20.5 mi, 136° SE
- Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 20.6 mi, 134° SE
- Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 20.9 mi, 135° SE
- Wings of Peace and Freedom (Public Artwork) — 23.9 mi, 334° NW
- The Next Picture Show (Gallery) — 24.0 mi, 334° NW
- F-105D Thunderchief (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 332° NW
- SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 25.7 mi, 321° NW
- Sinnissippi_Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 26.8 mi, 313° NW
- Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 285° W
- Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 28.7 mi, 349° N
- Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.7 mi, 187° S · 13k acres
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.6 mi, 292° W · 274k acres
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About This La Moille Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Moille, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.531701, -89.27981. 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 Moille includes the ZIP code (61330), telephone area code (815), county seat of Bureau County (Princeton), and school district assignment (La Moille Community Unit School District 303).
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. |
