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Lake Carroll Illinois Map

Explore Lake Carroll, 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 Lake Carroll, Illinois

How to Use This Lake Carroll, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.170626
Longitude	-89.864716
Population	852
Density	24.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61046
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Mount Carroll
School District	Eastland Community Unit School District 308

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About Lake Carroll, Illinois

Lake Carroll is a locality in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 852. The population density is 24.3 people per km². Lake Carroll is located at 42.1706°N, 89.8647°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61046.

Lake Carroll defines the character of the surrounding landscape through its expansive, still waters that anchor the horizon. It lies 16.0 miles west-southwest of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 237°T), and is situated 14.9 miles east-northeast of Savanna. The terrain unfolds in a series of deliberate, grassy slopes that transition into the quiet expanse of Dyslin Valley, where the air often holds the cool, damp weight of impending dusk. East Fork Creek winds through the low-lying reaches, its progress marked by the rustle of reeds and the sudden, sharp flight of a heron. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of Hardpan Ridge provides a subtle boundary to the sky, framing a world where the light at sunset turns the fields into a deep, bruised violet, leaving the water to reflect only the darkening clouds.

Development at Lake Carroll transformed the agricultural quietude of the region into a deliberate retreat, balancing the legacy of working farmland with the measured pace of modern residential life. While Lanark City Park offers a nearby space for shared public recreation, the local economy remains tethered to the slow, seasonal rhythm of the soil and the maintenance of the land itself. Residents here observe the changing seasons with a focused attention, noting how the harvest cycles color the roadsides and how the frost first settles on the fences before winter takes hold. Life in Lake Carroll proceeds with a quiet consistency, where the focus remains on the preservation of the immediate horizon and the steady, unadorned work of maintaining a home in a landscape defined by the reach of the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lanark City Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 162° S
City Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 102° E
Old Mill Site (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 231° SW
Waukarusa Canyon (Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 235° SW
Point Rock (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 231° SW
Blackhawk War Monument (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 354° N
Ward's Grove State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 337° NW
Park Hills Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 12.6 mi, 048° NE
Boat Rental (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 056° NE
Krape Park Band Shell (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 056° NE
Oakdale Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 071° E
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 009° N
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.9 mi, 244° SW · 274k acres
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 238° SW
Historic ruins (Historic Ruins) — 15.2 mi, 258° W
Twin Sisters (Viewpoint) — 15.3 mi, 257° W
Deluna Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 15.3 mi, 055° NE
Havencrest Castle (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 250° W
Savanna Train Car Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 250° W
Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.7 mi, 005° N
Apple River Road Bridge (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 312° NW
Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 299° NW
Lee I. Binkley Council Ring (Theatre) — 21.1 mi, 321° NW
Green Island Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 22.1 mi, 272° W · 3,776 acres
White Pines Forest Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.0 mi, 120° SE
Heritage Canyon (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 217° SW
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 27.2 mi, 117° SE
Bellevue State Park (State Park) — 27.5 mi, 278° W
Sinnissippi_Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 27.9 mi, 158° S
SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 28.0 mi, 150° SE

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