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Lake Illinois Map

Explore Lake, 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, Illinois

How to Use This Lake, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.168923
Longitude	-87.550868
Population	69
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	60954
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Kankakee

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About Lake, Illinois

Lake is a locality in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 69. Lake is located at 41.1689°N, 87.5509°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 60954.

Lake occupies a quiet expanse of flat, alluvial earth where the Kankakee River carves a slow, deliberate path through the dark Illinois loam. It lies 16.2 miles east of Bradley, IL (from Bradley, IL: bearing 83°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east of Momence. The horizon stretches long and unbroken, defined by the seasonal shift of corn and soybean stalks that turn from vibrant green to a brittle, sun-bleached gold under the heavy summer heat. To the west, the Momencee Wetlands State Natural Area offers a vast, marshy expanse of sawgrass and reeds that inhale the mist each dawn, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Mount Langham rises fourteen miles away like a thumbprint against the gray sky. Five miles to the north, the surface of Mirror Lake remains a silvered pane, undisturbed by the currents that pull steadily through the low-lying prairie grass.

Economic life in Lake remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the persistent, quiet labor of the fields that have sustained the region for generations. The legacy of the land is visible in the sturdy brick facades of the older grain elevators and the weathered timber of barns that have endured the brutal Midwestern winters. Life moves at the pace of the seasons, marked by the mechanical hum of tractors in autumn and the sudden, profound stillness that settles over the frozen riverbeds in January. Residents here recognize the subtle shifts in the wind as it travels across the plains, bringing with it the scent of damp earth and the distant, cooling influence of the inland plains, a reminder that the land remains the primary architect of every day spent in Lake.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Momencee Wetlands State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 174° S
Lasalle State Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 091° E
Kankakee Sands (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 165° S
LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 3.7 mi, 105° E
Kankakee Sands Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 175° S
Boat Launch Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 268° W
Island Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 267° W
Boorda Memorial (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 264° W
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.0 mi, 178° S · 132 acres
Kankakee 002-07 (State Recreation Area) — 12.1 mi, 247° SW
American Eagle Flight 4184 Roadside Memorial (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 112° E
Hunley's Mural (Public Artwork) — 15.7 mi, 021° N
Monument Honoring Fallen Police Officers and Firefighters of Kankakee County (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 258° W
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 257° W
King's Grove (Nature Reserve) — 21.9 mi, 346° N
Union Street Gallery (Gallery) — 23.5 mi, 349° N
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 24.0 mi, 013° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 24.0 mi, 013° N · 11k acres
Lilian Fendig Gallery (Gallery) — 26.2 mi, 127° SE
Prairie Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 26.2 mi, 127° SE
Ritz Cinema (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 128° SE
Promise You Art House (Gallery) — 26.9 mi, 010° N
The Artist's Den - Walk-in Ceramic Studio (Arts Centre) — 27.1 mi, 010° N
The Grainery Building (Attraction) — 27.6 mi, 326° NW
Ed's Oasis (Viewpoint) — 28.1 mi, 048° NE
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 28.2 mi, 304° NW · 18k acres
Peteyville Christmas Lights (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 009° N
Old Zion Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 337° NW
Schmuhl School (Attraction) — 30.7 mi, 321° NW
Indiana Dunes State Park (State Park) — 41.4 mi, 037° NE

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