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Lake Summerset Illinois Map

Explore Lake Summerset, 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 Summerset, Illinois

How to Use This Lake Summerset, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.454458
Longitude	-89.389559
Population	2,342
Density	426.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61019
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Rockford
School District	Durand Community Unit School District 322

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About Lake Summerset, Illinois

Lake Summerset is a locality in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,342. The population density is 426.7 people per km². Lake Summerset is located at 42.4545°N, 89.3896°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61019.

Lake Summerset occupies a quiet expanse of northern Illinois, where the land settles into a series of measured, glacial folds that hold the sky in an endless, pale embrace. It lies 16.1 miles northeast of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 47°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north of Pecatonica. The South Branch Otter Creek traces a wandering path through the periphery, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-slung grace toward the wider drainages of the prairie. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the dense, green canopy of the Laona Heights Forest Preserve offers a deep, shadowed contrast to the open fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Hardpan Ridge provides the only interruption to an otherwise level horizon. When the sun begins to retreat, the light gathers on the surface of Lake Summerset in thin, metallic sheets, turning the water the color of hammered lead and grounding the landscape in a profound, heavy silence.

History here is written in the slow conversion of earth into sustenance, as the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the surrounding agricultural plains. The nearby Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area serves as a necessary lung for the region, preserving a stretch of riparian habitat that feels distinct from the orderly squares of the nearby corn and soybean rows. Residents often find their way toward the lower, sheltered ground of Happy Hollow, where the air holds a cooler, damp scent of turned soil and ancient growth. Life in Lake Summerset moves with the unforced patience of the seasons, defined less by the velocity of modern industry and more by the steady, predictable turning of the weather across the expansive Midwestern sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 113° SE
Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.9 mi, 017° N
Rock City Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 237° SW
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 7.7 mi, 153° SE
Pecatonica Wetlands Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 176° S
Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 064° NE
Extensive Wl Habitat - Public Hunting Ground (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 018° N
Extensive Wl Habitat - Sd (State Recreation Area) — 8.8 mi, 018° N
Half Way Tree (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 004° N
Four Lakes Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 132° SE
Sugar River State Trail (State Park) — 11.4 mi, 003° N
Beckman Mill (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 071° E
Lincoln and Douglas in Debate (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 228° SW
Deluna Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 16.0 mi, 227° SW
Maggie the Cow (Public Artwork) — 16.6 mi, 129° SE
Monroe Band Shell (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 309° NW
Krape Park Band Shell (Theatre) — 18.2 mi, 227° SW
Boat Rental (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 228° SW
Wanda Hollensteiner Gallery (Gallery) — 18.5 mi, 080° E
Miles Music Center (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 079° E
Reubens Cave (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 350° N
Magnolia Cave (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 006° N
Rockford Art Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 129° SE
Discovery Center Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 129° SE
Harry and Della Burpee Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 19.7 mi, 128° SE
Linear Mound (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 129° SE
Rock Cut State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 107° E
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.8 mi, 236° SW · 274k acres

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