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Leaf River Illinois Map

Explore Leaf River, 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 Leaf River, Illinois

How to Use This Leaf River, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.125581
Longitude	-89.403721
Population	432
Density	191.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61047
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Oregon
School District	Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221

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About Leaf River, Illinois

Leaf River is a locality in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 432. The population density is 191.9 people per km². Leaf River is located at 42.1256°N, 89.4037°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Leaf River is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61047.

Leaf River emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of northern Illinois, defined by the quiet, winding progress of the Leaf River that cuts through the surrounding soil. It lies 16.2 miles southeast of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 137°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-northwest of Oregon. The landscape here is one of patient horizontal lines, where the sky claims a vast portion of the horizon and the ground is shaped by the subtle shifts of glacial silt. To the west, the distant outline of Hardpan Ridge provides a faint, jagged anchor to the view, while the nearby He-Lo Wetland Preserve offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal marshland five miles away. The light at dusk here is heavy and golden, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the prairie edge.

Leaf River maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the harvest and the slow turning of the seasons across the surrounding farmland. Historically, the area grew from the steady labor of those who broke the stubborn sod to make way for corn and soybean production, an industry that remains the heartbeat of the local economy. Beyond the fields, life remains anchored to the quiet intersection of county roads and the steady maintenance of long-standing family homesteads. While Coffman Lake rests seven miles away as a quiet point of reflection in the landscape, the daily pulse of Leaf River is found in the simple motion of trucks on gravel and the rustle of dry stalks in the wind, marking a place that values the weight of silence over the clamor of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

He-Lo Wetland Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 113° SE
Commonwealth Edison Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 127° SE
Dillehay Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 191° S
By-com (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 113° SE
Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 095° E
Lowden State Park (State Park) — 7.0 mi, 150° SE
Black Hawk Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.3 mi, 150° SE
Soldier's Monument (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 089° E
Youth Center (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 095° E
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 176° S
White Pines Forest Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.4 mi, 198° S
Lookout (Viewpoint) — 9.5 mi, 200° S
Kyte River (Park) — 9.8 mi, 153° SE
Seward Bluffs Rec. (Local Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 007° N
Lowden-Miller State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 170° S
Stillman's (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 096° E
The Dells (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 062° NE
Schmig mem. (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 172° S
Council Ring (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 171° S
Deluna Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 16.2 mi, 317° NW
Krape Park Band Shell (Theatre) — 16.3 mi, 309° NW
Boat Rental (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 310° NW
The McPherson (Arts Centre) — 18.3 mi, 059° NE
Kith and Kiln Art Collective (Gallery) — 18.9 mi, 059° NE
Bennie's Cleaners (Gallery) — 18.9 mi, 058° NE
317 Art Collaborative (Arts Centre) — 18.9 mi, 058° NE
Turtle Mound (Historic Ruins) — 19.0 mi, 057° NE
Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.7 mi, 015° N
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 27.2 mi, 211° SW
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.8 mi, 252° W · 274k acres

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