Lee Illinois Map
Explore Lee, 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 Lee, Illinois
How to Use This Lee, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lee, 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 Lee.
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 | Lee |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Lee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.795029 |
| Longitude | -88.941479 |
| Population | 313 |
| Density | 610.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 60530 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| County Seat | Dixon |
| School District | Indian Creek Community Unit District 425 |
About Lee, Illinois
Lee is a locality in Lee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 313. The population density is 610.4 people per km². Lee is located at 41.7950°N, 88.9415°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lee is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60530.Lee stretches across a flat, expansive horizon where the horizon pulls the sky downward to meet the dark, fertile soil of the Illinois plains. It lies 13.5 miles southwest of DeKalb, IL (from DeKalb, IL: bearing 227°T), and is situated 18.7 miles southwest of Sycamore. The landscape surrounding Lee is defined by the steady, unassuming presence of the Dry Run, which carved its path through the loam long before the arrival of iron rails or grid-bound roads. In the autumn, the air takes on a crisp, metallic edge, carrying the scent of drying stalks and the promise of a long, quiet winter. To the north, the Steward State Habitat Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native prairie remnants, providing a stark, honest contrast to the manicured geometry of the surrounding fields.
Agriculture remains the pulse of Lee, a legacy etched into the grain elevators that rise like monoliths above the flatlands, marking the rhythm of harvest and dormancy. History here is measured in the seasonal turn of crops and the slow, deliberate work of those who cultivate the heavy earth. Beyond the immediate fields, residents find solace in the stillness of Shabbona Lake or walk the gentle, winding paths of the Touch the Earth Trail, where the silence is broken only by the rustle of wind through brush. Life in Lee adheres to a measured cadence, shaped by the demands of the land and the endurance of a culture that finds its meaning in the simple, repetitive cycles of the seasons.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Steward State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 318° NW
- Shabbona Village Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 117° SE
- Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 125° SE
- Indian Oaks Country Club (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 121° SE
- Old Chicago Trail Marker (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 198° S
- Homes of Chief Waubonsie and Madeline Ogee (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 194° S
- Lyle Kunde Park (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 330° NW
- Afton Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 081° E
- Golf Course (Park) — 11.0 mi, 032° NE
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 323° NW
- Huskies on Parade - Nestle (Public Artwork) — 12.5 mi, 053° NE
- February 14th, 2008 Shooting Memorial (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 043° NE
- Jack Olson Gallery (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 044° NE
- Boutell Memorial Concert Hall (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 044° NE
- Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 176° S
- Marsh Observatory (Viewpoint) — 16.7 mi, 028° NE
- Classic Cinemas Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 20.4 mi, 120° SE
- Silver Springs (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 121° SE
- Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 198° S
- Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 031° NE
- Council Ring (Theatre) — 24.5 mi, 296° NW
- Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 24.8 mi, 301° NW
- Fern Dell Museum (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 134° SE
- Your Peforming Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 26.5 mi, 106° E
- Youth Center (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 324° NW
- Your Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.6 mi, 112° E
- Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 323° NW
- The Next Picture Show (Gallery) — 28.1 mi, 277° W
- Midewin Other (National Forest) — 46.4 mi, 127° SE · 18k acres
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.7 mi, 280° W · 274k acres
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About This Lee Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lee, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.795029, -88.941479. 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 Lee includes the ZIP code (60530), telephone area code (708), county seat of Lee County (Dixon), and school district assignment (Indian Creek Community Unit District 425).
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. |
