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Leonore Illinois Map

Explore Leonore, 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 Leonore, Illinois

How to Use This Leonore, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.189479
Longitude	-88.980635
Population	121
Density	524.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61332
Area Code	815
County Seat	Ottawa
School District	LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120

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About Leonore, Illinois

Leonore is a locality in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 121. The population density is 524.9 people per km². Leonore is located at 41.1895°N, 88.9806°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Leonore is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61332.

Leonore sits amidst the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that occupies more of the world than the earth itself. It lies 8.9 miles west-northwest of Streator, IL (from Streator, IL: bearing 302°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-southeast of Oglesby. The land here is a quiet geometry of rectangular fields, a composition of dark, fertile soil that drinks the rain and yields rows of corn and soybeans in a rhythmic, seasonal cycle. Four miles to the east, the stillness of Alleman Lake offers a modest reprieve from the open plains, while the nearby Sandy Ford State Natural Area preserves a sliver of the wilder, wooded character that once defined the river bottoms. When the sun dips low, the light bleeds into a bruised gold, casting long, thin shadows that emphasize the absolute flatness of this interior geography, far removed from the turbulence of any coast.

Leonore emerged from the steady expansion of the mid-nineteenth century, a byproduct of the rail lines and agricultural ambition that pushed westward across the Illinois landscape. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, a legacy of the settlers who broke the heavy sod to tap into the deep, black mineral wealth of the ground. Three miles away, the Vermilion River carves a path through the limestone, a subtle reminder of the geological forces that shaped the region before the arrival of the plow. While the distance to the dramatic rock formations of Starved Rock or the ancient, steep walls of Ottawa Canyon suggests a terrain that is largely subdued, the people of Leonore maintain a life dictated by the slow, seasonal pulse of the harvest. It is a place where the wind carries the dry scent of chaff and the work of the day is measured by the steady progress of machinery across the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sandy Ford State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 087° E
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 4.7 mi, 335° NW
Spring Lake Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 122° SE
Otter Creek (Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 106° E
Starved Rock State Park (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 011° N
Pluto Monument (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 111° E
Illinois Canyon (Viewpoint) — 8.1 mi, 015° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 329° NW
Engle Lane Theater (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 130° SE
Reuben G. Soderstrom (Public Artwork) — 8.9 mi, 121° SE
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 9.0 mi, 356° N
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 121° SE
Buffalo Rock State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 016° N
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 119° SE
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 9.3 mi, 356° N
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.4 mi, 341° N
Remembering the Radium Girls (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 033° NE
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 13.7 mi, 326° NW
Lasalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Conservation Area) — 16.4 mi, 076° E
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 344° N
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 20.4 mi, 290° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.6 mi, 251° W · 13k acres
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 22.2 mi, 066° NE
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 119° SE
Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 27.7 mi, 140° SE
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 006° N
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 296° NW
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 139° SE
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 139° SE
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 41.2 mi, 071° E · 18k acres

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