Lexington Illinois Map
Explore Lexington, 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 Lexington, Illinois
How to Use This Lexington, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lexington, 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 Lexington.
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 | Lexington |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | McLean County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.641424 |
| Longitude | -88.7834 |
| Population | 2,090 |
| Density | 394.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61753 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| County Seat | Bloomington |
| School District | Lexington Community Unit School District 7 |
About Lexington, Illinois
Lexington is a locality in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,090. The population density is 394.2 people per km². Lexington is located at 40.6414°N, 88.7834°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lexington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61753.Lexington occupies a stretch of high, fertile prairie where the sky asserts a vast, unyielding dominance over the flattened horizon. It lies 14.0 miles northeast of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 51°T), and is situated 15.5 miles northeast of Bloomington. The landscape unfolds in a methodical geometry of corn and soybean fields, broken only by the thin, riparian vein of Turkey Creek that meanders a mile to the west. On clear days, the rise of Blue Mound provides a singular, distant anchor for the eye, breaking the otherwise absolute levelness of the terrain. The air here carries the dry, honest scent of turned earth and ripening grain, deepening in color as the sun dips low, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields that seem to pull the edges of the world inward. Those seeking the quiet reprieve of untamed grass find it at the Lexington Preserve, where the prairie grasses lean against the wind in a restless, silvered motion that mimics the breathing of the land itself.
Lexington grew from the steady pulse of the iron rail and the ambition of settlers who recognized the promise in the dark, heavy soil. The local economy remains tethered to this agricultural inheritance, a quiet industry of cycles and harvests that dictates the rhythm of the days. While Lake Bloomington waits seven miles away as a reservoir of stillness, the daily life of Lexington is shaped by the practical persistence of grain elevators and the solid, brick-built architecture of its downtown. The community maintains a character defined by the sturdy, Midwestern expectation of neighborly self-reliance, where history is not merely preserved in archives but is lived in the maintenance of storefronts and the persistence of local trade. Here, the passage of time is measured by the changing hue of the stalks and the seasonal migration of machinery, marking a life lived in accordance with the quiet, expansive gravity of the plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Memory Lane (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 002° N
- Lexington Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 234° SW
- Mohr Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 259° W
- Ironwood Golf Course (Park) — 11.0 mi, 233° SW
- Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 11.7 mi, 160° S
- Comlara Park (Local Park) — 12.1 mi, 263° W
- Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.9 mi, 212° SW
- Project XV Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 299° NW
- University Galleries (Gallery) — 14.0 mi, 229° SW
- Stroud Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.2 mi, 232° SW
- Old Main Cornerstone (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 230° SW
- Capen Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.2 mi, 230° SW
- Second Globe Theatre (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 230° SW
- Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 171° S
- Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.7 mi, 316° NW · 13k acres
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About This Lexington Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lexington, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.641424, -88.7834. 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 Lexington includes the ZIP code (61753), telephone area code (309), county seat of McLean County (Bloomington), and school district assignment (Lexington Community Unit School District 7).
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. |
