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Limestone Illinois Map

Explore Limestone, 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 Limestone, Illinois

How to Use This Limestone, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.148671
Longitude	-87.95591
Population	1,558
Density	229.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60901
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Kankakee
School District	Herscher Community Unit School District 2

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About Limestone, Illinois

Limestone is a locality in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,558. The population density is 229.4 people per km². Limestone is located at 41.1487°N, 87.9559°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Limestone is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60901.

Limestone emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie like a steady anchor in an ocean of dark, tilled earth. It lies 4.9 miles west-southwest of Bourbonnais, IL (from Bourbonnais, IL: bearing 251°T), and is situated 5.6 miles west of Kankakee. The land here stretches out with an insistent, horizontal patience, broken only by the occasional stand of timber or the low silhouette of a distant grain elevator. Just a mile away, the North Bonfield Branch carves a quiet, narrow path through the silt, its presence marked by the thick growth of reeds and the way the light catches the water during the late afternoon. Residents find a familiar stillness in the open sky that seems to press down upon the fields, while the occasional afternoon walk through Community Park provides a brief, green respite from the relentless geometry of the surrounding farmland.

Limestone carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the extraction of earth and the cultivation of grain, trades that have long defined the steady pulse of local life. While the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie lies eighteen miles away as a testament to the original landscape, the current economy relies on the persistent productivity of the soil and the movement of goods across the plains. Travelers might catch a glimpse of the distant Sand Ridge (historic) on the horizon, a faint rise that reminds one of the deep geological shifts that shaped this region long before the first homesteads were established. Whether stopping for supplies or passing through on the way to Lake Manteno, those who spend time here recognize a life governed by the changing seasons and the slow, deliberate turn of the work week.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Limestone Reforestation Site (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 109° E
Kankakee River State Park (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 022° N
Community Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 240° SW
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 087° E
Riverside Community Sports Park (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 117° SE
Small Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 123° SE
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 122° SE
Chief Shauwanasee Memorial (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 345° N
Kankakee River Dam (State Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 117° SE
Flag Memorial (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 112° E
Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 112° E
Gar Creek Trail and Prairie Restoration (Local Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 130° SE
Kankakee Sands Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.7 mi, 305° NW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 13.8 mi, 340° N · 18k acres
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 317° NW
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 318° NW
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.4 mi, 313° NW
Elvis (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 301° NW
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 301° NW
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 279° W
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 279° W
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.6 mi, 114° SE · 132 acres
Field Rotation (Public Artwork) — 24.0 mi, 031° NE
Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 346° N
Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 346° N
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 28.5 mi, 300° NW
Union Street Gallery (Gallery) — 29.6 mi, 034° NE
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 30.9 mi, 350° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 36.3 mi, 047° NE · 11k acres
Silver Springs (State Park) — 43.4 mi, 318° NW

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