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Lindenwood Illinois Map

Explore Lindenwood, 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 Lindenwood, Illinois

How to Use This Lindenwood, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.053082
Longitude	-89.030654
Population	380
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61049
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Oregon

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About Lindenwood, Illinois

Lindenwood is a locality in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 380. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Lindenwood is located at 42.0531°N, 89.0307°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61049.

Lindenwood emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of Northern Illinois, defined by the quiet persistence of the Killbuck Creek as it carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth. It lies 15.4 miles south-southeast of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 168°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-northeast of Rochelle. The landscape here is a study in horizontal lines, where the sky claims the vast majority of the view and the land is patterned by the rhythmic geometry of agriculture. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Devils Backbone provides a distant boundary to the prairie, while the local terrain remains defined by fertile soil and the subtle shifts in elevation that follow the water’s course. Even in the stillness of a summer afternoon, the air carries a distinct, earthy scent of turned soil and cooling grasses, suggesting a land that has been worked by hand and plow for generations.

Lindenwood maintains a tempo dictated by the seasons of the harvest and the steady, unpretentious flow of the regional economy, which remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding fields. The proximity of the Kilbuck Creek offers a sanctuary for local wildlife, while the nearby Trailside County Forest Preserve provides a dense, wooded contrast to the otherwise open expanse of the plains. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Hidden Valley Lake for respite, keeping the local culture grounded in the simple realities of inland life. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the endurance of the small-scale infrastructure and the persistence of a life lived in harmony with the cycle of the crops, ensuring that Lindenwood retains a character defined by its quiet, rural utility rather than the rapid pace of the distant urban grid.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kilbuck Creek (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 172° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 312° NW
Davis Junction Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 315° NW
Beach Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 289° W
Rockford Rotary Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 004° N
Stillman's (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 296° NW
Prairie Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.8 mi, 350° N
Espenscheid Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 021° N
Lyle Kunde Park (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 179° S
Sandy Hollow Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 11.8 mi, 356° N
Youth Center (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 291° W
Soldier's Monument (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 294° NW
Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 289° W
Tilt Studio (Theme Park) — 13.6 mi, 012° N
The Dells (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 321° NW
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 343° N
Denny's Corn Crib (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 037° NE
The McPherson (Arts Centre) — 14.7 mi, 347° N
Inscape Collective (Gallery) — 14.9 mi, 350° N
Clark Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 15.0 mi, 002° N
Giant Basketball Hoop (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 348° N
Kith and Kiln Art Collective (Gallery) — 15.1 mi, 349° N
Bennie's Cleaners (Gallery) — 15.2 mi, 349° N
RPL Nordlof Center (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 348° N
Turtle Mound (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 349° N
Coronado Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 348° N
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 253° W
Rock Cut State Park (State Park) — 19.9 mi, 004° N
Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 21.7 mi, 159° S
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.5 mi, 263° W · 274k acres

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