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Nauvoo Illinois Map

Explore Nauvoo, 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 Nauvoo, Illinois

How to Use This Nauvoo, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.550042
Longitude	-91.384875
Population	950
Density	108.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62354
Area Code	217
County Seat	Carthage
School District	Nauvoo-Colusa Community Unit School District 325

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About Nauvoo, Illinois

Nauvoo is a locality in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 950. The population density is 108.3 people per km². Nauvoo is located at 40.5500°N, 91.3849°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nauvoo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62354.

Nauvoo occupies a limestone bluff that rises with quiet dignity above the eastern bank of the Mississippi River. It lies 6.6 miles south-southwest of Fort Madison, IA (from Fort Madison, IA: bearing 214°T), and is situated 10.6 miles north of Keokuk. The landscape here is defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the water and the way the golden light of late afternoon clings to the limestone facades, illuminating the porous stone with a warmth that seems to emanate from within. Residents often wander the Locust Lane Nature Trail, where the earth holds the scent of damp leaves and the changing seasons, while the grounds of Nauvoo State Park provide a serene vantage point to watch the sky deepen over the expansive horizon. Beyond the immediate reach of the bluff, the land settles into a broad, fertile basin, occasionally broken by the muted presence of Horton Lake, which mirrors the vast Midwestern sky in its calm, glassy surface.

History permeates the streets of Nauvoo, where the architecture serves as a lingering record of its mid-nineteenth-century origins and the subsequent influx of immigrant winemakers who transformed the hillsides into terraced vineyards. The local economy, once tethered to the whims of river commerce, now finds its rhythm in the cultivation of grapes and the quiet preservation of its heritage, drawing those who appreciate the intersection of agrarian labor and spiritual legacy. Far to the south, the silhouette of Mount Moriah stands as a distant, silent sentinel over the plains, a reminder of the geological theater that shapes this region. In the hush of a summer evening, when the air grows heavy and sweet with the smell of ripening fruit, one recognizes that Nauvoo maintains a singular character, held fast by the intersection of river currents and the enduring memory of those who first broke this soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nauvoo Martyrdom Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 095° E
Nauvoo State Park (State Park) — 0.2 mi, 180° S
Weld House Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 097° E
Nauvoo Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 187° S
Lotus Flats Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 282° W
Riverview Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 232° SW
North Winds Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 353° N
Heron Bend Conservation Area (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 307° NW
Reed Wildlife State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 035° NE
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 034° NE
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 034° NE
Rodeo Park (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 026° NE
Chief Keokukl Monument (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 178° S
Frost Island Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 229° SW
Marquette & Jolliet Voyage (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 170° S
Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 178° S
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 180° S
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 177° S
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 10.8 mi, 179° S
General Samuel Curtis Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.0 mi, 179° S
Redwing Area Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 196° S
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.5 mi, 197° S · 10k acres
Historic Carthage Jail (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 126° SE
Kibbe Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 126° SE
Geode State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 001° N
Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 031° NE
Little Theater (Theatre) — 21.3 mi, 031° NE
Ellison Creek Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 24.9 mi, 051° NE
Eisenmayer Sand Prairie Natural Heritage Landmark (Nature Reserve) — 25.1 mi, 052° NE
Canton CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 29.8 mi, 193° S

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