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Normandy Illinois Map

Explore Normandy, 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 Normandy, Illinois

How to Use This Normandy, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.561978
Longitude	-89.649267
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	61376, 61071
Area Code	815, 847, 224
County Seat	Princeton

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About Normandy, Illinois

Normandy is a locality in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Normandy is located at 41.5620°N, 89.6493°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 61376, 61071.

Normandy occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the seasonal shifting of crops and the immense, unencumbered sky. It lies 15.8 miles south of Sterling, IL (from Sterling, IL: bearing 171°T), and is situated 15.2 miles south of Rock Falls. The earth here is deep and dark, a heavy soil that holds the memory of ancient grasses and provides a steady foundation for the modest silhouettes of grain elevators and farmhouse gables. Two miles away, the gentle, winding path of Allen Creek cuts through the terrain, a modest ribbon of water that offers a rare break in the endless geometry of cultivated fields. To the west, the faint, hazy suggestion of Indian Ridge marks the distant boundary of the plains, while the nearby Ross Wildlife Area serves as a quiet sanctuary where the native flora reclaims small pockets of the landscape, standing in deliberate contrast to the orderly rows of corn and soybeans that dominate the surrounding countryside.

Normandy remains a place defined by the rhythms of the harvest and the singular focus of a land-based economy. Established as a product of the midwestern expansion, the village retains the spare, utilitarian character of its founding, built on the steady labor of those who worked the soil and maintained the rail lines that once bound these interior expanses together. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the changing light that turns the summer fields into shimmering gold and the winter snows into a vast, muted gray. While the nearest water of any scale remains eleven miles away at Krause Pond, the true life of Normandy resides in the quiet persistence of its residents and the enduring utility of its land. It is a location where the scale of the sky and the density of the earth dictate the day, fostering a culture of self-reliance that has persisted through generations of Midwestern winters and long, humid summers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ross Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 089° E
Blue Raider Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 098° E
Centennial Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 104° E
Green River Country Club (Local Recreation) — 4.4 mi, 094° E
Foley Sand Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 009° N
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 291° W
Green River State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 050° NE
Ronald Reagan birthplace historical marker (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 304° NW
President Ronald Reagan as a boy (Public Artwork) — 8.5 mi, 304° NW
Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 304° NW
Civil War monument (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 303° NW
McCune Sand Prairie (Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 231° SW
Liberty Bell Monument (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 352° N
Sinnissippi_Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 358° N
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 145° SE
SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 17.9 mi, 009° N
Jerry Mathis Theater (Theatre) — 17.9 mi, 009° N
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 218° SW
F-105D Thunderchief (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 021° N
The Next Picture Show (Gallery) — 21.3 mi, 024° NE
Norrish Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.7 mi, 317° NW
The Overlook (Viewpoint) — 24.1 mi, 020° N
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 254° W
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 29.5 mi, 025° NE
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 103° E
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 30.6 mi, 118° SE
White Pines Forest Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 31.5 mi, 018° N
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.5 mi, 301° NW · 274k acres
Heritage Canyon (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 310° NW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.7 mi, 159° S · 13k acres

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