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North Utica Illinois Map

Explore North Utica, 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 North Utica, Illinois

How to Use This North Utica, Illinois Map

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

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	North Utica
State	Illinois (IL)
County	LaSalle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.353621
Longitude	-89.019605
Population	1,323
Density	147.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61373
Area Code	815
County Seat	Ottawa
School District	LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120

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About North Utica, Illinois

North Utica is a locality in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,323. The population density is 147.8 people per km². North Utica is located at 41.3536°N, 89.0196°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. North Utica is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61373.

North Utica emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Illinois prairie, defined by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of the Clark Run as it carves through the limestone bedrock. It lies 8.7 miles west of Ottawa, IL (from Ottawa, IL: bearing 268°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east of Peru. The landscape here is one of abrupt transitions, where the quiet, horizontal stretches of farmland give way to the rugged, shaded depths of Saint Louis Canyon. Visitors finding themselves in Carey Memorial Park often pause to watch the light filter through the dense canopy, catching the amber hues of the sandstone bluffs. Rising sharply above the surrounding plains, Starved Rock stands as a sentinel over the terrain, its ancient, weather-worn face holding the silence of the region. Even in the height of mid-summer, the air near the creek bed remains cool and dampened, carrying the scent of damp earth and crushed shale that marks the deep, geological history of the valley.

North Utica maintains a character forged by the extraction of its mineral wealth and the labor of those who worked the local quarries to build the foundations of a growing Midwest. The economy reflects a quiet shift from early industrial grit to a steady, tourism-driven pace that honors the natural ruggedness of the land. Residents move with an awareness of the seasons, noting the way the sun tracks low across the fields during the harvest and the stillness that settles over the local thoroughfares when the winter frost grips the ground. While Turner Lake provides a distant, tranquil destination for those seeking solitude, the daily life of North Utica remains anchored to the immediate, tangible reality of the bluff-lines and the steady, unpretentious commerce of its main streets. The endurance of the town is found in its pragmatic architecture and the way the shadows of the bluffs lengthen across the rooftops as the day concludes, grounding the lives of its people in a landscape that refuses to be anything other than itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clark Run (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 103° E
Carey Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 158° S
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 133° SE
Pecumsaugan Creek/ Blackball Mines State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 244° SW
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 2.4 mi, 147° SE
Saint Louis Canyon (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 163° S
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.6 mi, 202° S
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 2.8 mi, 151° SE
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 3.1 mi, 180° S
Mattheissen Park (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 254° W
Stage 212 (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 246° SW
Baker Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 263° W
Buffalo Rock State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 115° SE
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 5.6 mi, 271° W
Boy Scout of America (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 098° E
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 337° NW
Remembering the Radium Girls (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 092° E
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 092° E
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 092° E
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 017° N
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 17.6 mi, 256° W
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 147° SE
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 273° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.2 mi, 224° SW · 13k acres
Fern Dell Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 060° NE
Classic Cinemas Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 29.7 mi, 047° NE
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 089° E
CSX Morris Depot (Attraction) — 30.9 mi, 088° E
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 41.0 mi, 087° E · 18k acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.0 mi, 298° NW · 274k acres

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