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Norway Illinois Map

Explore Norway, 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 Norway, Illinois

How to Use This Norway, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.465587
Longitude	-88.664518
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	60551, 61350
Area Code	708, 815
County Seat	Ottawa

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About Norway, Illinois

Norway is a locality in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Norway is located at 41.4656°N, 88.6645°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 60551, 61350.

Norway occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and flat under an immense, unblinking sky. It lies 12.4 miles northeast of Ottawa, IL (from Ottawa, IL: bearing 48°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northeast of Marseilles. The land here is defined by deep, fertile topsoil and the patient labor of the seasons, characterized by vast, rhythmic fields of corn and soybeans that shift from vibrant green to a brittle, golden amber as the year turns. Only a mile away, the Fox River cuts a steady, dark line through the landscape, its current providing a reliable pulse to the surrounding countryside. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises slightly toward the distant, modest elevation of Maramech Hill, though the primary focus remains on the open, windswept plains that catch the long, slanted light of late afternoon, turning the dust of the harvest into a fine, suspended bronze.

History lingers in Norway as a legacy of the early nineteenth-century settlers who sought a new beginning in the mid-continental interior, leaving behind a heritage that still informs the local identity. The economy remains anchored to the productivity of this heavy, dark earth, with the rhythm of the work dictated by the planting and the reaping cycles that have organized life here for generations. Residents find occasional respite in the quiet natural spaces nearby, such as the Lower Fox River- Blake's Landing, or seek the still, reflective waters of Lake Holiday, which lies ten miles to the north. Life in Norway moves with a deliberate, steady pace, punctuated by the seasonal machinery of agriculture and the enduring, stoic character of a place that finds its worth in the soil and the silence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Site of First Settler in Kendall County (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 094° E
Lower Fox River- Blake's Landing (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 264° W
Site of the Illinois Midland Railroad (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 040° NE
Site of Kendall County's First Store (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 041° NE
Fern Dell Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 040° NE
Bright (Local Resource Management Area) — 7.7 mi, 035° NE
Dayton Bluffs Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 225° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 193° S
Millbrook Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 028° NE
Illini State Park (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 190° S
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 10.5 mi, 156° SE
Silver Springs (State Park) — 12.3 mi, 029° NE
Classic Cinemas Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 015° N
Boy Scout of America (Public Artwork) — 13.7 mi, 229° SW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 122° SE
CSX Morris Depot (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 119° SE
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 122° SE
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 303° NW
Your Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 16.6 mi, 043° NE
Starved Rock State Park (State Conservation Area) — 16.8 mi, 233° SW
Illinois Canyon (Viewpoint) — 18.2 mi, 232° SW
Ellis House and Equestrian Center (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 078° E
Your Peforming Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 19.0 mi, 036° NE
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 240° SW
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 19.8 mi, 239° SW
Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 20.7 mi, 333° NW
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 270° W
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.9 mi, 242° SW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 23.2 mi, 104° E · 18k acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.2 mi, 234° SW · 13k acres

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