Explore Oak Grove, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Oak Grove, 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 Oak Grove.
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 | Oak Grove |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Rock Island County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.411933 |
| Longitude | -90.574166 |
| Population | 476 |
| Density | 279.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 62618, 60048, 61264 |
| Area Code | 312, 773, 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Rock Island |
| School District | Sherrard Community Unit School District 200 |
Oak Grove claims a quiet, flat expanse of the Illinois interior, defined by the steady, persistent presence of Jimmy Creek as it carves a path through the dark, loamy soil. It lies 6.8 miles south of Rock Island, IL (from Rock Island, IL: bearing 177°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south of Davenport. The landscape stretches out in a vast, open rhythm, where the horizon is interrupted only by the distant, muted silhouette of Army Ridge Bluffs rising against the pale sky. Three miles to the north, the surface of Shooks Pond remains glassy and still, reflecting the expansive Midwestern light that shifts from a sharp, clear gold at midday to a bruised, heavy violet as evening settles over the fields. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and coming weather, carrying a weight that suggests the deep, glacial history of the plains. A short distance away, the grounds of Camden Park provide a buffer of green, offering a space where the wind moves through the grass with a dry, rhythmic rustle that defines the solitude of the region.
Oak Grove retains the character of a place built on the quiet industry of the soil, where the economic pulse is measured in the seasonal cycles of the surrounding farmland. The history of the locality is written in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that anchors the center, standing as a reminder of the settlers who first measured these grids against the endless expanse of the prairie. Life in Oak Grove moves with a deliberate, measured pace, largely indifferent to the frantic energy of the distant, grid-locked metropolitan edges to the north. While residents might occasionally travel seven miles out to reach the Riverfront Trail for recreation, the daily experience is defined by the immediate, local connection to the land and the narrow, winding course of the creek. It is a place where the economy and the environment are inextricably linked, favoring the slow, predictable endurance of the interior over the sudden shifts of the wider world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oak Grove, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.411933, -90.574166. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Oak Grove includes the ZIP code (62618, 60048, 61264), telephone area code (312, 773, 847, 224), county seat of Rock Island County (Rock Island), and school district assignment (Sherrard Community Unit School District 200).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |