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Oak Hill Illinois Map

Explore Oak Hill, 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 Oak Hill, Illinois

How to Use This Oak Hill, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.787537
Longitude	-89.866497
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	61517, 62855
Area Code	815, 618
County Seat	Peoria

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About Oak Hill, Illinois

Oak Hill is a locality in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Oak Hill is located at 40.7875°N, 89.8665°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 61517, 62855.

Oak Hill rises from the flat, industrious expanse of the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of brick and timber held against the wide, unblinking sky. It lies 15.9 miles west-northwest of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 294°T), and is situated 5.3 miles east of Elmwood. The West Fork Kickapoo Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its banks lined with the gnarled roots of hardwoods that lean toward the water as if listening for the current. Beyond the immediate fields, the horizon stretches thin and pale, occasionally broken by the distant, hazy silhouette of Hoxie Ridge. To the north, the water of Slurry Lake Number 1 sits heavy and still, reflecting the changing light of the season, while the nearby expanse of Brimfield Community Park offers a thin buffer of managed green space between the domestic sprawl and the wilder, overgrown edges of the valley.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Oak Hill, defined by the heavy, dark soil that dictates the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest. The economic life here is tied to the movement of grain and the maintenance of the machinery that sustains the local farms, creating a culture that values endurance over flash. History persists in the solid, unadorned architecture of the older streets, where the labor of previous generations is still visible in the sturdy masonry of the storefronts. Residents often look toward Quail Meadow when the air grows sharp in late autumn, watching the shadows lengthen across the low ground until the entire basin is swallowed by a deep, cooling gray. The pace of life in Oak Hill feels measured, dictated by the turning of the soil and the persistent, quiet flow of the creek that keeps the land anchored to its own slow, inevitable purpose.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brimfield Community Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 347° N
Hanna City Sportsman's Club (Park) — 3.1 mi, 237° SW
Jubilee College State Park (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 028° NE
Farmington Sportsman Club (Park) — 3.5 mi, 230° SW
Maple Lane Country Club (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 270° W
Sweetwater Park (Local Recreation) — 4.9 mi, 260° W
The Pioneers (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 263° W
Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 264° W
Kinsey Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 107° E
Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 7.6 mi, 118° SE
Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 229° SW
Statue of Lion (Public Artwork) — 10.1 mi, 093° E
Rock Island (State Recreation Area) — 11.2 mi, 032° NE
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 031° NE
Jubliee College State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 093° E
Nature Conservancy (State Conservation Area) — 13.3 mi, 209° SW
Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 15.0 mi, 104° E
Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 15.0 mi, 114° SE
Arts Partners (Gallery) — 15.0 mi, 114° SE
Lacroix Rock (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 090° E
Fallen Officer Memorial (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 116° SE
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Arts Centre) — 16.0 mi, 115° SE
Giant Screen Theater (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 115° SE
Dome Planetarium (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 115° SE
Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 108° E
Pekin Lake (State Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 139° SE
Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 16.8 mi, 090° E
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.3 mi, 179° S
Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 (Viewpoint) — 17.5 mi, 117° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.1 mi, 188° S · 13k acres

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