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Ogden Illinois Map

Explore Ogden, 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 Ogden, Illinois

How to Use This Ogden, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityOgden
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyChampaign County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.113924
Longitude-87.956145
Population729
Density478.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code61859
Area Code309
County SeatUrbana
School DistrictPrairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197

About Ogden, Illinois

Ogden is a locality in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 729. The population density is 478.7 people per km². Ogden is located at 40.1139°N, 87.9561°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ogden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61859.

Ogden occupies a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon stretches indefinitely, defined by the quiet dominance of agricultural fields that shift from deep emerald to harvest gold with the turning of the seasons. It lies 13.3 miles east of Urbana, IL (from Urbana, IL: bearing 89°T), and is situated 4.5 miles east of Saint Joseph. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, particularly in the low-lying stretches where the Conkey Branch meanders through the periphery, its passage marked by the swaying of tall prairie grasses. To the distant west, the silhouette of Yankee Ridge provides the only significant interruption to the sky, a faint, blurred line against the blue that reminds the observer of the vast, sediment-rich plains that characterize this interior landscape. During the late afternoon, the light casts long, melancholic shadows across the fields, transforming the monochrome expanse into a study of texture and quietude that feels both ancient and perpetually renewed.

Ogden serves as a steady anchor for the surrounding rural economy, its character defined by the rhythm of the planting cycles and the quiet industry of those who steward the soil. While the University of Illinois Research Forest remains a ten-mile distance away as a reminder of the region's deeper ecological history, the presence of the Kickapoo Rail Trail just a mile from the center provides a modern, linear connection for those seeking to traverse the landscape on foot or by bicycle. The proximity of Homer Lake, located three miles away, offers a brief, reflective pause in an otherwise utilitarian topography, its still waters mirroring the changing clouds with a clarity that seems to slow the pace of daily affairs. Life in Ogden persists with a deliberate, unassuming dignity, rooted in the legacy of the settlers who first broke this ground, and it continues to operate as a functional, grounded space where the connection between the inhabitant and the land remains unbroken by the clamor of more crowded centers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Kickapoo Rail Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 095° E
  • Homer Lake Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 208° SW
  • St. Joseph Community Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 270° W
  • Salt Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 158° S
  • Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 203° SW
  • Crestwood Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 276° W
  • St. Joseph Wetland (Local Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 269° W
  • Trelease Woods (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 277° W
  • Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.8 mi, 075° E
  • Middle Fork Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.3 mi, 079° E
  • Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 11.6 mi, 079° E
  • Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 047° NE
  • Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 064° NE
  • You are Beautiful! (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 269° W
  • Urbana Country Club (Local Recreation) — 13.0 mi, 275° W
  • Windfall Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.2 mi, 057° NE
  • Gifford War Memorial (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 345° N
  • The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 270° W
  • Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 270° W
  • Morton Weir Memorial (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 269° W
  • Yingying Zhang Memorial Garden (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 270° W
  • Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 268° W
  • The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 268° W
  • Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 267° W
  • Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 087° E
  • Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 17.7 mi, 274° W
  • Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 274° W
  • AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 17.8 mi, 077° E
  • Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 39.9 mi, 304° NW
  • Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 41.5 mi, 112° E

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About This Ogden Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ogden, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.113924, -87.956145. 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 Ogden includes the ZIP code (61859), telephone area code (309), county seat of Champaign County (Urbana), and school district assignment (Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.