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Orion Illinois Map

Explore Orion, 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 Orion, Illinois

How to Use This Orion, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.354758
Longitude	-90.381516
Population	1,754
Density	717.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61273
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Cambridge
School District	Orion Community Unit School District 223

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About Orion, Illinois

Orion is a locality in Henry County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,754. The population density is 717.4 people per km². Orion is located at 41.3548°N, 90.3815°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Orion is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61273.

Orion anchors itself firmly within the vast, sun-bleached expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and flat under an immense, pale sky. It lies 10.6 miles south-southeast of East Moline, IL (from East Moline, IL: bearing 162°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south of Colona. Mosquito Creek carves a quiet, winding path through the soil nearby, its waters mirroring the passing clouds and the shifting hues of the tall grasses that lean in the wind. Only three miles away, the surface of Lake Lynnwood remains largely undisturbed, reflecting the transition of seasons as the light turns copper and thin in the late afternoon. Central Park provides a modest clearing in the center of the grid, a place where the air feels heavy with the scent of drying stalks and the cooling earth. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Army Ridge Bluffs serves as a silent sentinel, reminding travelers of the land’s slow, tectonic patience.

Orion grew from the steady, rhythmic labor of the plains, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the soil and the seasonal harvest of corn and soybeans. The brick facades of the older buildings possess a sturdy, unadorned gravity, speaking to a history built by hands that understood the necessity of endurance. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a long afternoon, punctuated by the mechanical hum of agricultural equipment and the occasional rustle of grain elevators standing like monoliths against the gray clouds. The social life of Orion gathers in the quiet intersections of daily errands, where the talk is rarely of grand ambitions but of the local yield and the promise of the coming frost. Despite the persistent pull of the wider world, the character of the place is defined by this grounded stillness, a quiet commitment to the patterns of the land that have sustained the people for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Central Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 180° S
Love Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 102° E
Orion Sportsman Club (Park) — 1.4 mi, 180° S
Oakwood Country Club (Local Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 341° N
Niabi Zoo Forest Preserve (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 335° NW
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 8.0 mi, 358° N
Josua Lindahl Hill Prairies Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 304° NW
Deere Cross (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 332° NW
Mississippi River - Moline (Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 340° N
"bling" Rocky Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.4 mi, 332° NW
Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.7 mi, 336° NW
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.9 mi, 346° N · 274k acres
Campbell's Island State Memorial (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 347° N
Fryxell Geology Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 320° NW
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 060° NE
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 061° NE
Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 324° NW
Elton E. Fawks Bald Eagle Refuge State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 001° N
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 357° N
Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 15.5 mi, 357° N
Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 16.4 mi, 316° NW
Scott County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 007° N
Lone Star (towboat) (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 007° N
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 129° SE
Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.3 mi, 191° S
Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 28.1 mi, 178° S
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 176° S
Camanche Depot Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 012° N
Camanche Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 012° N
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.7 mi, 240° SW · 24k acres

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