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Paw Paw Illinois Map

Explore Paw Paw, 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 Paw Paw, Illinois

How to Use This Paw Paw, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.688919
Longitude	-88.981199
Population	830
Density	560.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61353
Area Code	815
County Seat	Dixon
School District	Paw Paw CUSD 271

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About Paw Paw, Illinois

Paw Paw is a locality in Lee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 830. The population density is 560.3 people per km². Paw Paw is located at 41.6889°N, 88.9812°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Paw Paw is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61353.

Paw Paw holds the flat, expansive horizon of northern Illinois, where the sky exerts a heavy, blue pressure upon the endless geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 20.4 miles southwest of DeKalb, IL (from DeKalb, IL: bearing 216°T), and is situated 16.9 miles south-southeast of Rochelle. The land here is an ancient, glacial scouring, leveled into a muted prairie plateau that stretches toward the distant, hazy rise of Maramech Hill. A mile from the center of Paw Paw, the quiet waters of Paw Paw Run carve a thin, winding vein through the dark, loamy soil, providing a modest riparian border to the otherwise uniform grid of the plains. Light in the late afternoon possesses a particular, crystalline clarity, turning the stalks of grain into a shimmering, brittle gold that seems to vibrate against the deepening gray of the cloud-dappled sky.

Agriculture remains the silent pulse of Paw Paw, defining the seasonal migration of machinery and the rhythmic turn of the earth that has organized life here since its inception. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos and farmsteads, residents find a slower pace of recreation at Shabbona Lake State Park, where the water catches the stillness of the surrounding woods. Local wanderers often trace the path of the Touch the Earth Trail, finding a brief, shaded respite from the open sun that dominates the landscape. The quietude of the region is punctuated only by the distant hum of transit and the seasonal harvest, leaving Paw Paw to exist as a pragmatic, enduring arrangement of brick and timber held firmly within the embrace of the Midwestern plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Homes of Chief Waubonsie and Madeline Ogee (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 150° SE
Old Chicago Trail Marker (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 280° W
Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 054° NE
Indian Oaks Country Club (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 053° NE
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 156° SE
Steward State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 000° N
Lake Mendota Park & Sports Complex (Local Park) — 11.7 mi, 220° SW
Indian Creek Massacre Historic Site (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 148° SE
Lyle Kunde Park (Local Recreation) — 15.1 mi, 351° N
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 199° S
Huskies on Parade - Nestle (Public Artwork) — 19.2 mi, 039° NE
Classic Cinemas Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 19.9 mi, 098° E
Jack Olson Gallery (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 034° NE
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall (Theatre) — 20.5 mi, 034° NE
Silver Springs (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 102° E
Fern Dell Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 117° SE
Marsh Observatory (Viewpoint) — 24.2 mi, 024° NE
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 24.3 mi, 198° S
Starved Rock State Park (State Conservation Area) — 25.0 mi, 183° S
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 25.2 mi, 182° S
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 25.6 mi, 181° S
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 25.8 mi, 187° S
Matthiessen State Park (Nature Reserve) — 27.2 mi, 185° S
Your Peforming Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.5 mi, 090° E
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 27.8 mi, 316° NW
Your Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.8 mi, 097° E
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 33.5 mi, 215° SW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 44.1 mi, 118° SE · 18k acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.7 mi, 205° SW · 13k acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.4 mi, 287° W · 274k acres

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