Prairie Grove Illinois Map
Explore Prairie 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.
Interactive Map of Prairie Grove, Illinois
How to Use This Prairie Grove, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Prairie 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 Prairie 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 | Prairie Grove |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | McHenry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.278634 |
| Longitude | -88.260918 |
| Population | 1,963 |
| Density | 133.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 60012, 60014 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| County Seat | Woodstock |
| School District | Community High School District 155 |
About Prairie Grove, Illinois
Prairie Grove is a locality in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,963. The population density is 133.5 people per km². Prairie Grove is located at 42.2786°N, 88.2609°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Prairie Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60012, 60014.Prairie Grove emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois landscape as a quiet confluence of woodland and open field. It lies 3.8 miles south of McHenry, IL (from McHenry, IL: bearing 175°T), and is situated 3.8 miles northeast of Crystal Lake. The terrain here is defined by the gentle persistence of the Stickney Run 14 protected area, which holds the land in a state of deliberate, slow-changing preservation. Water shapes the character of the soil, with the calm surface of Thunderbird Lake providing a mirrored center to the immediate landscape. Only two miles to the west, the Fox River carves a deliberate path through the earth, its currents steady and dark under the heavy Midwestern sky. When the light shifts at dusk, the prairie grasses lean against the wind, turning a pale, muted gold that softens the edges of the horizon long before the first stars appear.
Prairie Grove maintains a rhythm dictated by the intersection of modern residential life and the legacy of agricultural settlement that once dominated these plains. While the local economy has transitioned away from the vast, open-tillage farming of the past, the influence of the land remains evident in the wide, quiet streets and the lingering sense of space between properties. Residents often look toward the Fox River Trail for recreation, moving along a path that connects the local geography to the wider regional network of protected corridors. Though the distant rise of Bald Knob marks the limit of the view to the west, the daily pulse of Prairie Grove is found in the stillness of its residential tracts and the quiet stewardship of the surrounding natural preserves.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Stickney Run 14 (State Conservation Area) — locality lies within
- Village Hall Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 346° N
- Stickney Run Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 076° E
- Stickney Run 3 (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 014° N
- Horse Barn (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 034° NE
- Silver Creek (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 139° SE
- Morraine Hills State Park (State Park) — 2.0 mi, 005° N
- Black Tern Marsh Viewing Platform Form (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 030° NE
- Sterne'S Woods (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 247° SW
- Cotton Creek Marsh Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.7 mi, 103° E
- Fel-Pro RRR 3 (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 159° S
- Bates Fen Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.8 mi, 136° SE
- Helicopter (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 089° E
- Hollows 3 (State Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 180° S
- Alumni Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 4.3 mi, 229° SW
- McHenry Downtown Theater (Cinema) — 4.5 mi, 356° N
- Volo Auto Museum Sign (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 054° NE
- 1995 Fox River Grove Bus–train Collision Memorial (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 159° S
- Bettendorf Castle (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 158° S
- Mack Manor - Christmas/Halloween Display (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 167° S
- Alex Lancaster Memorial Bench (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 054° NE
- Woodstock Opera House (Theatre) — 9.9 mi, 284° W
- Powers-Walker Historical Homestead (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 344° N
- Catlow Movie Theater (Cinema) — 10.7 mi, 143° SE
- Lost Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 342° N
- Former Carpentersville Dam (Historic Ruins) — 11.4 mi, 188° S
- Chain O'Lakes State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 017° N
- Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.1 mi, 342° N · 638 acres
- Grayslake Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 068° E
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About This Prairie Grove Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Prairie Grove, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.278634, -88.260918. 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 Prairie Grove includes the ZIP code (60012, 60014), telephone area code (312, 773), county seat of McHenry County (Woodstock), and school district assignment (Community High School District 155).
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. |
