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Rankin Illinois Map

Explore Rankin, 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 Rankin, Illinois

How to Use This Rankin, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.465036
Longitude	-87.896422
Population	495
Density	330.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60960
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Danville
School District	Hoopeston Area Community Unit School District 11

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About Rankin, Illinois

Rankin is a locality in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 495. The population density is 330.1 people per km². Rankin is located at 40.4650°N, 87.8964°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rankin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60960.

Rankin emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, a landscape defined by the relentless geometry of corn and soybean fields that stretch toward the sky. It lies 17.4 miles northeast of Rantoul, IL (from Rantoul, IL: bearing 52°T), and is situated 12.0 miles west of Hoopeston. The earth here is dark and heavy, a deep loam that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, while the quality of light at dusk bleeds a bruised purple across the open expanse, flattening the shadows until the horizon line nearly vanishes. Only a few miles away, the modest meander of Whisky Creek cuts a subtle path through the soil, offering a thin ribbon of riparian growth that provides a quiet, green contrast to the surrounding agricultural grid. To the east, the distant silhouette of Yankee Ridge haunts the skyline, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that shaped the broader region long before the plow arrived.

Rankin persists as a quiet outpost of the Midwestern interior, its character forged by the steady, unyielding industry of the grain elevator and the long-haul rhythm of the freight line. The economic pulse of the locality remains anchored to the output of the surrounding fields, a tradition of labor that has defined the daily lives of families here for generations. Residents find a singular stillness at the nearby Herschel Workman State Habitat Area, where the native grasses reclaim the margins of the farmland and offer a sanctuary for migrating birds. While the amenities of modern life are measured by the commute to larger centers, the social life of Rankin remains rooted in the local school and the simple, enduring architecture of brick storefronts that have weathered a century of prairie winds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Herschel Workman State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 254° W
Clarence Railroad Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 268° W
Middle Fork Land Acquisition Projec (Local Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 222° SW
Village of Cissna Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 001° N
Point Pleasant Addition Land Acquisition (Local Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 209° SW
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.9 mi, 198° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 292° W
Lake View Country Club (Local Recreation) — 10.6 mi, 287° W
North Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 112° E
Gifford War Memorial (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 210° SW
Origin of Milford (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 043° NE
JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica) (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 043° NE
Horseshoe Bottom Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.9 mi, 155° SE
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 20.0 mi, 155° SE
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.7 mi, 157° SE
Heron Park (Viewpoint) — 22.0 mi, 144° SE
Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 056° NE
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 24.7 mi, 145° SE
Danville Art League (Public Artwork) — 27.0 mi, 149° SE
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 149° SE
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 149° SE
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 189° S
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 29.4 mi, 214° SW
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 29.4 mi, 214° SW
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 215° SW
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 215° SW
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 31.0 mi, 222° SW
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 31.0 mi, 222° SW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 60.7 mi, 353° N · 18k acres
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 75.8 mi, 018° N · 11k acres

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