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Rapids City Illinois Map

Explore Rapids City, 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 Rapids City, Illinois

How to Use This Rapids City, Illinois Map

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

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	Rapids City
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Rock Island County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.5817
Longitude	-90.343462
Population	964
Density	228.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61278
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Rock Island
School District	Riverdale Community Unit School District 100

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About Rapids City, Illinois

Rapids City is a locality in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 964. The population density is 228.9 people per km². Rapids City is located at 41.5817°N, 90.3435°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rapids City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61278.

Rapids City occupies a narrow, deliberate shelf of land pressed tightly against the eastern bank of the Mississippi River. It lies 7.6 miles northeast of East Moline, IL (from East Moline, IL: bearing 43°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east-northeast of Bettendorf.

The weight of the water dictates the rhythm of the day here, as the current moves with a slow, heavy permanence that defines the edge of the landscape. Inland from the river, the terrain rises into modest, weathered slopes that hold the heat of the afternoon sun, eventually leveling off into the expansive, fertile plains that characterize this stretch of the Midwest. At Shulers Shady Grove Park, the trees offer a dense, quiet canopy that seems to absorb the hum of distant machinery, providing a pocket of stillness where the air feels cooler and thick with the scent of damp earth. While the horizon remains wide and open, the distant silhouette of Indian Hill provides a singular, faint marker against the sky, grounding the view in a geography that feels both ancient and settled.

Economic life in Rapids City has long been tethered to the movement of goods and the cultivation of the surrounding soil, maintaining a steady, functional pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of larger urban centers. The legacy of the river trade remains visible in the way the streets orient themselves, turning their backs to the bluff and their faces toward the water. Families here have grown accustomed to the seasonal shifts that turn the corn and soybean fields from vibrant green to a brittle, harvest-ready gold, a cycle that dictates the local calendar more effectively than any clock. Though Rustic Acres Lake lies a short distance away, it serves merely as a quiet periphery to a life lived primarily in the shadow of the river, where the primary labor involves maintaining the infrastructure of a place that prefers to keep its own counsel and tend to its own quiet growth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 014° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 198° S
Scott County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 001° N
Lone Star (towboat) (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 002° N
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 354° N
LeClaire, IA 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 321° NW
Elton E. Fawks Bald Eagle Refuge State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 240° SW
World War Memorial (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 012° N
Elton E. Fawks Bald Eagle Refuge/Illiniwek Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 248° W
Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 266° W
Mississippi River - Moline (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 253° W
Mississippi River LeClaire Base (Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 261° W
McNeal Marsh (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 187° S
Campbell's Island State Memorial (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 238° SW
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.8 mi, 240° SW · 274k acres
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 6.7 mi, 177° S
Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.2 mi, 240° SW
"bling" Rocky Statue (Public Artwork) — 9.0 mi, 239° SW
Oakwood Country Club (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 203° SW
Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 247° SW
Fryxell Geology Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 243° SW
Helium Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 292° W
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 132° SE
Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 13.9 mi, 254° W
Camanche Depot Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 018° N
Camanche Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 017° N
Central Community Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 329° NW
Clinton Show Boat (Theatre) — 20.1 mi, 024° NE
Norrish Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 051° NE
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.0 mi, 224° SW · 24k acres

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