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Rest Haven Illinois Map

Explore Rest Haven, 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 Rest Haven, Illinois

How to Use This Rest Haven, Illinois Map

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

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	Rest Haven
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Will County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.2577
Longitude	-88.1311
Population	502
Density	283.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	60481
Area Code	708
County Seat	Joliet
School District	Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U

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About Rest Haven, Illinois

Rest Haven is a locality in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 502. The population density is 283.4 people per km². Rest Haven is located at 41.2577°N, 88.1311°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 60481.

Rest Haven occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Illinois prairie where the horizon pulls the eye toward a vast, uninterrupted sky. It lies 12.9 miles south-southeast of Channahon, IL (from Channahon, IL: bearing 157°T), and is situated 4.2 miles east of Braidwood. The Kankakee River carves a deliberate, slow-moving path through the local soil, its presence defining the southern edge of the landscape with a heavy, sediment-rich current. To the east, the terrain rises slightly toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge (historic), while the nearby Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1 offers a quiet corridor for those who walk the tallgrass. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and coming weather, especially during the long, amber-hued afternoons when the light flattens against the cornfields, turning the entire world a shade of bruised gold.

Rest Haven emerged from the labor of those who cleared the stubborn, deep-rooted prairie sod to make way for the rows of soybean and corn that still dictate the local economy. The rhythms of the day are governed by the cycle of the seasons and the industrial hum of the Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond, which sits nearby as a reminder of the region’s modern energy demands. Beyond the fields, the influence of the nearby Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie remains, serving as a reminder of the land’s original, untamed character before the grid of roads and power lines took hold. Life in Rest Haven moves with a deliberate, steady pace, anchored by the heritage of the Midwestern plains and the quiet persistence of people who have learned to measure their time by the changing height of the crops and the slow, seasonal migration of birds across the open expanse.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1 (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 144° SE
Forked Creek Preserve 1 (Local Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 061° NE
Kankakee Sands Preserve 2 (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 297° NW
Forked Creek Preserve 5 (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 045° NE
Wilmington Shrub Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 323° NW
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 347° N
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 344° N
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 347° N
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.6 mi, 324° NW
Elvis (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 277° W
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 276° W
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 4.9 mi, 358° N · 18k acres
Coal City Bell (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 282° W
Chief Shauwanasee Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 109° E
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 242° SW
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 242° SW
Channahon State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 336° NW
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 127° SE
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 294° NW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 294° NW
Gebhard Woods State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 294° NW
Louis Jolliet (Public Artwork) — 18.7 mi, 009° N
Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 008° N
Van Horne Woods Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.6 mi, 037° NE
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 23.2 mi, 009° N
3rd Floor Gallery (Gallery) — 23.3 mi, 009° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 39.5 mi, 064° NE · 11k acres

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