Explore Reynolds, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Reynolds, 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 Reynolds.
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 | Reynolds |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Rock Island County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.329756 |
| Longitude | -90.670416 |
| Population | 498 |
| Density | 522.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 61279, 61264 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Rock Island |
| School District | Rockridge Community Unit School District 300 |
Reynolds occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie where the horizon stretches wide, marked by the persistent, unhurried flow of Mill Creek as it carves a path through the fields. It lies 13.3 miles south-southwest of Rock Island, IL (from Rock Island, IL: bearing 201°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-southwest of Milan. The landscape is defined by the deep, dark soil of a glacial legacy, where the land flattens into an endless geometry of corn and soybean stalks that shudder under the weight of a summer breeze. To the south, the distant silhouette of Army Ridge Bluffs creates a jagged interruption against the sky, while the nearby waters of Lake Matherville hold the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that feels ancient. During the golden hour, the light here takes on a heavy, amber quality, casting long shadows across the black earth and turning the gravel roads into ribbons of copper that lead toward the edge of the woods.
History in Reynolds is written in the steel of grain elevators and the sturdy, weathered facades of buildings that have observed the slow turn of the seasons for generations. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life and keeps the community tethered to the demands of the soil. Beyond the quiet streets, residents occasionally travel toward the Highland Springs Golf Course to find a different kind of order in the manicured greens, a sharp contrast to the wilder, unkempt thickets found deeper in the region. There is a distinct, pragmatic character to the way of life here, where the heritage of the Midwestern interior is held not in grand monuments, but in the enduring habit of labor and the quiet resilience of those who watch the seasons shift over the flat, fertile plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Reynolds, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.329756, -90.670416. 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 Reynolds includes the ZIP code (61279, 61264), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Rock Island County (Rock Island), and school district assignment (Rockridge Community Unit School District 300).
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. |