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Ridge Farm Illinois Map

Explore Ridge Farm, 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 Ridge Farm, Illinois

How to Use This Ridge Farm, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.895592
Longitude	-87.651967
Population	787
Density	99.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61870
Area Code	309
County Seat	Danville
School District	Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4

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About Ridge Farm, Illinois

Ridge Farm is a locality in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 787. The population density is 99.4 people per km². Ridge Farm is located at 39.8956°N, 87.6520°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ridge Farm is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61870.

Ridge Farm emerges from the flat, heavy earth of the Illinois prairie, defined by a horizon that seems to pull the sky down until it brushes the tops of the corn and soybean fields. It lies 15.9 miles south of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 184°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-northwest of Vermillion. The landscape here is a study in horizontal lines, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Crabapple Creek, which cuts through the soil a mile away to nourish the stubborn roots of the bottomland timber. In the distance, the faint, bruised silhouettes of Devils Backbone rise against the clouds, offering a static contrast to the fluid, seasonal shift of the crops. A quiet clarity defines the afternoon light, which lingers with a peculiar, gilded weight over the fields before the long shadows of dusk stretch across the open expanse.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Ridge Farm, a legacy of the settlers who first broke this sod and organized the patterns of the grid that still dictate the pace of local life. The economy is a quiet reflection of the harvest, tethered to the rhythms of the grain elevator and the seasonal migration of machinery, while the nearby Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area preserves a segment of the original wilderness for those who seek the silence of the woods. Residents often look toward the waters of Georgetown Reservoir when the summer humidity holds steady, finding a necessary stillness in the basin. History here is not a collection of monuments but a steady, persistent habit, evidenced by the way the town maintains its character against the encroaching vastness of the plains, ensuring that the legacy of the early nineteenth-century founders is carried forward in the unassuming brick and frame of the local architecture.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 101° E
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 041° NE
Georgetown City Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 010° N
Georgetown Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 011° N
Howards Hollow Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.5 mi, 025° NE
Vermilion River - Wabash Drainage (Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 036° NE
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 004° N
Forest Glen Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.3 mi, 028° NE
Salt Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 311° NW
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 342° N
Tilton Atv Park (Local Recreation) — 14.8 mi, 001° N
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 003° N
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 004° N
Danville Art League (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 004° N
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 17.8 mi, 345° N
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 19.2 mi, 004° N
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 20.5 mi, 353° N
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.7 mi, 348° N
Everyday Heroes (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 004° N
Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 110° E
Claude Matthews Medallion (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 141° SE
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 304° NW
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 092° E
Turkey Run Hollow (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 092° E
"140 Steps" (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 091° E
Punch Bowl (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 090° E
Shades State Park (State Park) — 28.3 mi, 085° E
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 156° SE
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 33.0 mi, 297° NW
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 71.1 mi, 126° SE · 16k acres

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