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Ridott Illinois Map

Explore Ridott, 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 Ridott, Illinois

How to Use This Ridott, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.296409
Longitude	-89.475392
Population	124
Density	647.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61067
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Freeport
School District	Freeport School District 145

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About Ridott, Illinois

Ridott is a locality in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 124. The population density is 647.0 people per km². Ridott is located at 42.2964°N, 89.4754°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ridott is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61067.

Ridott occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois farmland where the horizon bows to the sky in wide, unassuming arcs. It lies 7.5 miles east of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 90°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-southwest of Pecatonica. Wickham Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the local terrain, its waters drawing a thin, silver line across the fields that define the regional geography. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land flattens into an expanse of dark, fertile soil, interrupted only by the distant silhouette of Hardpan Ridge rising eight miles to the west. The air here holds a particular weight in the autumn, sharp and clean, carrying the scent of drying stalks and the damp earth of the Pecatonica Wetlands Forest Preserve, which lies four miles away as a sanctuary for the local wildlife.

Ridott grew from the necessity of the rail and the promise of the plow, anchoring itself to the rhythm of agricultural cycles that have dictated the pace of life for generations. The local economy remains tethered to these fields, where the labor of the harvest provides the fundamental pulse of the day. Life in Ridott moves with a deliberate, steady frequency, far removed from the clamor of larger hubs, though the memory of early settlers remains etched into the layout of the roads and the placement of the older farmsteads. Even now, the stillness of the afternoon is occasionally broken by the low hum of machinery, a familiar sound that marks the passage of time as surely as the light shifting across the plains toward Coffman Lake, located eight miles from the center of the community.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pecatonica Wetlands Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 071° E
Seward Bluffs Rec. (Local Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 100° E
Taylor Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 274° W
T-38 Aircraft (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 238° SW
Lincoln and Douglas in Debate (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 272° W
Deluna Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 7.4 mi, 271° W
Oakdale Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 237° SW
Soldiers' Monument (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 271° W
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 063° NE
Krape Park (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 261° W
Krape Park Band Shell (Theatre) — 9.1 mi, 261° W
Boat Rental (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 262° W
Park Hills Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 269° W
The Dells (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 113° SE
Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 140° SE
Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.6 mi, 020° N
Youth Center (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 138° SE
Maggie the Cow (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 088° E
Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 039° NE
RPL Nordlof Center (Theatre) — 19.6 mi, 095° E
The McPherson (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 097° E
Turtle Mound (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 094° E
Linear Mound (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 094° E
Rockford Art Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 094° E
Discovery Center Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 094° E
Harry and Della Burpee Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 19.8 mi, 094° E
Extensive Wl Habitat - Sd (State Recreation Area) — 20.5 mi, 020° N
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 21.4 mi, 168° S
Rock Cut State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 083° E
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.6 mi, 246° SW · 274k acres

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