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Riley Illinois Map

Explore Riley, 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 Riley, Illinois

How to Use This Riley, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.191412
Longitude	-88.632592
Population	10
Density	21.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	60152
Area Code	312, 773
County Seat	Woodstock
School District	Marengo Community High School District 154

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About Riley, Illinois

Riley is a locality in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 10. The population density is 21.8 people per km². Riley is located at 42.1914°N, 88.6326°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 60152.

Riley emerges from the flat, open expanse of the Illinois prairie as a quiet intersection where the horizon claims more of the sky than the earth does. It lies 10.6 miles west of Huntley, IL (from Huntley, IL: bearing 279°T), and is situated 8.3 miles northwest of Hampshire. Coon Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the heavy, dark soil, its banks thick with brush that turns a brittle, muted gold when the autumn frost settles. The air carries the scent of damp earth and drying stalks, a stillness that feels heavy with the weight of the vast, unshadowed plains stretching toward the edges of the state. Only a few miles distant, the dense canopy of Coral Woods 1 offers a reprieve from the relentless visibility of the fields, its trees standing as a somber, silent contrast to the long, low lines of the surrounding topography.

Farmers have long turned this black loam, planting corn and soybeans in rows that track the sun with geometric precision, their seasonal labor dictating the slow pulse of Riley. The economy remains tethered to these cycles of growth and harvest, an existence measured in bushels and the steady, rhythmic hum of machinery that defines the late-summer evenings. History here is written in the utilitarian architecture of grain silos and the stark, functional layouts of rural roads that cut straight through the landscape, indifferent to the subtle slopes of the terrain. While the bustle of larger, more crowded places feels a world away, Riley holds its own quiet authority, anchored by the slow movement of the creek and the enduring, deep-rooted patience of those who work this ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Coral Woods 13 (Local Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 034° NE
Coral Woods 10 (Local Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 046° NE
Indian Oaks Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 009° N
Coral Woods (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 048° NE
Crow's Foot State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 299° NW
Donley Auctions (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 078° E
Coon Creek 1 (State Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 319° NW
McHenry County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 057° NE
First School House Hooser's Grove 1845 (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 267° W
Cody's Farm and Orchard (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 026° NE
Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 208° SW
Pleasant Valley 13 (State Recreation Area) — 7.6 mi, 067° NE
Pleasant Valley 11 (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 072° E
All Seasons Apple Orchard (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 060° NE
Inflatables (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 060° NE
Huntley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 098° E
Belvidere High School PAC (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 289° W
Apollo Theater (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 294° NW
Denny's Corn Crib (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 279° W
Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 296° NW
Tractors (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 110° E
Trails of Woods Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.9 mi, 096° E
Ravenstone Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 13.9 mi, 004° N
Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 311° NW
Trail Woods Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.3 mi, 095° E
Marsh Observatory (Viewpoint) — 15.0 mi, 212° SW
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.8 mi, 033° NE · 638 acres
Rock Cut State Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 304° NW
Morraine Hills State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 067° NE

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