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River Grove Illinois Map

Explore River Grove, 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 River Grove, Illinois

How to Use This River Grove, Illinois Map

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

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	River Grove
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Winnebago County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.924277
Longitude	-87.837934
Population	10,612
Density	1713.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	61109, 60171
Area Code	847, 224, 312, 773
County Seat	Rockford
School District	Leyden Community High School District 212

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About River Grove, Illinois

River Grove is a locality in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of 10,612. The population density is 1713.6 people per km². River Grove is located at 41.9243°N, 87.8379°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. River Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61109, 60171.

River Grove unfolds across a flat, stubborn expanse of the Midwestern interior, where the horizon exerts a gravitational pull on the gaze. It lies 6.0 miles south-southeast of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 153°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south of Loves Park. The land here maintains a quiet, rigorous geometry, marked by the presence of Atwood Park Estates, which anchors the immediate terrain with a sense of local permanence. A mile away, the Kishwaukee River carves a deliberate path through the earth, its waters mirroring the shifting, pale light of a sky that feels immense and unburdened by the proximity of any distant peaks. Beyond the immediate reach of the parks, the landscape transitions into the quiet density of the Kishwaukee Gorge North County Forest Preserve, where the shadows of oak and hickory stretch long and thin across the soil as the afternoon wanes.

River Grove bears the weight of a history rooted in the steady, industrial pulse of the regional grid, where the iron rails and brickwork of the past still inform the character of the streetscapes. The local economy persists as a functional reflection of these Midwestern foundations, balancing the persistence of small-scale commerce with the quiet rhythm of a place that values stability over flourish. While Spring Lake lies eight miles to the distance, the actual life of the populace is defined by the immediate, practical geography of the plains and the surrounding woodlands. People move through the days with a measured, deliberate pace, acknowledging the six-mile prominence of Lookout Point only as a distant, hazy silhouette against the edge of the world, never distracting from the grounded reality of the life built upon this fertile, inland soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fullerton Woods (Nature Reserve) — 0.1 mi, 136° SE
Jerome Huppert Woods (Nature Reserve) — 0.3 mi, 126° SE
Trumbell Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 247° SW
Kiddieland Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 180° S
Indian Boundary Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 326° NW
Burial Site of Josette Beaubien (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 326° NW
Thatcher Woods Prairie (Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 173° S
Sister Benita Newhouse, O.P. (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 154° SE
Sistie’s Garden (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 154° SE
Pool On Pacific (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 300° NW
Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 351° N
Michael Cimbalo Fitness Center and Museum (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 215° SW
Cougar Pride (Public Artwork) — 2.2 mi, 139° SE
Ridgemoor Country Club (Park) — 3.3 mi, 039° NE
Stage Wright Theater (Theatre) — 3.5 mi, 047° NE
Creative Minds Center of the Arts (Arts Centre) — 4.1 mi, 147° SE
Miller Meadow (Local Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 177° S
Norwood Park Historical Society (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 028° NE
The Music Garden (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 140° SE
Museum of Hummels (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 344° N
Rico Music & Art (Arts Centre) — 5.0 mi, 067° NE
National Veterans Art Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 066° NE
Bishop's Mausoleum (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 222° SW
Al Capone's Gravesite (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 220° SW
Night Club (Gallery) — 5.8 mi, 078° E
Old La Grange Road (Viewpoint) — 5.9 mi, 202° S
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park (State Park) — 32.3 mi, 002° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 34.8 mi, 144° SE · 11k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 37.2 mi, 194° S · 18k acres

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