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Serena Illinois Map

Explore Serena, 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 Serena, Illinois

How to Use This Serena, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.486142
Longitude	-88.731464
Population	129
Density	202.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	60549
Area Code	708
County Seat	Ottawa
School District	Serena CUSD 2

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About Serena, Illinois

Serena is a locality in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 129. The population density is 202.5 people per km². Serena is located at 41.4861°N, 88.7315°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 60549.

Serena occupies a vast, level expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that seems to press downward with the weight of shifting clouds. It lies 11.3 miles north-northeast of Ottawa, IL (from Ottawa, IL: bearing 31°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south-southwest of Lake Holiday. The landscape surrounding Serena is defined by the steady, patient work of agriculture, where fields of corn and soybeans create a geometric mosaic that changes color with the sun’s slow transit. Only two miles distant, the waters of Indian Creek carve a quiet, serpentine path through the dark earth, providing a sheltered corridor for wildlife that thrives away from the reach of the plow. During the golden hour, the light here catches the dust raised by passing machinery, turning the air into a shimmering, amber haze that settles over the flat prairie like a benediction.

Settlement in Serena grew from the necessity of the soil, anchoring a local economy that remains deeply tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the seasonal demands of the land. The proximity of Lower Fox River- Blake's Landing offers a rare point of public access to the wilder, wooded fringes that define the region’s natural boundary. Though the imposing silhouette of Starved Rock rises eighteen miles away to break the monotony of the plains, Serena retains a character shaped by the quiet endurance of its residents. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the long, cold winters and the intense, humid growth of summer, a cycle that has persisted here long enough to become the only language the earth remembers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lower Fox River- Blake's Landing (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 200° S
Site of First Settler in Kendall County (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 103° E
Indian Creek Massacre (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 300° NW
Dayton Bluffs Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 200° S
Site of the Illinois Midland Railroad (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 065° NE
Fern Dell Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 065° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 016° N
Fox River (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 204° SW
Bright (Local Resource Management Area) — 9.4 mi, 056° NE
Millbrook Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 048° NE
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 306° NW
Boy Scout of America (Public Artwork) — 12.4 mi, 214° SW
Classic Cinemas Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 13.0 mi, 031° NE
Silver Springs (State Park) — 13.2 mi, 045° NE
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 13.5 mi, 147° SE
Starved Rock State Park (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 221° SW
Council Overhang (Viewpoint) — 16.6 mi, 222° SW
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 17.6 mi, 231° SW
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 230° SW
Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 18.0 mi, 341° N
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 120° SE
CSX Morris Depot (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 118° SE
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 120° SE
Your Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.2 mi, 054° NE
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 266° W
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.7 mi, 234° SW
Matthiessen State Park (Nature Reserve) — 20.1 mi, 229° SW
Your Peforming Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 20.2 mi, 046° NE
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 26.9 mi, 105° E · 18k acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.4 mi, 230° SW · 13k acres

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