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Sheffield Illinois Map

Explore Sheffield, 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 Sheffield, Illinois

How to Use This Sheffield, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.358369
Longitude	-89.737323
Population	821
Density	271.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61361
Area Code	815
County Seat	Princeton
School District	Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340

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About Sheffield, Illinois

Sheffield is a locality in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 821. The population density is 271.2 people per km². Sheffield is located at 41.3584°N, 89.7373°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sheffield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61361.

Sheffield emerges from the flat, horizon-bound expanse of the Illinois prairie, defined by the quiet passage of Coal Creek as it cuts through the dark, fertile loam of the surrounding fields. It lies 12.5 miles northeast of Kewanee, IL (from Kewanee, IL: bearing 51°T), and is situated 14.1 miles west of Princeton. The land here remains stubbornly horizontal, a vast stretch of earth where the sky claims more than its share of the view, occasionally interrupted by the slender silhouette of grain elevators or the distant, hazy suggestion of Indian Ridge far to the west. Within the center of the grid, City Park offers a modest clearing of green, a place where the air carries the scent of turned soil and the stillness of a landscape that measures time by the slow growth of crops and the seasonal tilt of the sun. The light at dusk here is heavy and golden, pressing down upon the fields until the shadows of the trees stretch into long, thin fingers across the dirt roads, grounding Sheffield in a quiet, enduring permanence.

History clings to the iron rails that once dictated the pace of growth for Sheffield, marking it as a waypoint in the long, industrious expansion that shaped the interior of the continent. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, a cycle that has persisted long after the early laborers moved on, leaving behind the brick-and-limestone architecture that speaks of a more deliberate era of construction. Farmers look toward the Feeder Basin when the rains are heavy, mindful of the water that shapes the productivity of the soil, while the proximity of Johnson Lake offers a rare, glassy departure from the endless reach of the corn and soybean rows. Life in Sheffield moves with a deliberate, unassuming grace, where the work of the day is measured in the steady turning of machinery and the persistent, quiet endurance of a populace that recognizes the value of the ground beneath their feet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 125° SE
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 180° S
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 049° NE
Box Pond Wildlife Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 095° E
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 254° W
McCune Sand Prairie (Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 327° NW
The Great Sauk Trail (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 250° W
Howes Park (Local Park) — 9.3 mi, 290° W
Menno Haven Camp and Retreat Center (Private Recreation) — 10.3 mi, 121° SE
Van Vooren Lodge (Local Recreation) — 10.4 mi, 289° W
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 087° E
Ronald Reagan birthplace historical marker (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 352° N
Civil War monument (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 352° N
President Ronald Reagan as a boy (Public Artwork) — 18.9 mi, 352° N
Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 352° N
Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 185° S
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 287° W
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 241° SW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.9 mi, 140° SE · 13k acres
Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 181° S
Sinnissippi_Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 30.6 mi, 008° N
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 31.6 mi, 090° E
SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 32.6 mi, 013° N
Jerry Mathis Theater (Theatre) — 32.6 mi, 013° N
Town Theater (Cinema) — 33.2 mi, 157° SE
Stage 212 (Theatre) — 33.4 mi, 093° E
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 077° E
Scott County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 298° NW
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 36.4 mi, 096° E
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.7 mi, 323° NW · 274k acres

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