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Sorento Illinois Map

Explore Sorento, 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 Sorento, Illinois

How to Use This Sorento, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.998935
Longitude	-89.573698
Population	429
Density	207.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62086
Area Code	309
County Seat	Greenville
School District	Bond County Community Unit School District 2

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About Sorento, Illinois

Sorento is a locality in Bond County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 429. The population density is 207.6 people per km². Sorento is located at 38.9989°N, 89.5737°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sorento is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62086.

Sorento emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois as a collection of quiet streets defined by the seasonal shifting of corn and soybean fields. It lies 18.7 miles north-northeast of Highland, IL (from Highland, IL: bearing 16°T), and is situated 11.3 miles northwest of Greenville. The landscape here is characterized by an immense, open sky that presses down upon the earth, turning the late afternoon light into a heavy, golden amber that clings to the weathered siding of older homes. A mile to the west, the quiet waters of Sorento Reservoir offer a still reflection of the clouds, while the nearby banks of Dry Fork carve a modest, meandering path through the surrounding silt and loam. Far to the south, the faint, hazy silhouette of Pelican Pouch occasionally haunts the distant skyline, a reminder of the geologic scale that dwarfs the immediate, intimate geometry of the local grid.

Sorento maintains an economy forged by the rhythms of the soil and the legacy of the regional rail lines that once dictated the pulse of Midwestern commerce. The labor of previous generations persists in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that anchors the center, where the pace of life remains tethered to the harvest and the changing temperatures of the plains. Residents often find respite in the green, shaded expanses of Old Settlers Community Club Park, a local focal point that preserves a sense of shared space amid the vast agricultural stretches. Life in Sorento possesses a deliberate, unadorned quality, marked by the simple persistence of a place that continues to turn its face toward the sun, indifferent to the frantic velocity of the world beyond its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Old Settlers Community Club Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 248° W
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 073° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 026° NE
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 303° NW
Golf Course (Park) — 10.4 mi, 287° W
Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 116° SE
Copper Grapes (Public Artwork) — 11.2 mi, 172° S
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 272° W
Ganton Circle (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 129° SE
Allyson Grabowski Memorial Court (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 130° SE
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 130° SE
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 11.5 mi, 129° SE
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 131° SE
H & B Bremer Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 017° N
Hillsboro Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 12.7 mi, 024° NE
Henry Eilers Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.0 mi, 355° N
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.6 mi, 356° N
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 351° N
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 094° E
7 Gates of Hell: Gate 7 (Viewpoint) — 25.0 mi, 216° SW
Party Cove (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 141° SE
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 25.3 mi, 306° NW
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 25.4 mi, 148° SE
Renner Art Center (Arts Centre) — 25.5 mi, 321° NW
Bethalto Historical Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 256° W
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 096° E
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 095° E
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.1 mi, 250° W · 32k acres
Horshoe Lake State Park (State Park) — 33.5 mi, 233° SW
Gateway Arch National Park (National Park) — 41.6 mi, 232° SW · 85 acres

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