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South Wilmington Illinois Map

Explore South Wilmington, 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 South Wilmington, Illinois

How to Use This South Wilmington, Illinois Map

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

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	South Wilmington
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Grundy County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.17281
Longitude	-88.276726
Population	710
Density	557.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60474
Area Code	708
County Seat	Morris
School District	Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District

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About South Wilmington, Illinois

South Wilmington is a locality in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 710. The population density is 557.2 people per km². South Wilmington is located at 41.1728°N, 88.2767°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. South Wilmington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60474.

South Wilmington emerges from the flat, expansive Illinois prairie as a quiet collection of homes and brickwork aligned against the persistent, open sky. It lies 14.8 miles south-southeast of Morris, IL (from Morris, IL: bearing 149°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-southwest of Braidwood. The Mazon River carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape nearby, its presence felt in the humid, fertile breath of the fields that stretch toward the horizon. To the north, the distant outline of Sand Ridge (historic) offers a faint interruption to the otherwise unbroken expanse of farmland and sky. The air here carries a heavy, honest stillness, particularly at dusk, when the low sun casts long, copper-colored shadows across the soil and the quiet geometry of the streets. Just a mile away, the Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area provides a sanctuary of scrub and water where the land reclaims the quiet spaces left behind by the industry of the past.

South Wilmington grew from the deep roots of coal mining, a legacy that remains etched in the stoic character of its older residential blocks and the enduring spirit of its residents. While the Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond hums three miles distant as a reminder of the energy that has long defined the local economy, the daily pace of life remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the seasons and the steady work of the surrounding plains. The influence of the nineteenth-century industrial expansion lingers in the architecture and the deliberate, unpretentious layout of the village, which stands as a functional anchor amidst the vast, agricultural corridors of the region. Even with the modernization of the energy sector, the character of South Wilmington is shaped by the memory of the mines and the resilience of a people who have learned to thrive in the wide, uncompromising silence of the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 011° N
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 306° NW
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 307° NW
Mazonia Railroad Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 360° N
K-Mine Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 022° N
Sand Ridge Savanna Preserve 3 (Local Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 048° NE
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 026° NE
Elvis (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 029° NE
Coal City Bell (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 357° N
Kankakee Sands Preserve 4 (Local Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 040° NE
Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1 (Local Recreation) — 9.1 mi, 057° NE
Park in Grundy County (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 345° N
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.3 mi, 032° NE
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 038° NE
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 036° NE
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 036° NE
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 12.4 mi, 024° NE · 18k acres
William G. Stratton State Park (State Park) — 14.5 mi, 331° NW
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 007° N
Karen R. Olson Memorial (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 329° NW
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 328° NW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 15.0 mi, 328° NW
Gebhard Woods State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 328° NW
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 101° E
Louis Jolliet (Public Artwork) — 26.5 mi, 023° NE
Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 022° N
Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 29.9 mi, 009° N
Richard A. Rock Amphitheater (Theatre) — 30.2 mi, 006° N
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 30.9 mi, 021° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 49.0 mi, 062° NE · 11k acres

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