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Stillman Valley Illinois Map

Explore Stillman Valley, 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 Stillman Valley, Illinois

How to Use This Stillman Valley, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityStillman Valley
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyOgle County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude42.107248
Longitude-89.179271
Population1,075
Density728.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code61084
Area Code847, 224
County SeatOregon
School DistrictMeridian Community Unit School District 223

About Stillman Valley, Illinois

Stillman Valley is a locality in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,075. The population density is 728.2 people per km². Stillman Valley is located at 42.1072°N, 89.1793°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stillman Valley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61084.

Stillman Valley emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of northern Illinois, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Stillman Creek as it navigates the dark, silty loam. It lies 12.1 miles south-southwest of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 201°T), and is situated 4.1 miles east-southeast of Byron. Bicentennial Park anchors the center of the landscape, providing a quiet green clearing where the prairie winds brush against the tall grasses and the occasional stand of timber. Twelve miles to the west, the distant profile of Devils Backbone rises like a subtle wrinkle in the earth’s crust, grounding the horizon in a permanent, stony shadow. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and seasonal change, a crisp clarity that settles over the fields long before the sun dips behind the distant tree lines. Three miles away, the quiet surface of Walnut Pond reflects the changing sky, offering a stillness that complements the steady, industrious pulse of the surrounding countryside.

History in Stillman Valley remains etched in the quiet resolution of the land, where the remnants of early settlement still influence the layout of the streets and the rhythm of the harvest. Agriculture continues to dictate the pace of the year, with the economy turning on the cycles of corn and soybean production that stretch out toward the edges of the horizon. Beyond the local fields, the Kilbuck Bluffs County Forest Preserve six miles away provides a dense, wooded contrast to the openness of the plains, preserving a sliver of the region’s original character. Life in Stillman Valley moves with a grounded, unpretentious gravity, marked by the steady maintenance of homes and the shared labor of a community that understands the weight of the seasons. There is a particular beauty in the way the light catches the metallic glint of machinery in the late afternoon, a reminder of the practical, enduring labor that sustains the life of the valley.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bicentennial Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 360° N
  • Stillman's (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 103° E
  • Douglas E. Wade Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 323° NW
  • Beach Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 128° SE
  • Youth Center (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 279° W
  • Soldier's Monument (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 289° W
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 100° E
  • Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 278° W
  • Fuller Memorial Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 005° N
  • Hinchcliff Memorial Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 022° N
  • The Dells (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 352° N
  • Prairie Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.8 mi, 051° NE
  • Lowden State Park (State Park) — 8.7 mi, 235° SW
  • Black Hawk Statue (Public Artwork) — 9.4 mi, 237° SW
  • Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 020° N
  • Sandy Hollow Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 10.2 mi, 038° NE
  • The McPherson (Arts Centre) — 11.4 mi, 022° N
  • Inscape Collective (Gallery) — 12.0 mi, 025° NE
  • Kith and Kiln Art Collective (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 023° NE
  • Bennie's Cleaners (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 023° NE
  • 317 Art Collaborative (Arts Centre) — 12.1 mi, 022° N
  • RPL Nordlof Center (Theatre) — 12.2 mi, 021° N
  • Coronado Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 12.3 mi, 021° N
  • Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 12.3 mi, 228° SW
  • Turtle Mound (Historic Ruins) — 12.4 mi, 021° N
  • Navy Memorial (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 021° N
  • Linear Mound (Historic Ruins) — 12.4 mi, 021° N
  • Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.5 mi, 053° NE · 638 acres
  • Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.6 mi, 258° W · 274k acres
  • Midewin Other (National Forest) — 69.8 mi, 135° SE · 18k acres

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About This Stillman Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stillman Valley, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.107248, -89.179271. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Stillman Valley includes the ZIP code (61084), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Ogle County (Oregon), and school district assignment (Meridian Community Unit School District 223).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.