Stockton Illinois Map
Explore Stockton, 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 Stockton, Illinois
How to Use This Stockton, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Stockton, 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 Stockton.
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 | Stockton |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Jo Daviess County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.349736 |
| Longitude | -90.006792 |
| Population | 1,728 |
| Density | 355.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61085 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Galena |
| School District | Stockton Community Unit School District 206 |
About Stockton, Illinois
Stockton is a locality in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,728. The population density is 355.5 people per km². Stockton is located at 42.3497°N, 90.0068°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stockton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61085.Stockton rises from the high, rolling prairie of northwestern Illinois, where the land stretches wide under an expansive sky. It lies 20.0 miles west of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 281°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-southwest of Lena. Lawhorn Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the local terrain, its waters moving with a quiet persistence that mirrors the measured pace of the surrounding fields. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Terrapin Ridge anchors the horizon, while the terrain itself breaks into the subtle, glacial-carved depressions that define the regional topography. Within the immediate reaches of the landscape, the greenery of Stockton Township Park offers a stillness that deepens as the sun dips low, casting long, amber shadows across the grass. Further afield, the landscape deepens into the quietude of Welsh Hollow, and the clear waters of Apple Canyon Lake reflect the shifting, seasonal clouds that drift over the vast, inland plains.
Stockton maintains a character forged by the iron of the railway and the persistent labor of the soil. Once a vital junction for the movement of grain and livestock, the local economy remains tied to the cycles of the earth, where the harvest defines the rhythm of the year and the color of the season. The streets of Stockton hold the quiet weight of a place that understands the value of a steady hand and a long view, with architecture that speaks of early settlers who built against the wind. Residents often look toward the nearby Tower Rock Nature Trail for a sense of the land’s original, untamed fiber, finding a connection to the quiet, limestone-rich history of the region. Life here remains grounded in the simple, necessary work of the day, moving forward with the same unwavering, deliberate grace as the currents of Lawhorn Creek.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Stockton Township Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 346° N
- Stockton Community Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 196° S
- Ward's Grove State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 124° SE
- Apple River Canyon State Park (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 330° NW
- Lee I. Binkley Council Ring (Theatre) — 7.2 mi, 305° NW
- Human Foosball (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 306° NW
- Blackhawk War Monument (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 120° SE
- Pioneer Potpourri (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 303° NW
- Indian Dancing / Tap Out Arena (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 302° NW
- Apple River Road Bridge (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 277° W
- Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.4 mi, 059° NE
- Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 080° E
- Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 259° W
- Roberts Road Bridge (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 323° NW
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.0 mi, 209° SW · 274k acres
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About This Stockton Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stockton, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.349736, -90.006792. 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 Stockton includes the ZIP code (61085), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Jo Daviess County (Galena), and school district assignment (Stockton Community Unit School District 206).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
