Explore Sunnyland, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sunnyland, 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 Sunnyland.
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 | Sunnyland |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Will County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.571969 |
| Longitude | -88.144856 |
| Population | 822 |
| Density | 1594.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 61611, 60435 |
| Area Code | 815, 708 |
| County Seat | Joliet |
| School District | Plainfield School District 202 |
Sunnyland occupies a flat, expansive plateau where the Midwestern horizon stretches wide, defined by the steady, rhythmic labor of the surrounding agricultural plains. It lies 2.7 miles west-northwest of Crest Hill, IL (from Crest Hill, IL: bearing 299°T), and is situated 4.7 miles northwest of Joliet. Cambridge Crest Park provides a modest, verdant anchor for the locality, offering a quiet green space that captures the soft, unfiltered light of the afternoon as it filters through the local oaks. A mere mile away, the waters of Rock Run carve a subtle, winding path through the soil, contributing to the drainage of the fields that fan out toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge (historic). Two miles to the north, Lake Renwick sits as a calm, reflective basin, its presence tempering the dryness of the prairie air during the height of the harvest season.
Sunnyland maintains an identity rooted in the industrious character of the Illinois interior, where the economic pulse has long been tethered to the productivity of the earth and the pragmatic movement of goods. While the shadow of industrial expansion occasionally brushes against the edges of the fields, the pace of life remains measured, favoring the predictable cycles of the seasons over the frantic velocity of larger metropolitan centers. Residents often look toward the Black Partridge Forest Preserve, located ten miles distant, as a reminder of the original, uncultivated timberland that once dominated this region before the plow took hold. Life in Sunnyland possesses a distinct, unadorned quality, marked by the brick facades of local buildings and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a region that values utility and the quiet endurance of its people.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sunnyland, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.571969, -88.144856. 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 Sunnyland includes the ZIP code (61611, 60435), telephone area code (815, 708), county seat of Will County (Joliet), and school district assignment (Plainfield School District 202).
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. |