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Sunnyland Illinois Map

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.

Interactive Map of Sunnyland, Illinois

How to Use This Sunnyland, Illinois Map

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	Tazewell 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	Pekin
School District	Plainfield School District 202

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About Sunnyland, Illinois

Sunnyland is a locality in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 822. The population density is 1594.9 people per km². Sunnyland is located at 41.5720°N, 88.1449°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 61611, 60435.

Sunnyland emerges as a quiet expanse of Midwestern prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an immense, pale sky. It lies 4.2 miles east-northeast of East Peoria, IL (from East Peoria, IL: bearing 65°T), and is situated 4.2 miles east of Peoria. Farm Creek carves a thin, serpentine path only a mile from the residential blocks, its banks lined with the tangled growth of native brush that turns a brittle, metallic gold in the autumn light. Two miles to the northwest, the broad, gray surface of Upper Peoria Lake acts as a mirror for the shifting clouds, grounding the low-lying terrain in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate. Residents often find their way to Harmony Park, a local focal point where the air smells faintly of damp earth and drying corn stalks, carrying the persistent, steady rhythm of a landscape that has long been defined by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons.

Sunnyland maintains an economy deeply tethered to the fertile, dark soil of central Illinois, where the legacy of early agricultural settlement remains visible in the orderly geometry of the surrounding fields. While the distant silhouette of Hoxie Ridge provides a faint, jagged suggestion of elevation far to the west, the local character is shaped more by the industrious, pragmatic spirit of those who manage the transit and processing of regional harvests. Life here moves with the measured pace of a Midwestern township, far removed from the frantic pace of larger urban centers, yet connected to the broader history of the state through its enduring reliance on the land. In the quiet evenings, the light catches the dust motes above the pavement, highlighting a place where the simple, repetitive labor of the day eventually gives way to the deep, resonant silence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cambridge Crest Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 087° E
Theodore Marsh Playground (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 171° S
Richland Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 114° SE
Theodore Marsh Preserve 2 (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 166° S
Theodore Marsh Preserve 6 (Local Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 184° S
Prairie Bluff Preserve 2 (Local Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 069° E
Brent Hassert Park (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 064° NE
Wedgewood Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 267° W
Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.1 mi, 311° NW
Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.5 mi, 078° E
Mary Alfred Moes 1828-1899 (Public Artwork) — 3.6 mi, 139° SE
Plainfield Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 303° NW
Neil Carey Arena (Stadium) — 4.0 mi, 055° NE
Philip Lynch Theatre (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 053° NE
Richard A. Rock Amphitheater (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 304° NW
Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 133° SE
Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 133° SE
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 4.6 mi, 076° E
3rd Floor Gallery (Gallery) — 4.7 mi, 074° E
Illinois & Michigan Canal Office (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 074° E
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 5.1 mi, 168° S
Old telephone poles (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 155° SE
A. C. Sanders Memorial Stone (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 306° NW
Ellis House and Equestrian Center (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 249° W
McDonald Farm (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 001° N
AMC Naperville 16 (Cinema) — 10.3 mi, 341° N
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 10.9 mi, 180° S · 18k acres
IPIC Theaters (Cinema) — 11.4 mi, 028° NE
Silver Springs (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 283° W
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 36.4 mi, 096° E · 11k acres

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