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Tampico Illinois Map

Explore Tampico, 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 Tampico, Illinois

How to Use This Tampico, Illinois Map

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

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	Tampico
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Whiteside County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.63031
Longitude	-89.786218
Population	689
Density	675.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61283
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Morrison
School District	Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3

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About Tampico, Illinois

Tampico is a locality in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 689. The population density is 675.2 people per km². Tampico is located at 41.6303°N, 89.7862°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tampico is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61283.

Tampico endures as a quiet expanse of flat, fertile earth where the sky claims more territory than the soil. It lies 11.9 miles south-southwest of Sterling, IL (from Sterling, IL: bearing 203°T), and is situated 11.5 miles south-southwest of Rock Falls. The horizon stretches thin and taut, broken only by the sharp geometry of grain elevators and the occasional stand of trees that lean away from the prevailing wind. Two miles from the quiet flow of Branch F Ditch, the land settles into a rhythmic pattern of plowed furrows that hold the morning light with a pale, metallic clarity. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant silhouette of Indian Ridge provides a faint, jagged punctuation to the western sky, while the nearby Hennepin Canal serves as a slow-moving artery of green water and tall grasses, marking the slow transition of seasons across the plain.

Tampico carries the weight of a modest, industrious history, rooted in the labor of the mid-nineteenth century when the arrival of the railroad transformed a simple crossroads into a hub for the surrounding harvest. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of corn and soybeans, a life defined by the slow, seasonal migration of machinery and the persistent pulse of agriculture. There is a particular stillness here, a quality of air that feels heavy with the scent of dry stalks in the autumn and the promise of rain in the spring. Though the world beyond moves with a different intensity, life in Tampico persists with a deliberate, singular focus, where the memory of its most famous daughter—the thirty-fourth president of the United States—remains a quiet point of pride held within the frame of its unassuming white-clapboard streets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 045° NE
President Ronald Reagan as a boy (Public Artwork) — 0.0 mi, 203° SW
Ronald Reagan birthplace historical marker (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 175° S
Civil War monument (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 225° SW
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 1.5 mi, 111° E
Prophetstown State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 293° NW
Springs Slough (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 015° N
Prophetstown State Park Indian Village (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 291° W
Crow Valley Campground (Park) — 8.8 mi, 000° N
Ross Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 116° SE
McCune Sand Prairie (Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 190° S
Westwood Fitness & Sports Center (Local Recreation) — 12.1 mi, 013° N
Green River State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 089° E
Sinnissippi_Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 029° NE
Norrish Auditorium (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 323° NW
SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 16.2 mi, 037° NE
Jerry Mathis Theater (Theatre) — 16.2 mi, 037° NE
F-105D Thunderchief (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 044° NE
The Next Picture Show (Gallery) — 21.5 mi, 047° NE
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 237° SW
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 23.3 mi, 302° NW
The Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.7 mi, 041° NE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.0 mi, 300° NW · 274k acres
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 137° SE
Heritage Canyon (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 311° NW
Camanche Depot Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 293° NW
Camanche Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 294° NW
Lone Star (towboat) (Attraction) — 28.8 mi, 266° W
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 29.4 mi, 041° NE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.9 mi, 153° SE · 13k acres

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