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Taylor Ridge Illinois Map

Explore Taylor Ridge, 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 Taylor Ridge, Illinois

How to Use This Taylor Ridge, Illinois Map

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

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	Taylor Ridge
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Rock Island County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.3867
Longitude	-90.668194
Population	141
Density	35.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	61284
Area Code	847, 224
County Seat	Rock Island
School District	Rockridge Community Unit School District 300

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About Taylor Ridge, Illinois

Taylor Ridge is a locality in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 141. The population density is 35.1 people per km². Taylor Ridge is located at 41.3867°N, 90.6682°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61284.

Taylor Ridge asserts its presence across a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of Turkey Hollow Creek, which winds through the terrain like a silver thread pulled taut against the dark soil. It lies 9.7 miles south-southwest of Rock Island, IL (from Rock Island, IL: bearing 209°T), and is situated 6.8 miles southwest of Milan. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, a flat expanse of agricultural ambition that gives way to the subtle, earth-toned rise of the Army Ridge Bluffs three miles to the east. Air moves across these plains with a singular purpose, carrying the scent of drying stalks and the damp, mineral promise of Turkey Hollow Reservoir, which holds its glass-still surface just two miles from the center of activity. Light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the fields into a monochromatic study of amber and gray that stretches toward the infinite, lonely reach of the Midwestern sky.

Economic life in Taylor Ridge remains tethered to the cycles of the earth and the quiet persistence of those who work it, maintaining a rhythm that predates the modern scramble of the distant, electrified urban grids. The land serves as a provider of sustenance and a quiet anchor for those who prefer the company of the wind to the clamor of industry, while the proximity of the Highland Springs Golf Course provides a manicured contrast to the wild, unkempt edges of the creek beds. History here is not recorded in monuments but in the slow, seasonal transformation of the crops and the steady endurance of the homesteads that dot the periphery. People move through Taylor Ridge with a measured gait, honoring a legacy of labor that finds its most honest expression in the silence that descends over the fields once the sun has fully retreated behind the western rim.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Highland Springs Golf Course (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 046° NE
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 358° N
Hasselroth Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 041° NE
Buffalo Shores State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.0 mi, 321° NW
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 033° NE
Josua Lindahl Hill Prairies Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 060° NE
Rock River - Carr Island (Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 021° N
Mississippi River - Moline (Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 024° NE
Fryxell Geology Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 037° NE
Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 10.2 mi, 020° N
Lady Of Germania (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 025° NE
Dillon Memorial Fountain (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 027° NE
Irish Memorial (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 027° NE
Soldier's Monument (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 026° NE
Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 036° NE
Wildcat Den State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 298° NW
The Oculus (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 041° NE
Mississippi River Islands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 282° W
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.5 mi, 048° NE · 274k acres
Helium Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 016° N
Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 19.3 mi, 046° NE
Pearl Bottom Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 277° W
Muscatine Art Center (Arts Centre) — 20.1 mi, 279° W
Scott County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 049° NE
Lone Star (towboat) (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 049° NE
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.8 mi, 217° SW · 24k acres
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 080° E
Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.0 mi, 159° S
Louisa County Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 243° SW
Central Community Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 013° N

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