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Tolono Illinois Map

Explore Tolono, 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 Tolono, Illinois

How to Use This Tolono, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.986142
Longitude	-88.258939
Population	3,604
Density	675.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61880
Area Code	309
County Seat	Urbana
School District	Tolono Community Unit School District 7

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About Tolono, Illinois

Tolono is a locality in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,604. The population density is 675.2 people per km². Tolono is located at 39.9861°N, 88.2589°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tolono is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61880.

Tolono anchors itself to the flat, expansive reach of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun each evening in a slow, amber descent. It lies 9.0 miles south-southwest of Urbana, IL (from Urbana, IL: bearing 198°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south of Champaign. The Hackett Branch winds its way through the landscape, a modest, quiet ribbon of water that traces the rhythm of the black-soil fields surrounding the settlement. To the east, the faint, elevated silhouette of Yankee Ridge breaks the absolute level of the horizon, providing a solitary vertical relief against the vast, open sky. Within the center of the grid, East Side Park offers a patch of maintained green space where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, a reminder that the land here is deep, fertile, and perpetually working.

History in Tolono is measured in the steady passage of rail lines and the quiet persistence of the agricultural cycles that define its economy. Long before the heavy machinery of modern farming dominated the view, the area served as a vital junction where the iron tracks brought the commerce of the wider world to the heart of the corn and soybean belt. Today, the pace remains tethered to the seasons, as the town functions as a steady, enduring presence for those who tend the surrounding acres or commute toward the nearby University of Illinois Research Forest. While Mattis Lake stays tucked seven miles away, the character of Tolono is defined not by distant water, but by the quiet endurance of its brick architecture and the way the light catches the metallic glint of silos against the clouds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

East Side Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 052° NE
West Side Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 277° W
University of Illinois Public Golf Course (Park) — 3.7 mi, 360° N
Historical Marker: Potawatomi Trail of Death (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 254° W
Historical Marker: Early Settlers of Sadorus (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 254° W
Tree Branches (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 336° NW
Lincolnshire Country Club (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 344° N
Champaign Country Club (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 357° N
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 010° N
Mac and Diana Garret Memorial Tree (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 010° N
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 010° N
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 012° N
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 9.1 mi, 017° N
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 9.2 mi, 017° N
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 350° N
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 10.2 mi, 351° N
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 350° N
Trelease Woods (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 032° NE
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 187° S
Piatt County Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.7 mi, 272° W
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 20.6 mi, 179° S
Middle Fork Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 29.2 mi, 068° E
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 29.6 mi, 068° E
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 30.1 mi, 061° NE
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 228° SW
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 35.4 mi, 331° NW
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 39.1 mi, 173° S
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 54.9 mi, 097° E

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