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Troy Grove Illinois Map

Explore Troy Grove, 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 Troy Grove, Illinois

How to Use This Troy Grove, Illinois Map

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

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	Troy Grove
State	Illinois (IL)
County	LaSalle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.467811
Longitude	-89.083138
Population	225
Density	126.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61372
Area Code	815
County Seat	Ottawa
School District	Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289

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About Troy Grove, Illinois

Troy Grove is a locality in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 225. The population density is 126.5 people per km². Troy Grove is located at 41.4678°N, 89.0831°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Troy Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61372.

Troy Grove occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie where the ground stretches out in long, flattened lines toward the horizon. It lies 15.1 miles northwest of Ottawa, IL (from Ottawa, IL: bearing 304°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northeast of Peru. The Little Vermilion River cuts a persistent, winding path through the local terrain, its waters carving subtle depth into the earth before moving onward. To the east, the land holds a stillness that suggests the weight of ancient glaciers, while the sky above Troy Grove shifts in color from a pale, bruised violet at dawn to the deep, heavy indigo of an approaching storm. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of High Ridge offers a singular vertical interruption to the otherwise unbroken reach of the plains.

History remains embedded in the soil of Troy Grove, which serves as the birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok, a legacy that lingers in the quietude of the local streets. Agriculture dominates the surrounding landscape, with the seasonal cycle of corn and soybeans dictating the pace of life and the movement of heavy machinery through the countryside. Residents often look toward Blackstone Park for a connection to the natural world, or travel the short distance toward the unique geological formations of Saint Louis Canyon to observe the layered stone. Even with Lake Mendota lying seven miles away, the character of the place remains firmly tethered to the deep, fertile loam and the steady, unpretentious industry of the Midwestern interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 0.1 mi, 197° S
Mitchell's Grove State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 182° S
Lake Mendota Park & Sports Complex (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 339° N
Mendota Golf Club (Park) — 6.6 mi, 319° NW
Cherry Mine Disaster (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 249° W
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 8.1 mi, 196° S
Baker Park (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 190° S
Veteran'S Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 8.9 mi, 198° S
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 9.4 mi, 155° SE
Stage 212 (Theatre) — 9.7 mi, 184° S
Starved Rock State Park (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 173° S
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.6 mi, 167° S
Plum Island Site (Historic Ruins) — 10.9 mi, 155° SE
Saint Louis Canyon (Viewpoint) — 11.1 mi, 159° S
Outside Amphitheather (Theatre) — 11.3 mi, 156° SE
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 11.4 mi, 164° S
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 045° NE
Buffalo Rock State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 142° SE
Indian Creek Massacre Historic Site (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 068° E
Boy Scout of America (Public Artwork) — 14.5 mi, 129° SE
Remembering the Radium Girls (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 124° SE
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 18.4 mi, 229° SW
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 251° W
Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 21.3 mi, 031° NE
Fern Dell Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 079° E
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 151° SE
Classic Cinemas Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 27.8 mi, 064° NE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.6 mi, 209° SW · 13k acres
The Next Picture Show (Gallery) — 33.2 mi, 322° NW
F-105D Thunderchief (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 321° NW

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