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Twin Grove Illinois Map

Explore Twin 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 Twin Grove, Illinois

How to Use This Twin Grove, Illinois Map

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

CityTwin Grove
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyMcLean County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.479324
Longitude-89.101516
Population1,524
Density148.4 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code61705
Area Code309
County SeatBloomington
School DistrictOlympia Community Unit School District 16

About Twin Grove, Illinois

Twin Grove is a locality in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,524. The population density is 148.4 people per km². Twin Grove is located at 40.4793°N, 89.1015°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61705.

Twin Grove manifests as a quiet intersection of fertile soil and wide, unyielding horizons where the Midwestern sky exerts a gravitational pull on the flat, expansive landscape. It lies 4.6 miles west of Bloomington, IL (from Bloomington, IL: bearing 278°T), and is situated 4.9 miles west-southwest of Normal. The terrain here is defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of prairie earth, broken only by the thin, meandering ribbon of Kings Mill Creek, which cuts through the silt a mile away with a muted, persistent hum. In the fading light of late afternoon, the shadows stretch across the fields in long, charcoal fingers, revealing the subtle variations in the ground that catch the golden, heavy sun before it disappears behind the distant, hazy silhouette of Blue Mound. Residents often walk the perimeter of Maxwell Park, where the air feels cooler and carries the sharp, clean scent of turning leaves or damp grass, grounding the senses in the singular, quiet reality of the interior plains.

Twin Grove grew from the steady labor of those who recognized the value in the dark, heavy loam, establishing an economy anchored by the seasonal cycles of corn and soybean harvests that still dictate the pace of local life. The commerce of the region remains tethered to these agricultural roots, though the pulse of the place is equally measured by the proximity to Miller Park Lake, a four-mile journey that serves as a common destination for those seeking a moment of stillness near the water. History here is written in the architecture of brick and limestone, a sturdy, utilitarian aesthetic that favors endurance over ornamentation. Life in Twin Grove moves with a deliberate, unsentimental gravity, where the inhabitants recognize that their identity is forged not by grand gestures, but by the accumulation of small, daily tasks performed under the vast, unwavering dome of the Illinois sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Den at Fox Creek Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 3.2 mi, 121° SE
  • Maxwell Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 061° NE
  • White Oak Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 077° E
  • Historic US Route 66 Sign (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 101° E
  • Prairie Vista Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 112° E
  • Concrete Lady (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 093° E
  • Illinois State University Golf Course (Park) — 5.6 mi, 062° NE
  • Sound of Illinois Chorus (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 089° E
  • Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 5.8 mi, 083° E
  • The Sesquicentennial Gates (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 084° E
  • State Farm Park (Park) — 5.9 mi, 105° E
  • Hayden Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.1 mi, 069° E
  • Old Main Cornerstone (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 070° E
  • University Galleries (Gallery) — 6.4 mi, 072° E
  • Stubblefield Woodlots Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 183° S
  • Funks Grove State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 185° S
  • Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.9 mi, 088° E
  • Bosarth Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 116° SE
  • Mackinaw River (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 297° NW
  • American Giants Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 204° SW
  • Atlanta Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 204° SW
  • Route 66 Arcade Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 204° SW
  • Ronald Reagan Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 331° NW
  • Project XV Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 014° N
  • Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.0 mi, 104° E
  • Memory Lane (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 055° NE
  • Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 20.7 mi, 089° E
  • Ulrich Wildlife Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.6 mi, 300° NW
  • Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 28.6 mi, 212° SW
  • Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.2 mi, 341° N · 13k acres

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About This Twin Grove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Twin Grove, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.479324, -89.101516. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Twin Grove includes the ZIP code (61705), telephone area code (309), county seat of McLean County (Bloomington), and school district assignment (Olympia Community Unit School District 16).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.