Union Hill Illinois Map

About Union Hill, Illinois

Union Hill is a locality in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 55. The population density is 461.6 people per km². Union Hill is located at 41.1085°N, 88.1462°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Union Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60969, 62208, 60917.

Union Hill occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to possess more gravity than the earth below. It lies 14.3 miles west-southwest of Bourbonnais, IL (from Bourbonnais, IL: bearing 257°T), and is situated 14.9 miles west of Kankakee. The land is defined by the subtle, persistent presence of the Union Hill Railroad Prairie, a sliver of preserved native grasses that marks the rhythm of the seasons with shifting shades of amber and gold. Near the edge of the property, the gentle, unassuming flow of Granary Creek provides the primary drainage for the surrounding fields, its banks often obscured by the tall, swaying stalks of late-summer vegetation. While the distant silhouette of Sand Ridge (historic) haunts the western skyline, the immediate landscape remains dominated by the immense, utilitarian beauty of corn and soybean rows that follow the rigid, geometric logic of the plains.

History lingers in the way the wind moves through the rows of crops, a reminder of the agrarian roots that continue to anchor the economy of Union Hill. Life here proceeds at a measured pace, dictated by the planting and harvest cycles that have defined the region for generations, far removed from the frantic pulse of the urban centers to the north. Though the Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond sits eight miles away as a stark, industrial contrast to the wilder stretches of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie further afield, the local character remains stubbornly grounded in the quiet cultivation of the soil. As dusk settles over the fields, the quality of light turns a singular, bruised purple, casting long shadows across the tracks and revealing the simple, enduring architecture of a place defined by its own steady, internal clock.

About This Union Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Union Hill, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.108476, -88.146167. 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 Union Hill includes the ZIP code (60969, 62208, 60917), telephone area code (217, 630, 331), county seat of Kankakee County (Kankakee), and school district assignment (Herscher Community Unit School District 2).

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.