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Union Hill Illinois Map

Explore Union Hill, 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 Union Hill, Illinois

How to Use This Union Hill, Illinois Map

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

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	Union Hill
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Kankakee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.108476
Longitude	-88.146167
Population	55
Density	461.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60969, 62208, 60917
Area Code	217, 630, 331
County Seat	Kankakee
School District	Herscher Community Unit School District 2

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Union Hill Railroad Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 256° W
Goodrich Railroad Prairie (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 089° E
Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 328° NW
Community Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 076° E
Sand Ridge Savanna Preserve 3 (Local Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 351° N
Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1 (Local Recreation) — 9.4 mi, 005° N
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 304° NW
Gardner Jail (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 304° NW
Kankakee Sands Preserve 4 (Local Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 353° N
Elvis (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 343° N
Braidwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 341° N
Chief Shauwanasee Memorial (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 048° NE
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 13.0 mi, 077° E
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.3 mi, 354° N
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 000° N
Gemini Giant (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 359° N
Wilmington Historical Society Building (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 360° N
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 089° E
Coal City Bell (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 329° NW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 15.2 mi, 001° N · 18k acres
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 346° N
Grundy County Historical Society (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 320° NW
Morris Guild Theater Playhouse (Theatre) — 22.6 mi, 320° NW
Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.8 mi, 132° SE
Louis Jolliet (Public Artwork) — 29.0 mi, 007° N
Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 006° N
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.2 mi, 102° E · 132 acres
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 33.5 mi, 008° N
3rd Floor Gallery (Gallery) — 33.6 mi, 008° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 45.7 mi, 053° NE · 11k acres

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