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Villa Grove Illinois Map

Explore Villa 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 Villa Grove, Illinois

How to Use This Villa Grove, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Villa 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 Villa 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	Villa Grove
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Douglas County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.86281
Longitude	-88.162265
Population	2,472
Density	635.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61956
Area Code	309
County Seat	Tuscola
School District	Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302

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About Villa Grove, Illinois

Villa Grove is a locality in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,472. The population density is 635.4 people per km². Villa Grove is located at 39.8628°N, 88.1623°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Villa Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61956.

Villa Grove marks its presence upon the expansive, flat horizon of the Illinois prairie, where the sky claims a vast portion of the visual field. It lies 17.3 miles south of Urbana, IL (from Urbana, IL: bearing 172°T), and is situated 7.8 miles northeast of Tuscola. The Embarras River carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape less than a mile from the center, its channel often shadowed by the dense, seasonal growth of the bottomlands. To the west, the subtle rise of Yankee Ridge breaks the absolute flatness of the vista, appearing as a soft, hazy suggestion against the distant clouds. Only two miles away, the Edna Edwards Burnett Land and Water Reserve preserves a quiet stretch of native grasses, offering a sanctuary where the wind hums through the stalks with a persistent, dry clarity. When the light of late afternoon slants low across the fields, the earth takes on a deep, rich hue, grounding the atmosphere in the singular, unadorned beauty of the plains.

Agriculture provides the primary rhythm for Villa Grove, dictating the cycle of the seasons through the turning of the soil and the steady growth of corn and soybeans that stretch toward the edges of every road. The legacy of the rail lines that once drew settlers to this intersection remains visible in the town’s layout, a structure built on the necessity of moving heavy harvests across the interior. While the pace of life remains deliberate, the proximity of Patterson Springs Lake, five miles to the east, offers a retreat into a more stagnant, reflective stillness. Residents often look toward the University of Illinois Research Forest, nineteen miles away, as a reminder of the larger ecological studies informing the stewardship of this fertile, black-dirt country. Villa Grove persists as a place defined by its relationship to the land, where the daily labor of the field creates a quiet, enduring character distinct from the busier hubs of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Edna Edwards Burnett Land and Water Reserve (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 332° NW
Embarras River - Camargo (Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 194° S
Ervin Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 243° SW
Wimple Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 225° SW
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 234° SW
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 181° S
Historical Marker: Early Settlers of Sadorus (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 306° NW
Historical Marker: Potawatomi Trail of Death (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 306° NW
Hindsboro State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 158° S
University of Illinois Public Golf Course (Park) — 13.2 mi, 338° N
Hippie Memorial (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 212° SW
Raggedy Ann and Andy Statue (Public Artwork) — 14.5 mi, 212° SW
Homer Lake Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 15.9 mi, 035° NE
Krannert Art Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 348° N
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 034° NE
Carl R. Woese Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 349° N
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 348° N
Champaign Country Club (Local Recreation) — 17.3 mi, 343° N
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 17.4 mi, 352° N
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 17.4 mi, 352° N
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 19.8 mi, 340° N
Parkland Theatre (Theatre) — 19.8 mi, 340° N
Piatt County Unit State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.6 mi, 292° W
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 27.3 mi, 053° NE
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 28.8 mi, 203° SW
Middle Fork Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 29.3 mi, 048° NE
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 29.6 mi, 049° NE
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 30.3 mi, 179° S
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 31.4 mi, 043° NE
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 33.1 mi, 213° SW

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