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Virgil Illinois Map

Explore Virgil, 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 Virgil, Illinois

How to Use This Virgil, Illinois Map

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

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	Virgil
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Kane County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.955861
Longitude	-88.537305
Population	289
Density	51.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60151
Area Code	312, 773
County Seat	Geneva
School District	Kaneland Community Unit School District 302

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About Virgil, Illinois

Virgil is a locality in Kane County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 289. The population density is 51.1 people per km². Virgil is located at 41.9559°N, 88.5373°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Virgil is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60151.

Virgil reveals itself as a quiet expanse of flat, fertile earth where the sky asserts a vast, encompassing dominion over the horizon. It lies 7.3 miles west of Campton Hills, IL (from Campton Hills, IL: bearing 280°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east-southeast of Sycamore. The landscape is defined by the steady, unadorned geometry of agriculture, broken only by the thin, dark ribbons of windbreaks and the persistent, low-slung presence of the Great Western Trail that cuts through the topography. Four miles to the west, the East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River carves a slow path through the silt, while the distant, singular rise of Johnsons Mound anchors the view eight miles away, offering a rare interruption to the otherwise seamless prairie floor. During the transition of dusk, the light loses its harshness, casting a long, amber glow that settles upon the fields until the boundaries between the soil and the encroaching evening turn a soft, uniform gray.

Virgil maintains a character forged in the legacy of the nineteenth-century rail lines that once dictated the pulse of Midwestern commerce, though the rhythm of life now favors the deliberate pace of rural stewardship. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictates the movement of heavy machinery along the quiet roads. Beyond the immediate reach of the Elburn County Forest Preserve, the social fabric is quiet and self-contained, occasionally punctuated by the passage of those traversing the Great Western Trail. While Spring Valley Lake lies eight miles distant, the true life of the land is found in the stillness of the fields, a place where the weight of history is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring, quiet labor of those who work the black, rich loam.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Great Western Trail (Local Conservation Area) — 0.0 mi, 010° N
Lily Lake Marsh (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 116° SE
Poynor Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 089° E
Headwaters Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 125° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 140° SE
Muirhead Acquisition Bowes Creek-Bowes-Creek Woods (Local Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 053° NE
Sycamore Golf Course & Golf Club House (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 285° W
Bowes Creek Woods Forest Preserve 3 (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 062° NE
Garfield Farm Museum (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 114° SE
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 287° W
Plato Park Depot Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 053° NE
Geneva Park District Solstice Monument (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 121° SE
Marquee Youth Stage (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 106° E
Peck Farm (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 123° SE
Huskies on Parade - Nestle (Public Artwork) — 11.4 mi, 252° W
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall (Theatre) — 11.6 mi, 263° W
Jack Olson Gallery (Gallery) — 11.6 mi, 263° W
February 14th, 2008 Shooting Memorial (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 263° W
Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 320° NW
Marsh Observatory (Viewpoint) — 13.3 mi, 286° W
Young Rembrandts (Arts Centre) — 13.6 mi, 066° NE
Dunham Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 13.7 mi, 091° E
Les Arends County Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.2 mi, 128° SE
Side Street Studios (Gallery) — 14.2 mi, 067° NE
Farm Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 15.4 mi, 067° NE
Lords Park Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 15.4 mi, 067° NE
Silver Springs (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 178° S
Morraine Hills State Park (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 030° NE
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.5 mi, 009° N · 638 acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 42.3 mi, 158° S · 18k acres

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