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Walnut Illinois Map

Explore Walnut, 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 Walnut, Illinois

How to Use This Walnut, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.557085
Longitude	-89.591247
Population	1,311
Density	631.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	61755, 61376
Area Code	309, 815
County Seat	Princeton
School District	Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340

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About Walnut, Illinois

Walnut is a locality in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,311. The population density is 631.9 people per km². Walnut is located at 41.5571°N, 89.5912°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Walnut is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61755, 61376.

Walnut emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie like a quiet geometry of grain elevators and brick storefronts. It lies 16.9 miles south-southeast of Sterling, IL (from Sterling, IL: bearing 162°T), and is situated 16.2 miles south-southeast of Rock Falls. The land surrounding Walnut spreads out in a vast, measured grid, defined by the deep-soiled fertility that once supported tallgrass and now sustains endless rows of corn and soybeans. Three miles away, the modest currents of Allen Creek trace a narrow, shaded path through the fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Indian Ridge provides the only significant interruption to the sky’s wide, pale bowl. At Veteran's Memorial Park, the air holds a stillness that seems to amplify the rustle of dry stalks during the harvest, and the light at dusk turns the dusty roads into ribbons of soft, muted gold.

Walnut retains the steady, industrious pulse of a settlement built upon the strength of the soil and the iron of the railroad. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the agricultural cycle, where the prosperity of the season is measured in the heavy, amber weight of the yield. Though the bustle of the nineteenth-century expansion has settled into a more deliberate pace, the architecture of the downtown district reflects a time when Walnut served as a vital hub for the surrounding farmsteads. Residents often find quiet recreation ten miles out toward Krause Pond, where the water mirrors the shifting clouds and provides a break from the relentless linearity of the plains. Life here is governed by the turning of the seasons and the enduring labor of those who continue to work the earth, preserving a sense of place that remains grounded in the physical reality of the Midwest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Depot Street Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 134° SE
Centennial Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 182° S
Ross Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 294° NW
Green River Country Club (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 090° E
Green River State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 029° NE
Foley Sand Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 344° N
Old Indian Boundary Line (State Recreation Area) — 6.9 mi, 109° E
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 286° W
Ronald Reagan birthplace historical marker (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 297° NW
Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 297° NW
President Ronald Reagan as a boy (Public Artwork) — 11.3 mi, 297° NW
Civil War monument (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 296° NW
Bureau County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 154° SE
Liberty Bell Monument (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 342° N
Sinnissippi_Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 17.0 mi, 348° N
Jerry Mathis Theater (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 359° N
SVCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 18.0 mi, 359° N
The Next Picture Show (Gallery) — 20.6 mi, 016° N
F-105D Thunderchief (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 013° N
The Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.6 mi, 013° N
Norrish Auditorium (Theatre) — 26.1 mi, 312° NW
Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 103° E
AMC Classic Peru Mall 8 (Cinema) — 27.8 mi, 120° SE
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 28.7 mi, 019° N
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 256° W
White Pines Forest Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 31.0 mi, 012° N
Starved Rock Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 33.0 mi, 120° SE
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 33.5 mi, 121° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.4 mi, 164° S · 13k acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.3 mi, 299° NW · 274k acres

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