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Washburn Illinois Map

Explore Washburn, 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 Washburn, Illinois

How to Use This Washburn, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.919202
Longitude	-89.291197
Population	1,032
Density	553.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61570
Area Code	815
County Seat	Eureka
School District	Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21

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About Washburn, Illinois

Washburn is a locality in Woodford County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,032. The population density is 553.4 people per km². Washburn is located at 40.9192°N, 89.2912°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Washburn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61570.

Washburn rises from the flat, fertile expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of immense, shifting sky. It lies 16.1 miles north-northeast of Washington, IL (from Washington, IL: bearing 22°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northeast of Metamora. Snag Creek winds its way through the nearby landscape, a persistent thread of water that has carved a quiet path through the soil, drawing the eye toward the low, verdant margins of the banks. At the center of the local geography, City Park offers a modest clearing of green space, providing a place where the light of late afternoon catches the tops of the trees, turning the leaves into flickering points of gold before the dusk settles over the fields. The air here carries the faint, dry scent of dust and drying stalks, a sensory reminder of the vast, cultivated plains that define the character of the terrain for miles in every direction.

Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of Washburn, dictating the seasonal migration of machinery and the rhythmic turn of the soil that occupies the surrounding acreage. History in this region is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring lines of the fences and the sturdy, functional architecture of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the clouds. While the rugged terrain of Rattlesnake Hollow and the quiet depths of Spring Branch State Conservation Area remain distant, the local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the land, shaped by the cycles of planting and harvest that have persisted for generations. Life in Washburn moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, reflecting a deep-seated connection to the earth that demands both patience and a quiet respect for the changing seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 189° S
W.D. Boyce Council - Boy Scouts of America (Private Recreation) — 4.6 mi, 257° W
Highland Lake Recreational Club (Park) — 4.9 mi, 263° W
Camp Manitoumi (Private Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 218° SW
Crow Creek Marsh (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 279° W
Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 290° W
Wild Wing Duck Club (Park) — 7.9 mi, 306° NW
Lacon Country Club (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 333° NW
Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 251° W
Hopewell Peter Toth sculpture (Public Artwork) — 9.5 mi, 301° NW
Town Theater (Cinema) — 10.1 mi, 269° W
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 270° W
Santa Fe Train Mural (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 272° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.2 mi, 339° N · 13k acres
Ronald Reagan Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 175° S
Becker Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 175° S
Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 16.0 mi, 236° SW
Washington F4 Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 205° SW
AMC Classic Sunnyland 10 (Cinema) — 18.6 mi, 212° SW
Project XV Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 131° SE
Rock Island (State Recreation Area) — 19.4 mi, 248° W
Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 20.1 mi, 231° SW
Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 226° SW
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.8 mi, 220° SW
Ulrich Wildlife Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.3 mi, 209° SW
Eastlight Theatre (Theatre) — 22.1 mi, 219° SW
Dome Planetarium (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 225° SW
Arts Partners (Gallery) — 22.3 mi, 227° SW
Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 22.3 mi, 227° SW
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Arts Centre) — 22.4 mi, 225° SW

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