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Wellington Illinois Map

Explore Wellington, 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 Wellington, Illinois

How to Use This Wellington, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.539203
Longitude	-87.680026
Population	206
Density	334.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60973
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Watseka
School District	Hoopeston Area Community Unit School District 11

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About Wellington, Illinois

Wellington is a locality in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 206. The population density is 334.2 people per km². Wellington is located at 40.5392°N, 87.6800°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wellington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60973.

Wellington occupies a flat expanse of the Illinois prairie where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by anything save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or a line of utility poles. It lies 28.8 miles north of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 355°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north of Hoopeston. The land around Wellington is defined by the relentless geometry of agriculture, where deep, dark soil yields to the seasonal cycle of corn and soybeans under a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. Two miles from the center, Gay Creek cuts a quiet, muddy furrow through the fields, providing a modest drainage for the surrounding plains, while the distant, low rise of Copeland Hill serves as the only disruption to the otherwise absolute level of the plains. During the long, golden hour of a midwestern summer, the light turns a thick, honeyed amber, casting long shadows that emphasize the vast, quiet emptiness of the rural grid.

Wellington grew from the necessity of the rail line, serving as a vital node for the transport of harvests that have long sustained the regional economy. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the harvest, a slow and deliberate pace that echoes the labor of those who first broke this heavy sod. Residents often seek the quietude of Union Park, four miles away, to observe the local bird life or simply to find relief from the mechanical hum of field equipment. While the bustle of larger urban centers remains a distant abstraction, life in Wellington is marked by a stubborn continuity, punctuated by the occasional excursion to the shores of Miller Spring Lake eleven miles away. Despite the changing tides of industry, the character of Wellington persists in its modest brick storefronts and the stoic, sun-weathered faces of those who continue to work the fertile earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 172° S
Mc Ferren Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 183° S
North Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 156° SE
Origin of Milford (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 351° N
JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica) (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 351° N
Illinois Outdorrsmen Association (Private Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 343° N
Knob View Gamebird Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 090° E
Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 046° NE
Herschel Workman State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 236° SW
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.8 mi, 228° SW
Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.3 mi, 352° N
Heron Park (Viewpoint) — 23.0 mi, 176° S
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 23.2 mi, 185° S
Everyday Heroes (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 173° S
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 24.1 mi, 185° S
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 25.5 mi, 174° S
Danville Art League (Public Artwork) — 28.4 mi, 175° S
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 175° S
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 175° S
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.0 mi, 013° N · 132 acres
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 176° S
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 206° SW
Ritz Cinema (Cinema) — 38.9 mi, 045° NE
Lilian Fendig Gallery (Gallery) — 39.0 mi, 045° NE
Prairie Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 39.0 mi, 045° NE
Inspired Fire (Gallery) — 40.2 mi, 106° E
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 40.5 mi, 223° SW
Prophetstown State Park (State Park) — 43.2 mi, 094° E
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 58.3 mi, 341° N · 18k acres
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 68.0 mi, 010° N · 11k acres

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