Explore Westlake Village, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Westlake Village, 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 Westlake Village.
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 | Westlake Village |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Winnebago County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.306287 |
| Longitude | -89.286575 |
| Population | 1,493 |
| Density | 625.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 61088 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Rockford |
| School District | Pecatonica Community Unit School District 321 |
Westlake Village emerges from the flat, industrious expanse of the Illinois prairie, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate meander of Coolidge Creek as it cuts through the local landscape. It lies 10.1 miles west-northwest of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 284°T), and is situated 3.6 miles northwest of Winnebago. The terrain here holds a quiet, austere character, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Hardpan Ridge that haunts the western sky. Two miles to the east, the Nieman Marsh Preserve provides a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands, offering a sharp contrast to the orderly grid of the surrounding agricultural fields. As the sun dips toward the edge of the world, the light takes on a pale, amber quality, catching the reeds near the creek and casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the dark, fertile soil.
Westlake Village maintains an economy rooted in the legacy of the Midwestern interior, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the seasonal cycle of the harvest and the steady hum of regional transit. While the community remains firmly inland and removed from the bustle of larger urban centers, the presence of Klehm County Forest Preserve ten miles away serves as a reminder of the dense woodlands that once dominated this territory before the arrival of modern industry. Life in Westlake Village feels suspended between the heavy, industrious heritage of the state and a quiet, domestic stability that values the long view over the immediate. Residents often look toward the distant waters of Levings Lake for weekend recreation, yet the true identity of the place remains fixed in the quietude of its own fields and the persistent, unhurried flow of its local creek.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Westlake Village, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.306287, -89.286575. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Westlake Village includes the ZIP code (61088), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Winnebago County (Rockford), and school district assignment (Pecatonica Community Unit School District 321).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |