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Winslow Illinois Map

Explore Winslow, 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 Winslow, Illinois

How to Use This Winslow, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityWinslow
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyStephenson County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude42.49251
Longitude-89.792343
Population281
Density236.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code61089
Area Code847, 224
County SeatFreeport
School DistrictLena-Winslow Community Unit School District 202

About Winslow, Illinois

Winslow is a locality in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 281. The population density is 236.9 people per km². Winslow is located at 42.4925°N, 89.7923°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Winslow is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61089.

Winslow anchors itself amidst the quiet persistence of the Midwestern landscape, where the earth swells into long, rhythmic undulations of fertile soil. It lies 16.1 miles north-northwest of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 327°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north of Lena. The presence of Indian Creek defines the immediate topography, carving a modest path through the fields and providing a steady, low-voiced companion to the local flora. Beyond the immediate banks, the horizon stretches in a vast, open expanse, interrupted only by the occasional silhouette of wind-blown trees or the distant, hazy suggestion of Pea Ridge rising against the sky. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, catching the dust of the harvest or the sharp frost of autumn, casting long, contemplative shadows that linger over the land until the light fades into a deep, bruised violet.

Winslow Township Park serves as the quiet center of activity, a patch of green that anchors the social geography of the place and offers a pause in the steady labor of the surrounding agricultural lands. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the seasons, an ancient rhythm of sowing and reaping that dictates the pace of life far more effectively than any clock. History lingers in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the way the roads seem to follow the natural contours of the plains, honoring paths established by early settlers who recognized the value of the dark, rich loam. For those who seek a different stillness, Lake Le-Aqua-Na rests only a few miles away, offering a reflective surface that mirrors the shifting clouds and the changing colors of the canopy, while the memory of the deeper, more rugged terrain of Jockey Hollow remains a quiet, acknowledged presence in the collective consciousness of the people who call Winslow home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Winslow Township Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 171° S
  • Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 207° SW
  • Cadiz Springs State Recreation Area (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 001° N
  • Devil's Tea Table (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 003° N
  • Browntown Oak Forest State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 6.7 mi, 012° N
  • Golf Course (Park) — 7.4 mi, 195° S
  • Lena Community Park District (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 190° S
  • Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 190° S
  • Warren Fairground (Local Recreation) — 9.3 mi, 271° W
  • First Methodist Episcopal Church (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 045° NE
  • Monroe Band Shell (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 043° NE
  • Fort Hamilton (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 321° NW
  • Apple River Canyon State Park (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 256° W
  • Ward's Grove State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 213° SW
  • Deluna Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 16.1 mi, 147° SE
  • Boat Rental (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 154° SE
  • Krape Park Band Shell (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 154° SE
  • Human Foosball (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 252° W
  • Pioneer Potpourri (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 251° W
  • Yellowstone Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.9 mi, 336° NW
  • Yellowstone Lake State Park (State Park) — 20.2 mi, 336° NW
  • Monticello Area Historical Society (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 030° NE
  • ADA Wildlife Observation Blind (Viewpoint) — 21.7 mi, 022° N
  • Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 241° SW
  • Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.2 mi, 218° SW · 274k acres
  • Historic ruins (Historic Ruins) — 31.5 mi, 216° SW
  • Rice Algific Slope (Nature Reserve) — 32.1 mi, 249° W
  • Presidential Pets and China (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 260° W
  • Outside the Lines (Gallery) — 32.9 mi, 261° W
  • Green Island Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 33.6 mi, 230° SW · 3,776 acres

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About This Winslow Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winslow, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.49251, -89.792343. 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 Winslow includes the ZIP code (61089), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Stephenson County (Freeport), and school district assignment (Lena-Winslow Community Unit School District 202).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.