Explore Woodland, 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 Woodland, 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 Woodland.
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 | Woodland |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Kankakee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.71511 |
| Longitude | -87.73111 |
| Population | 248 |
| Density | 195.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 60954, 60974 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| County Seat | Kankakee |
| School District | Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9 |
Woodland occupies a quiet reach of the Illinois landscape where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the persistent, unyielding presence of the Kankakee River. It lies 16.3 miles east of Bradley, IL (from Bradley, IL: bearing 85°T), and is situated 5.9 miles east of Momence. The Kankakee River carves a deliberate path through the earth here, its waters moving with a steady, somber weight that anchors the local geography. To the east, the Momencee Wetlands State Natural Area spreads out as an expansive, low-lying sanctuary where the water table remains high, supporting a tangle of reeds and grasses that shift in tone from pale amber to deep bronze with the changing seasons. The light at dusk often catches the surface of Mirror Lake, five miles away, turning the water into a sliver of polished pewter that reflects the vast, unobstructed sky. On the far horizon, the silhouette of Mount Langham rises as a faint, muted suggestion of elevation against the heavy clouds, providing a permanent reference point for the low-slung plains.
Woodland remains deeply tethered to the rhythm of the soil, grounded in an economy that has long favored the production of corn and soybeans across the surrounding fields. The history of Woodland is written in the geometry of its fences and the endurance of its grain silos, which serve as the vertical landmarks of the prairie. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the planting and harvest cycles, a pattern of labor that has defined the character of the residents for generations. While the town lacks the clamor of larger urban centers, it possesses a quiet, functional beauty in its brick storefronts and the orderly grid of its streets. The proximity to the Momencee Wetlands State Natural Area ensures that the natural world is never distant, allowing the rustle of wind through the marsh to remain a constant, subtle counterpoint to the drone of agricultural machinery during the long, humid summers.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woodland, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.71511, -87.73111. 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 Woodland includes the ZIP code (60954, 60974), telephone area code (630, 331), county seat of Kankakee County (Kankakee), and school district assignment (Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9).
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. |