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Welcome to Grant Park ...

Grant Park is located in Winnebago County<1>.

Grant Park is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Grant Park lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Grant Park: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Grant Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Grant Park: This one is located in Winnebago County and the other is located in Kankakee County.

Beyond Illinois, there are 3 communities that are also named Grant Park - they are located in Florida and New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grant Park.

Communities near Grant Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grant Park.

  • Beloit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Beloit is located in Rock County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
  • Belvidere
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Loves Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Machesney Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Roscoe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Roscoe is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <4>
  • South Beloit
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Rockton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Poplar Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Byron
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oregon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Grant Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grant Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grant Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grant Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grant Park. See our Newspapers Page for Grant Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grant Park ...

Looking for more information about Grant Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Grant Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grant Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Winnebago, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grant Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Grant Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Grant Park area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.