Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Illinois
• Level 2: Whiteside County
• Level 3: Township of Sterling

Current local time in Sterling:

07:36 AM, Saturday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Sterling on map:^[1]

Sterling GPS coordinates^[2]

41° 47' 19.104" North, 89° 41' 46.392" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	42.31075°,	-90.39935°
Center:	41.78864°,	-89.69622°
Lower-right:	41.26224°,	-88.9931°
Map W x H:	116.6×116.6 km	= 72.5×72.5mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑26.2% North
Sterling:	41.78864°
min Lat:	⇓73.8% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Sterling	max Long
-171.73463°	-89.69622°	-66.98998°
W 41.8%⇐		⇒58.2% E

Elevation

Elevation of Sterling is 203 m = 666 ft, and this is 91.8 m = 301 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	48.8%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Sterling	203 m = 666 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	51.2%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Sterling is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 2040.5 km =1267.9 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Sterling
North Pole	5360.6	3330.9	to North
Arctic Circle	2754.7	1711.7	to North
Tropic Cancer	2040.5	1267.9	to South
Equator	4646.5	2887.2	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Sterling: (largest is in red/bold)

• Amboy 31.6 km =19.6 mi, 105°
• Chadwick 29.7 km =18.5 mi, 327°
• Como 6.4 km =4 mi, 247°
• Dixon 18.8 km =11.7 mi, 72°
• Franklin Grove 33.3 km =20.7 mi, 79°
• Lost Nation 30.5 km =19 mi, 63°
• Lyndon 20.6 km =12.8 mi, 247°
• Milledgeville 20.5 km =12.7 mi, 341°
• Morrison 22.4 km =13.9 mi, 276°
• Palmyra 12.1 km =7.5 mi, 54°
• Polo 24 km =14.9 mi, 23°
• Prophetstown 23.8 km =14.8 mi, 236°
• Rock Falls 1.2 km =0.7 mi, 148°
• Tampico 19.1 km =11.9 mi, 202°
• Walnut 27.2 km =16.9 mi, 161°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Стерлинг