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Argonne Illinois Map

Explore Argonne, 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 Argonne, Illinois

How to Use This Argonne, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityArgonne
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyDuPage County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.718
Longitude-87.988
Population2,800
Density120.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code60439
Area Code708
County SeatWheaton

About Argonne, Illinois

Argonne is a locality in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,800. The population density is 120.0 people per km². Argonne is located at 41.7180°N, 87.9880°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 60439.

Argonne emerges from the landscape as a quiet convergence of woodland and scientific ambition, where the terrain slopes gently toward the basin of Sawmill Creek. It lies 3.1 miles north-northeast of Lemont, IL (from Lemont, IL: bearing 13°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-southeast of Naperville. The air here holds the damp, heavy scent of deciduous life, caught between the sheltered depths of Waterfall Glen and the open, restless reach of the sky. Sunlight filters through the canopy of the Black Partridge Forest Preserve, casting long, fractured shadows that stretch toward the distant shimmer of Bruce Lake. Even as the horizon flattens toward the prairie, the land retains a persistent, coastal humidity that clings to the skin, a lingering moisture that speaks to the proximity of the distant, open shoreline twenty-four miles away.

Argonne carries the weight of a complex legacy, serving as a site where the pulse of discovery rhythmically beats against the silence of the woods. The local economy is defined less by storefronts and more by the intense, disciplined labor of research that occupies the surrounding grounds, a modern industry that contrasts with the slow, historic passage of the Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail nearby. Beyond the immediate reach of the labs, the land remembers the laborers who once moved through the nearby Sundown Meadows or navigated the waters toward the Calumet Sag Channel. Life in Argonne moves with a measured, deliberate precision, mirroring the steady flow of the creek as it winds through the trees, a place where the quiet hum of technology is perpetually softened by the encroaching wild.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Waterfall Glen (Local Conservation Area) — 0.0 mi, 359° N
  • Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 158° S
  • Pavilion/Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 0.4 mi, 140° SE
  • ZGS Piston (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 089° E
  • Meyers Woods Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 317° NW
  • Oldfield Oaks 6 (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 288° W
  • Smart Oaks Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 027° NE
  • Sawmill Creek Bluff Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 127° SE
  • Wood Ridge 1 (Local Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 216° SW
  • Hollywood Blvd Cinema (Cinema) — 2.6 mi, 325° NW
  • IPIC Theaters (Cinema) — 2.8 mi, 269° W
  • Sagawau Canyon (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 123° SE
  • Chicago Pile 1 Plot M (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 100° E
  • Chicago Pile 1 Site A (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 106° E
  • Cap Sauers Holdings Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 142° SE
  • 12-752 Gallery (Gallery) — 5.8 mi, 018° N
  • Romeoville Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.5 mi, 221° SW
  • Tampier Lake (Nature Reserve) — 6.6 mi, 134° SE
  • Willow Springs Historical Society (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 076° E
  • McDonald Farm (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 270° W
  • Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 8.7 mi, 041° NE
  • Summer Place Theatre (Theatre) — 8.9 mi, 294° NW
  • La Grange Art League Gallery (Gallery) — 9.0 mi, 042° NE
  • Philip Lynch Theatre (Theatre) — 9.1 mi, 212° SW
  • Neil Carey Arena (Stadium) — 9.2 mi, 212° SW
  • Midewin Other (National Forest) — 21.9 mi, 184° S · 18k acres
  • Silver Springs (State Park) — 27.6 mi, 258° W
  • Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 31.4 mi, 116° SE · 11k acres

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About This Argonne Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Argonne, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.718, -87.988. 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 Argonne includes the ZIP code (60439), telephone area code (708), county seat of DuPage County (Wheaton), and school district assignment.

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.