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Bridgeport Illinois Map

Explore Bridgeport, 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 Bridgeport, Illinois

How to Use This Bridgeport, Illinois Map

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

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	Bridgeport
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Cook County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.709948
Longitude	-87.758646
Population	1,800
Density	648.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60608, 62417
Area Code	312, 773, 217
County Seat	Chicago
School District	Red Hill Community Unit School District 10

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About Bridgeport, Illinois

Bridgeport is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 648.3 people per km². Bridgeport is located at 38.7099°N, 87.7586°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bridgeport is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60608, 62417.

Bridgeport emerges from the flat, industrial expanse as a grid of brick and limestone, anchored firmly to the earth by its enduring connection to the South Branch Chicago River. The landscape carries the quiet weight of the Midwest, where the sky seems to stretch wider than the land itself, and the air holds a subtle, metallic sharpness that hints at the proximity of the Cortez Basin. Residents often gather at Bosley (William), a local park that serves as a necessary lung for the neighborhood, its green space a stark contrast to the utilitarian textures of the surrounding streets. On clear days, the silhouette of Blue Island Ridge shadows the horizon, providing a distant, hazy boundary to the otherwise level prairie that defines the local horizon.

History in Bridgeport is written in the masonry of its workers' cottages and the remnants of an economy that once thrived on the movement of goods through the nearby arteries of water. While the smoke of earlier eras has long since cleared, the character of the place remains forged by a legacy of labor and ethnic migration, creating a rhythm of life that values persistence over pretense. The proximity to Lake Michigan brings a peculiar, shifting light to the afternoons, softening the sharp edges of the buildings as the sun dips low. Far to the east, the water of Northerly Island offers a quiet terminal point for the city’s reach, grounding Bridgeport in a geography that feels both intimate and expansive, a place where the daily movement of the populace continues to honor the foundations laid generations ago.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lanterman Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 200° S
Lawrenceville City Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 077° E
Red Hills State Park (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 277° W
Embarras River Bottoms State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 097° E
Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 123° SE
Clark's Landing Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 10.5 mi, 142° SE
Francis Vigo (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 100° E
Robeson Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.3 mi, 090° E
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 100° E
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 275° W
Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.2 mi, 180° S
Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.5 mi, 188° S
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.0 mi, 180° S · 20k acres
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 26.0 mi, 023° NE
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 158° S
Fifty-Eighth Indiana Regiment Monument (Monument) — 26.6 mi, 157° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of In (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.9 mi, 120° SE · 462 acres
Daviess County Museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 096° E
Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument (Public Artwork) — 34.1 mi, 139° SE
4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 35.6 mi, 051° NE
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 235° SW
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 40.2 mi, 276° W
Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 41.1 mi, 194° S
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 41.1 mi, 194° S
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 41.1 mi, 041° NE
Thrall's Opera House (Theatre) — 41.2 mi, 193° S
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 41.2 mi, 193° S
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 41.2 mi, 193° S
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 49.6 mi, 094° E · 204k acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 73.6 mi, 198° S · 274k acres

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