Burnside Illinois Map

About Burnside, Illinois

Burnside is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Burnside is located at 41.7203°N, 87.5981°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 60628, 62330.

Burnside stretches across a flat, industrial-edged expanse where the horizon is defined by the sharp, elevated silhouette of Stony Island Ridge. It lies 5.1 miles south of Hyde Park, IL (from Hyde Park, IL: bearing 182°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southeast of Chicago. The air here holds a distinct, metallic weight, carrying the damp, restless energy of the nearby coast, which sits a mere nine miles away, pulling the scent of salt toward the land. A short distance to the north, the waters of Lake Calumet mirror the heavy, gray-bellied clouds that drift in from the plains, while the Calumet River carves a slow, deliberate path through the surrounding terrain. Within the immediate neighborhood, the grounds of Theophilus Schmid School offer a quiet, paved respite, marking the center of a landscape that feels perpetually caught between the stillness of the prairie and the industrious hum of the city.

Burnside remains a place of deep-rooted, working-class endurance, shaped by the rhythmic clatter of transit and the historical layering of residential blocks against the industrial belt. The economy has long leaned into the heavy machinery of the grid, drawing sustenance from the proximity to the Howard Slip and the arterial flow of regional trade. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned persistence, where the long shadows cast by the elevated tracks dictate the pace of the afternoon. While the distant, wilder expanses of the Elizabeth A Conkey Forest or the open serenity of Wooded Island provide a necessary contrast, the residents find their own beauty in the stark geometry of brick facades and the way the evening light catches the dust rising from the Kickapoo Meadows.

About This Burnside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burnside, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.720312, -87.598103. 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 Burnside includes the ZIP code (60628, 62330), telephone area code (312, 773, 217), county seat of Cook County (Chicago), and school district assignment.

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.