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Chatham Illinois Map

Explore Chatham, 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 Chatham, Illinois

How to Use This Chatham, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.674535
Longitude	-89.693303
Population	14,377
Density	753.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60619, 62629
Area Code	312, 773, 217
County Seat	Chicago
School District	Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5

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About Chatham, Illinois

Chatham is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of 14,377. The population density is 753.8 people per km². Chatham is located at 39.6745°N, 89.6933°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Chatham is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60619, 62629.

Chatham maintains a quiet posture upon the landscape, defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the nearby Stony Island Ridge that anchors the horizon to the west. It lies 3.8 miles south-southwest of Hyde Park, IL (from Hyde Park, IL: bearing 195°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-southeast of Chicago. The air here holds the damp, salt-tinged weight of a coastal proximity, pulling a cool, gray mist inward from the Yacht Harbor only three miles away. To the north, the waters of Lake Michigan exert a subtle gravity on the local climate, their vast, shifting expanse tempering the warmth of the afternoons. Within the immediate borders, the open green space of Cole (Nat King) serves as a common ground where the prairie wind brushes against the grass, whispering of the long, flat reaches that stretch toward the distant Calumet River.

Chatham carries the weight of a working history, its economy shaped by the steady circulation of goods and the slow, deliberate growth of its neighborhoods. Beyond the immediate grid, the land remembers the passage of time, with Wooded Island standing as a silent, singular landmark against the backdrop of the regional terrain. Life in Chatham moves with the cadence of a place that values its own internal rhythm, largely removed from the frantic pace of the larger metropolitan centers. Residents often look toward the distant Elizabeth A Conkey Forest or the low-lying reaches of Kickapoo Meadows, finding a particular beauty in the way the light fades across the land at dusk, turning the sky into a muted wash of violet and iron.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chatham Community Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 197° S
Chatham Trail (State Recreation Area) — 0.5 mi, 302° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 269° W
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 286° W
Rotary Sundial (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 027° NE
Selvaggio Historic Arches (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 026° NE
Route 66 Drive In (Cinema) — 4.6 mi, 010° N
Trutter Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 054° NE
Lincoln Memorial (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 047° NE
Impermanent Column (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 044° NE
AMC Classic Springfield 12 (Cinema) — 5.8 mi, 342° N
Veterans Park (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 206° SW
Lauterbach Man Statue (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 007° N
Malibu Jack's (Theme Park) — 6.4 mi, 355° N
Henson Robinson Zoo (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 058° NE
The Muni (Theatre) — 7.6 mi, 052° NE
Gallery 1624 (Gallery) — 7.7 mi, 012° N
Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 020° N
Angel of Hope (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 004° N
Legacy Theatre (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 014° N
DIM Art House (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 002° N
1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - Edwards School (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 013° N
Vachel Lindsay Home (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 015° N
Elijah Iles House (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 017° N
Carpenter Park Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 013° N
Lincolns New Salem State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 341° N
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.5 mi, 292° W · 7,396 acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.1 mi, 342° N · 13k acres

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