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East Hazel Crest Illinois Map

Explore East Hazel Crest, 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 East Hazel Crest, Illinois

How to Use This East Hazel Crest, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for East Hazel Crest, 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 East Hazel Crest.

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

Latitude	41.573646
Longitude	-87.646435
Population	1,297
Density	638.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60429
Area Code	708
County Seat	Chicago
School District	Thornton Township High School District 205

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About East Hazel Crest, Illinois

East Hazel Crest is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,297. The population density is 638.7 people per km². East Hazel Crest is located at 41.5736°N, 87.6464°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. East Hazel Crest is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60429.

East Hazel Crest manifests as a flat, industrious expanse where the Midwestern horizon remains wide and unyielding, defined by the heavy, rhythmic hum of nearby transit arteries. It lies 1.5 miles northeast of Homewood, IL (from Homewood, IL: bearing 41°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west of Hammond. The land here carries the quiet tension of a space caught between the urban density to the north and the expansive, fertile plains that stretch toward the horizon. Air moves across the open ground with a persistent, cooling weight, carrying the faint, saline memory of a distant coastline, though the only local water is the slow, deliberate pulse of Prairie Creek. To the west, the subtle rise of Blue Island Ridge silhouettes against the fading light of dusk, while the darker, sheltered canopy of the Elizabeth A Conkey Forest provides a dense, emerald contrast to the paved geometry of the local landscape. Children find their own rhythm at the Veterans Of Foreign Wars Little League Park, where the sharp crack of a bat echoes against the backdrop of a sky that seems to hold the color of bruised plums long after the sun has retreated.

East Hazel Crest maintains a character forged by the relentless, grinding necessity of logistics and the steady persistence of those who call these streets home. The local economy remains tethered to the movement of goods and the maintenance of the infrastructure that keeps the region circulating, a heritage that reveals itself in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its neighborhood blocks. Residents often look toward the quiet, reflective surface of Wampum Lake to mark the passage of the seasons, a place where the water settles into a glass-like stillness that belies the constant motion of the surrounding transit corridors. Further out, the gentle depression of Kickapoo Meadows offers a seasonal reprieve from the industrial grid, filling with spring rains and providing a brief, wild sanctuary that stands in quiet defiance of the steel and asphalt. Even at the height of the summer heat, there is a grounded, functional dignity to the way the days unfold here, marked by the steady, familiar movement of freight and the enduring presence of a landscape that asks for nothing more than the honest labor of the people who inhabit it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Of Foreign Wars Little League Park (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 180° S
Lions Park And Pool (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 167° S
Orchard Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 206° SW
Dixie Highway (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 227° SW
Brownell Woods (Nature Reserve) — 2.1 mi, 113° SE
Sweet Woods (Nature Reserve) — 2.7 mi, 117° SE
Camp Thornton (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 116° SE
Hoxie Farm / Wampum Lake (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 095° E
Kickapoo Woods (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 360° N
Tinely Creek Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 300° NW
Lincoln on the Road to Greatness (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 176° S
Union Street Gallery (Gallery) — 4.9 mi, 174° S
Former Lincoln School Entrance (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 026° NE
Calumet Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 034° NE
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 6.5 mi, 340° N
Old Zion Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 271° W
In the Game - Hollywood Park (Theme Park) — 7.7 mi, 318° NW
Promise You Art House (Gallery) — 9.6 mi, 099° E
The Artist's Den - Walk-in Ceramic Studio (Arts Centre) — 9.7 mi, 098° E
Peteyville Christmas Lights (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 079° E
Vanderpoel Art Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 354° N
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 10.1 mi, 109° E
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 11.2 mi, 111° E · 11k acres
The Grainery Building (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 244° SW
Al Capone's House (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 006° N
Michelle Obama's Childhood Home (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 015° N
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 22.2 mi, 236° SW · 18k acres
Indiana Dunes State Park (State Park) — 30.5 mi, 079° E

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