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Fairmont Illinois Map

Explore Fairmont, 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 Fairmont, Illinois

How to Use This Fairmont, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.561357
Longitude	-88.058722
Population	2,389
Density	663.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	62002, 60441
Area Code	309, 708
County Seat	Joliet
School District	Lockport Township High School District 205

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About Fairmont, Illinois

Fairmont is a locality in Will County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,389. The population density is 663.1 people per km². Fairmont is located at 41.5614°N, 88.0587°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62002, 60441.

Fairmont asserts its presence upon the flat, expansive plains of Illinois, where the horizon stretches into an endless, rhythmic line of earth and sky. It lies 2.0 miles east of Crest Hill, IL (from Crest Hill, IL: bearing 87°T), and is situated 2.4 miles north-northeast of Joliet. The Des Plaines River winds its way a mere mile from the center, carving a subtle, damp path through the soil that dictates the drainage and temperament of the surrounding acreage. Light here possesses a particular, sharp clarity at dusk, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that seem to amplify the stillness of the afternoon. While the distant Waubonsie Hill rises sixteen miles away as a faint, hazy bruise against the sky, the immediate landscape remains defined by the persistence of the prairie and the quiet, industrious hum of the land itself.

Fairmont preserves a character forged by the steady pulse of labor and the enduring influence of the industrial Midwest. The Fairmont Community Center acts as the focal point of civic life, providing a singular gravity to a neighborhood that has long balanced the legacy of its working-class roots with the evolving demands of the modern economy. Residents move with a deliberate pace, navigating the grid of streets that eventually gives way to the broader, open spaces of the nearby Black Partridge Forest Preserve or the quiet paths of the Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail. During the warmer months, the influence of the regional climate draws people toward the water, though the distant, placid surface of Gun Club Lake remains a quiet retreat rather than a bustling destination, maintaining the modest, grounded dignity that defines Fairmont.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dellwood Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 358° N
Dellwood Park West (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 295° NW
Joliet Iron Works Historic Site (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 235° SW
Walnut Hollow (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 142° SE
Lockport Prairie East Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 342° N
Miscellaneous property adjacent to FPDWC's Lockport Loop Trail Preserve (State Recreation Area) — 1.6 mi, 351° N
Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve 2 (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 320° NW
Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery (Gallery) — 1.9 mi, 359° N
Illinois & Michigan Canal Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 002° N
3rd Floor Gallery (Gallery) — 2.0 mi, 001° N
Centennial Trail (State Recreation Area) — 2.4 mi, 004° N
Brent Hassert Park (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 317° NW
Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 208° SW
Joliet Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 208° SW
Louis Jolliet (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 199° S
Neil Carey Arena (Stadium) — 3.3 mi, 338° N
Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1 (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 183° S
Philip Lynch Theatre (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 339° N
Isle a la Cache County Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 5.4 mi, 355° N
Romeoville Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.0 mi, 354° N
Old telephone poles (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 189° S
Schmuhl School (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 117° SE
Plainfield Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 290° W
Richard A. Rock Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 291° W
Nativity Scene (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 066° NE
Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.9 mi, 023° NE
IPIC Theaters (Cinema) — 10.8 mi, 004° N
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 11.2 mi, 170° S · 18k acres
Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 019° N
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 31.9 mi, 096° E · 11k acres

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