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Forest View Illinois Map

Explore Forest View, 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 Forest View, Illinois

How to Use This Forest View, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.809097
Longitude	-87.773079
Population	792
Density	261.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60402
Area Code	708
County Seat	Chicago
School District	J. Sterling Morton High School District 201

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About Forest View, Illinois

Forest View is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 792. The population density is 261.8 people per km². Forest View is located at 41.8091°N, 87.7731°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Forest View is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60402.

Forest View maintains a quiet posture upon the flat, sediment-rich plains, defined by the persistent, southward pull of the Des Plaines River that carves a boundary along its eastern edge. It lies 1.3 miles east-southeast of Lyons, IL (from Lyons, IL: bearing 104°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west-southwest of Chicago. Beyond the immediate industrial infrastructure, the horizon opens into the expansive Plank Road Meadow, where the tall grasses catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon to cast long, flickering shadows across the earth. The air here holds a particular, heavy moisture, a reminder of the proximity to the Cortez Basin, which influences the shifting winds and the gray, metallic quality of the sky during the transition between seasons. Within the immediate boundaries, Forest View Park offers a small, deliberate pause of green space, providing a sharp contrast to the nearby rail lines and the utilitarian textures of the surrounding landscape.

Industrial corridors have long dictated the pace of life in Forest View, anchoring the local economy to the steady movement of freight and the mechanics of regional logistics. Workers move between the heavy brick warehouses and the quieter residential streets, following a routine that has endured as the nearby Prescotts Island sits anchored in the river’s slow, silt-laden current. Residents look toward the distant, rising silhouette of Players Hill for a sense of elevation, while the recreational habits of the populace often drift toward the water-bound quiet of Lake Ida or the deeper, shaded trails of the County Forest Preserve. The character of the place remains firmly rooted in this intersection of labor and land, where the steady hum of machinery competes with the seasonal quietude of the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Park Pavilion (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 327° NW
Twain (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 136° SE
Jedlica Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 1.2 mi, 028° NE
Clearing-Park Shops Memorial (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 198° S
American Eagle (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 199° S
Solidarity Monument (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 199° S
Drexel Park Fields (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 028° NE
Ottawa Trail Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 268° W
Unnamed Central Zone Site (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 296° NW
Archer Heights Veterans Monument (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 105° E
Riverside Historical Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 298° NW
Reindeer (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 298° NW
Red Panda (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 298° NW
Bennet's Wallaby (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 297° NW
Alpaca (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 298° NW
Dulphin Underwater Viewing (Viewpoint) — 3.4 mi, 300° NW
Yollocalli Arts Reach (Arts Centre) — 3.6 mi, 053° NE
Callahan Grove (Nature Reserve) — 3.8 mi, 317° NW
Schuth's Grove (Nature Reserve) — 3.9 mi, 317° NW
Theatre Y (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 045° NE
The Compassion Factory (Gallery) — 4.3 mi, 287° W
The Actors Garden (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 356° N
La Grange Art League Gallery (Gallery) — 5.1 mi, 274° W
Calumet Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 138° SE
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 26.5 mi, 140° SE · 11k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 30.8 mi, 204° SW · 18k acres

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