Golf Illinois Map
Explore Golf, 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 Golf, Illinois
How to Use This Golf, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Golf, 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 Golf.
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 | Golf |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Cook County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.058918 |
| Longitude | -87.792563 |
| Population | 514 |
| Density | 443.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 60029 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| County Seat | Chicago |
| School District | Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 |
About Golf, Illinois
Golf is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 514. The population density is 443.0 people per km². Golf is located at 42.0589°N, 87.7926°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Golf is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60029.Golf emerges from the flat, glacial terrain where the West Fork North Branch Chicago River snakes through the landscape, a quiet artery winding past the verdant expanse of Diederich Park. The air here holds a distinct, crisp weight, flavored by the moisture drifting inland from the distant Wilmette Harbor, while the horizon is interrupted only by the faint, jagged silhouette of Rogers Ridge rising against the western sky. Three miles to the north, the Skokie Lagoons mirror the shifting Midwestern light, their surface breaking into silvered ripples under a heavy, bruised-gray autumn cloud cover. The land, once a sprawling expanse of prairie, retains a sense of open-ended stillness that persists despite the encroaching geometry of the surrounding grid.
Golf maintains a character defined by its quiet permanence, a vestige of an era when the expansion of the rail lines and the pursuit of leisure shaped the local economy. The rhythms of daily life are calibrated by the presence of the historic club grounds that once served as the primary catalyst for the settlement’s founding, grounding the local identity in the meticulous maintenance of the fairway and the green. Residents move with an unhurried, deliberate pace, navigating streets that feel sheltered from the industrial hum of the wider region. Beyond the manicured boundaries of private estates and public spaces like Diederich Park, the influence of the river remains a constant, silent presence that binds the history of the soil to the contemporary quietude of those who call Golf home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Prairie View Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 191° S
- Oil Lamp Theater (Theatre) — 1.0 mi, 339° N
- Harrer Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 155° SE
- Wayside Woods (Nature Reserve) — 1.1 mi, 172° S
- Harms Woods-North (Nature Reserve) — 1.2 mi, 078° E
- Statue of Liberty (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 137° SE
- The Cafe at Glenview Park Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 299° NW
- Blue Star Memorial Highway (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 030° NE
- CMX Old Orchard Market (Cinema) — 2.2 mi, 093° E
- Sharp Corners (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 099° E
- Landmark at the Glen (Cinema) — 2.6 mi, 322° NW
- War Memorial (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 325° NW
- Kennicott's Grove (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 296° NW
- Exploratorium (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 132° SE
- Edge of the Wood Theater (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 165° S
- Kenilworth Historical Society (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 064° NE
- Norwood Park Historical Society (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 182° S
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 277° W
- Alley Gallery (Gallery) — 5.7 mi, 097° E
- The Galleria in Evanston (Gallery) — 5.7 mi, 097° E
- Folkworks Gallery (Gallery) — 5.9 mi, 102° E
- Museum of Hummels (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 219° SW
- Lake Park Expansion (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 008° N
- Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 359° N
- Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 39.2 mi, 143° SE · 11k acres
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About This Golf Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Golf, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.058918, -87.792563. 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 Golf includes the ZIP code (60029), telephone area code (312, 773), county seat of Cook County (Chicago), and school district assignment (Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
