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Greenwood Illinois Map

Explore Greenwood, 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 Greenwood, Illinois

How to Use This Greenwood, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	42.39538
Longitude	-88.383576
Population	324
Density	47.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60419, 60097
Area Code	708, 312, 773
County Seat	Chicago
School District	Woodstock Community Unit School District 200

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About Greenwood, Illinois

Greenwood is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 324. The population density is 47.5 people per km². Greenwood is located at 42.3954°N, 88.3836°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Greenwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60419, 60097.

Greenwood occupies a flat, expansive stretch of land where the horizon pulls the eye toward the vast Midwestern sky. It lies 1.3 miles northeast of South Holland, IL (from South Holland, IL: bearing 45°T), and is situated 5.1 miles west-northwest of Hammond. The air here carries a faint, salt-tinged weight, a reminder that the open coastline lies a mere sixteen miles away, influencing the way the light refracts over the landscape. Within the immediate vicinity, the quiet waters of Lake Victory offer a still, reflective surface, while the Calumet Union Drainage Ditch carves a deliberate path through the earth nearby. To the west, the silhouettes of Stony Island Ridge rise against the clouds, providing a distant, rugged anchor to the view, while the low-lying terrain of Kickapoo Meadows absorbs the seasonal rains. At the center of the local geography, Triangle Park provides a green, quiet pause in the daily routine, a small parcel of land that holds the quiet stillness of the surrounding plains.

Greenwood bears the marks of an industrial heritage, defined by the heavy, rhythmic movement of commerce that has long relied on the proximity of Turning Basin Number 5. The economy has historically been tied to the flow of goods and the labor of those who maintain the infrastructure of the waterways, creating a culture built on steady, predictable effort. While the Elizabeth A Conkey Forest stands nine miles away as a vestige of the region's original wild state, the character of Greenwood remains defined by its working edges and the grit of its brick-and-limestone foundations. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its function, where the sound of wind moving through tall grass and the distant hum of traffic across the basin define the passage of the hours. It is a place that does not ask to be noticed, content instead to exist in the steady, gray-blue light that settles over the basin as the evening draws in.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Queen Anne Macrosite (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 248° W
Nippersink Creek (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 184° S
Queen Anne Macrosite 9 (State Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 274° W
Village Green Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 177° S
Jacobson Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 121° SE
Queen Anne Macrosite 7 (State Recreation Area) — 1.8 mi, 239° SW
Wonder Lake Bible Church (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 059° NE
Harrison Benwell County Park (Local Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 105° E
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.9 mi, 287° W · 638 acres
Lost Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 054° NE
Bull Valley State Fish & Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 170° S
Powers-Walker Historical Homestead (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 058° NE
Woodstock Mural and Sculpture Garden (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 211° SW
Bill Murray Stepped Here (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 210° SW
South Street Railway Tunnel (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 208° SW
Court House and Jail Arts Center (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 211° SW
Woodstock Opera House (Theatre) — 6.5 mi, 210° SW
McHenry Downtown Theater (Cinema) — 6.9 mi, 121° SE
Parker Fen Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.7 mi, 170° S
Morraine Hills State Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 124° SE
Royal Oak Teepee (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 314° NW
Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.8 mi, 314° NW
Nippersink Canoe Base County Park (Nature Reserve) — 9.2 mi, 080° E
Wetland Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 9.2 mi, 131° SE
Planetarium Display (Public Artwork) — 9.3 mi, 175° S
Chain O'Lakes State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 064° NE
Ravenstone Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 11.8 mi, 269° W
Harvard Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 279° W
Helicopter (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 131° SE

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