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Palos Park Illinois Map

Explore Palos Park, 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 Palos Park, Illinois

How to Use This Palos Park, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.667255
Longitude	-87.830332
Population	4,899
Density	293.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60464
Area Code	708
County Seat	Chicago
School District	Consolidated High School District 230

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About Palos Park, Illinois

Palos Park is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,899. The population density is 293.5 people per km². Palos Park is located at 41.6673°N, 87.8303°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Palos Park is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60464.

Palos Park emerges from the landscape as a quiet expanse of woodland and glacial moraine, defined by a topography that rises and dips with the ancient memory of shifting ice. It lies 1.8 miles west of Palos Heights, IL (from Palos Heights, IL: bearing 268°T), and is situated 2.8 miles north-northeast of Orland Park. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp earth and decaying leaves that thicken as one wanders toward the Palos Park Recreation Center. A short distance away, the dark, still waters of Papoose Lake mirror the sky, while the nearby banks of Mill Creek carve a meandering path through the dense undergrowth. Though the horizon remains flat in the distance, the ground here is textured and uneven, a rugged counterpoint to the distant, sprawling geometry of the nearby urban grid, and when the light fades, the shadows of the trees stretch long and thin across the cooling soil.

Human presence in Palos Park has long been defined by a desire to preserve the quietude of these woods against the encroaching press of industry. While the nearby Calumet Sag Channel serves as a reminder of the region’s long-standing connection to commerce and heavy transit, the locality maintains a slower, more deliberate pulse, centered on the preservation of its natural corridors. Residents often look toward the distant silhouette of the Blue Island Ridge, a landmark that anchors the geography of the surrounding plains. The local economy and culture are inextricably linked to this stewardship of the land, moving in harmony with the nearby Elizabeth A Conkey Forest rather than in opposition to it. Life here is measured in the changing seasons and the slow, steady maintenance of a landscape that feels removed from the frantic pace of the wider world, favoring the stillness of the trees over the noise of the machine.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Palos Park Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 263° W
Centennial Monument (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 268° W
Palos Park Woods (Nature Reserve) — 0.8 mi, 329° NW
Paddock Woods (Nature Reserve) — 0.8 mi, 000° N
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 074° E
Altman Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 051° NE
Palos Fen (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 351° N
Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 332° NW
Tinely Creek Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 131° SE
Hickory Hills Golf Course (Park) — 3.0 mi, 359° N
Pulaski Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 310° NW
Piotr Przeslica (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 303° NW
In the Game - Hollywood Park (Theme Park) — 4.4 mi, 100° E
Jan Paweł II (Public Artwork) — 5.3 mi, 344° N
Willow Springs Historical Society (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 344° N
Thai Culture Center (Arts Centre) — 6.3 mi, 016° N
SEPA Station weirs (Viewpoint) — 6.4 mi, 290° W
Old Zion Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 158° S
Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 292° W
Vanderpoel Art Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 067° NE
Ephraim Bajar Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 10.0 mi, 048° NE
La Grange Art League Gallery (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 348° N
Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 346° N
Nettie J. McKinnon Art Gallery (Gallery) — 10.9 mi, 346° N
La Grange Park Fire History Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 348° N
Calumet Park (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 095° E
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 20.8 mi, 206° SW · 18k acres
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 22.5 mi, 118° SE · 11k acres

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