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Riverdale Illinois Map

Explore Riverdale, 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 Riverdale, Illinois

How to Use This Riverdale, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	41.642695
Longitude	-87.63564
Population	10,663
Density	1151.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	61073, 60827
Area Code	847, 224, 630, 331
County Seat	Chicago
School District	Thornton Township High School District 205

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About Riverdale, Illinois

Riverdale is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of 10,663. The population density is 1151.6 people per km². Riverdale is located at 41.6427°N, 87.6356°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Riverdale is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61073, 60827.

Riverdale occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Midwestern prairie where the horizon seems to pull the sky downward to meet the earth. It lies 1.4 miles west-southwest of Dolton, IL (from Dolton, IL: bearing 254°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west-northwest of Hammond. The landscape is defined by its proximity to Ivanhoe Park, which offers a modest sanctuary of greenery amidst the industrial geometry of the surrounding grid. To the west, the elevated silhouette of Blue Island Ridge provides a faint, hazy boundary against the clouds, while the nearby waters of Lake Victory hold the gray light of late afternoon in a quiet, unmoving mirror. The air here carries a persistent dampness, a reminder that the great, open coastline is not so distant, and the low-lying terrain of Kickapoo Meadows suggests a land that remembers the seasonal press of rising water.

Riverdale grew from the industrial muscle of the regional rail and shipping corridors, its economy long anchored by the heavy hum of manufacturing and the movement of goods through the Calumet Sag Channel. While the rhythmic clatter of freight remains a constant, the local character is shaped by a resilience forged in the shadow of Turning Basin Number 5, where the steady progress of commerce meets the stillness of the landscape. Life in Riverdale follows the measured pace of a place built on labor and utility, where the brick structures and wide streets reflect a history of steady, unadorned work. Even as the decades have shifted the focus of the regional economy, the residents maintain a connection to the geography that defines their borders, finding a certain stark beauty in the way the sun catches the metallic edge of the channel at the end of a long, working day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kickapoo Woods (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 218° SW
Riverdale Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 147° SE
Joe Louis "The Champ" Golf Course (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 333° NW
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 175° S
Marshall Major Taylor (Public Artwork) — 1.1 mi, 012° N
Dolton Riverdale Little League Park (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 089° E
Major Taylor Bike Trail (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 011° N
Acme Riverdale Wetlands (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 014° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 233° SW
Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 069° E
Former Lincoln School Entrance (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 102° E
WWI War Memorial (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 007° N
Lake Calumet (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 040° NE
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 3.0 mi, 296° NW
Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 103° E
Burnhum Prairie Acquisition (State Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 093° E
Vanderpoel Art Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 342° N
Brownell Woods (Nature Reserve) — 5.7 mi, 167° S
Willow Wood Park (Nature Reserve) — 5.8 mi, 222° SW
In the Game - Hollywood Park (Theme Park) — 5.8 mi, 279° W
Al Capone's House (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 006° N
Michelle Obama's Childhood Home (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 020° N
Black Cinema House (Cinema) — 8.7 mi, 014° N
Ephraim Bajar Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 8.8 mi, 343° N
Old Zion Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 238° SW
Union Street Gallery (Gallery) — 9.6 mi, 180° S
Peteyville Christmas Lights (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 107° E
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 13.2 mi, 132° SE · 11k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 25.6 mi, 228° SW · 18k acres
Indiana Dunes State Park (State Park) — 29.4 mi, 088° E

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