Explore Rosemont, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rosemont, 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 Rosemont.
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 | Rosemont |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Cook County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.988978 |
| Longitude | -87.871739 |
| Population | 3,952 |
| Density | 851.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 62204, 60018 |
| Area Code | 217, 312, 773 |
| County Seat | Chicago |
| School District | Leyden Community High School District 212 |
Rosemont occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Illinois prairie, where the quiet, deliberate flow of Willow Creek marks the edge of its industrial and commercial expanse. It lies 2.5 miles west-southwest of Park Ridge, IL (from Park Ridge, IL: bearing 244°T), and is situated 8.1 miles southeast of Arlington Heights. The horizon here is defined not by the drama of Players Hill, which looms ten miles distant, but by the relentless, grid-like precision of the Midwestern landscape that stretches toward the horizon. Within the immediate vicinity, the emerald expanse of Seminole Park offers a deliberate contrast to the paved arteries that pulse through the territory, providing a small, managed refuge of grass and sky. The light at dusk here possesses a particular clarity, catching the sharp angles of modern architecture before fading into the deep, bruised gray of an approaching continental storm.
Rosemont serves as a high-density hinge of commerce, built upon a history of calculated development that transformed once-quiet land into a nexus for travelers and global enterprise. The economy functions with the steady, mechanical heartbeat of convention halls and corporate infrastructure, yet the proximity to Murphy Lake, only two miles away, and the distant, wooded reaches of Busse Forest South provide a reminder of the natural world pressing against the concrete. Life in Rosemont moves with a distinctive, forward-leaning pace, characterized by the constant transit of people navigating the intersection of regional industry and local ambition. Even amidst the steel and glass, there remains a persistent, quiet endurance in the land, a sense that the deep soil of the prairie still anchors the rapid evolution of the district.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rosemont, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.988978, -87.871739. 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 Rosemont includes the ZIP code (62204, 60018), telephone area code (217, 312, 773), county seat of Cook County (Chicago), and school district assignment (Leyden Community High School District 212).
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. |