Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 19,375. The city is south of Waukegan along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded around Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in 1857 as a stop for travelers making their way south to Chicago.
Population: 19,375
Latitude: 42° 15' 31.07" N
Longitude: -87° 50' 26.27" W
Welsh-Ryan Arena is an 8,117-seat multi-purpose arena in Evanston, Illinois, United States. The arena opened in 1952 as McGaw Memorial Hall. It is home to the Northwestern University Wildcats basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams. It is located…
Paylocity (NASDAQ : PCTY) is a leading provider of cloud-based payroll and human capital management software solutions for medium-sized organizations.
Inverness is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Gurnee Mills is an indoor mall, established in Gurnee, Illinois, a village west of Waukegan, Illinois. It is located about halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a 40 minute drive either way, and near Six Flags Great America. It is a sing…
Barat College of the Sacred Heart was a small Roman Catholic college located in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States, 30 miles north of Chicago. The college was named after Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart.
South Barrington is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, south of Barrington. The population was 4,565 at the 2010 census. South Barrington is a wealthy suburb of Chicago and home to the famous megachurch Willow Creek Community Church.
Round Lake is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States.
Johnsburg is a northwest suburban Chicago village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.
Wauconda is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,603 at the 2010 census. It is the site of the Wauconda Bog Nature Preserve, a National Natural Landmark.
Prospect High School, or Prospect, is a public four-year high school located in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove…
Prospect Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago.
Patten Gymnasium is a multi-purpose gymnasium in Evanston, Illinois. The original building, designed by George Washington Maher, opened in 1910 and was home to the Northwestern University Wildcats Basketball Team until 1940, when it was demolished a…
Space Shuttle America (also known as Space Shuttle America - The Next Century) was a motion simulator ride at the Six Flags Great America theme park in Gurnee, Illinois, that opened in 1994. The ride's main feature was a full-scale replica of an Ame…
Deer Park is a village in Lake and Cook counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 3,200 at the 2010 census. The village is one of the few left in the Chicago area that enjoy a green belt which is bordered by two large natural areas …
Bannockburn is a village in West Deerfield and Vernon townships of Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,583 at the 2010 census.
Raging Bull is a Bolliger & Mabillard hyper-twister steel roller coaster at Six Flags Great America. It was built in 1999, and features a 208-foot (63 m) first drop and top speed of 73 miles per hour (117 km/h), and is currently one of the most popu…
The PS Lady Elgin was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that sank in Lake Michigan off Highwood, Illinois after she was rammed in a gale by the schooner Augusta in the early hours of September 8, 1860. The passenger manifest was lost with the coll…
Mettawa is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, dedicated to preserving open lands and low-density residential development. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 547. The village maintains trails for pedestrian, bicycle and equ…