Grayslake is a village in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Chicago's downtown, 14 miles (23 km) west of Lake Michigan, and 15 miles (24 km) south of the Wisconsin border.
Population: 20,957
Latitude: 42° 20' 40.09" N
Longitude: -88° 02' 30.30" W
Lake Forest Academy is a highly selective, prestigious college preparatory boarding and day school for grades 9 through 12 located on the North Shore in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. As of the 2008-2009 school year, students at Lake Forest A…
Vernon Hills is an affluent northern suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,120 at the 2000 census, and 25,113 at the 2010 census.
Mundelein is a village in Lake County, Illinois, in the United States and a northern suburb of Chicago.
Wheeling is a village located primarily in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. A small portion of the village lies in Lake County.
The Ravinia Festival is the oldest outdoor music festival in the United States, with a series of outdoor concerts and performances held every summer from June to September.
Pleasant Prairie is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin located between Milwaukee and Chicago. The population was 19,719 at the 2010 census.
The Illinois Railway Museum (initialized IRM, claimed reporting mark IRYM) is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Chicago.
Grayslake is a village in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Chicago's downtown, 14 miles (23 km) west of Lake Michigan, and 15 miles (24 km) south of the Wiscon…
Lake Zurich is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago.
Antioch is a village in the Antioch Township of Lake County, Illinois, United States.
Zion Nuclear Power Station was the third dual-reactor nuclear power plant in the Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) network and served Chicago and the northern quarter of Illinois. The plant was built in 1973, and the first unit started producing power in …
Lake in the Hills (often abbreviated L.I.T.H. or LITH) is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,152 at the 2000 census.
Carpentersville is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States.
Huntley is a rapidly growing village in McHenry and Kane Counties, Illinois. In 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the village's population to be 22,923. As of the 2000 Census, the village had a mere 5,730 people, meaning the village's populatio…
Lake Bluff is a village in Shields Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States.
Barrington Hills is a village located about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. It straddles approximately 29 square miles (75 km2) over four counties, Cook, Kane, Lake, and McHenry. The population was 4,209 at the 2…
The 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision was a grade crossing accident that killed seven students riding aboard a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, on the morning of October 25, 1995. The school bus, driven by a substitute driver, was sto…
American Eagle is a wooden racing roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America. It was the first wooden roller coaster designed by Intamin of Switzerland and was built in 1981 by the contracting firm Figley-Wright. While the records have since …