Forest Lake
Forest Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ela Township of Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is about 35 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.- Type: Neighborhood with 1,660 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Forest Lake, IL” and “Forest Lake, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kemper Lakes Golf Club and Lake Zurich High School.
Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Golf course
Kemper Lakes Golf Club is a private country club in the central United States, located in Ela Township, Lake County, outside Kildeer, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago.
Lake Zurich High School
School
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Lake Zurich High School, LZHS, or Lake Zurich Senior High School is a public four-year high school located in Lake Zurich, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, in the United States. Lake Zurich High School is situated 1½ miles west of Forest Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawthorn Woods and Gilmer.
Hawthorn Woods
Village
Hawthorn Woods is a village in Fremont and Ela townships in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 9,062. The village is located approximately 40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.
Gilmer
Locality
Gilmer is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Gilmer is located along Gilmer Road and the Canadian National Railway north of Hawthorn Woods. Gilmer is situated 1½ miles north of Forest Lake.
Lake Zurich
Town
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Lake Zurich is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 19,759. The village is named after a body of water named "Lake Zurich," which is completely located inside the village. Lake Zurich is situated 2½ miles southwest of Forest Lake.
Forest Lake
Latitude
42.21041° or 42° 12′ 38″ northLongitude
-88.05314° or 88° 3′ 11″ westPopulation
1,660Elevation
814 feet (248 metres)Open location code
86JH6W6W+5POpenStreetMap ID
way 906015163OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Forest Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورست لاك”
- Cebuano: “Forest Lake”
- Chechen: “Форест-Лейк”
- Chinese: “Forest Lake”
- Chinese: “福里斯特湖 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “福里斯特湖”
- Dutch: “Forest Lake”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فورست لاك”
- French: “Forest Lake”
- German: “Forest Lake”
- Gilaki: “فؤرست لیک (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “فؤرست لیک”
- Irish: “Forest Lake”
- Italian: “Forest Lake”
- Ladin: “Forest Lake”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Forest Lake”
- Newari: “फरेस्ट लेक, इलिनोइ”
- Newari: “फरेस्ट लेक”
- Persian: “فارست لیک، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “فارست لیک”
- Polish: “Forest Lake”
- Portuguese: “Forest Lake”
- Serbian: “Форест Лејк”
- Serbian: “Форист Лејк”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forest Lake, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forest Lake”
- South Azerbaijani: “فورزت لئیک، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Forest Lake”
- Swedish: “Forest Lake, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Forest Lake”
- Tatar: “Форест-Лейк”
- Turkish: “Forest Lake”
- Ukrainian: “Форест-Лейк”
- Uzbek: “Forest Lake”
- Uzbek: “Форест Лаке”
- Vietnamese: “Forest Lake, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Forest Lake”
- Volapük: “Forest Lake”
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