Northern Illinois
McHenry County
McHenry Township

Pistakee Highlands

Pistakee Highlands is a census-designated place in , , United States. It consists primarily of an unincorporated area of McHenry County adjoining Pistakee Bay, within the McHenry post office, and is located just northeast of .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 3,450 residents
  • Description: census designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.
  • Also known as: “Pistakee”, “Pistakee Highlands, IL”, and “Pistakee Highlands, Illinois”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fox Lake station and Johnsburg High School.

Railway station
Photo: Neutronv6, Public domain.
Fox Lake is a station on 's Milwaukee District North Line in . The station is located on Nippersink Boulevard at Grand Avenue, is 49.5 miles away from , the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters from Fox Lake to .

School building
is a secondary school in ; it serves grades 9–12 for the Johnsburg Community Unit School District #12. District 12 serves students in Johnsburg and Ringwood, and small portions of McHenry, Pistakee Highlands, and Spring Grove.

Hotel building
Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic hotel located at 91 North Cora Street in , . The hotel is located on the western shore of Fox Lake, one of the lakes which forms the . is situated 1½ miles east of Pistakee Highlands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fox Lake and Palm Beach.

Photo: bogdanstepniak, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in and , , United States. is a northwestern Chicago suburb. The population was 10,978 at the 2020 census. It is located 50 miles north of .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in northern , . It lies in and counties at the southern end of Pistakee Lake. is situated 2½ miles south of Pistakee Highlands.

Village
is a village in , , with a population of 6,355 as of the 2020 U.S. census. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Pistakee Highlands.

Pistakee Highlands

Latitude
42.40863° or 42° 24′ 31″ north
Longitude
-88.20648° or 88° 12′ 23″ west
Population
3,450
Elevation
758 feet (231 metres)
Open location code
86JHCQ5V+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153771392
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4906087
Wiki­data ID
Q575861
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Pistakee Highlands” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Chechen: “Пистаки-Гайлендс”
  • Chinese: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Chinese: “皮斯塔基海蘭斯 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “皮斯塔基海蘭斯”
  • Dutch: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • French: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • German: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Gilaki: “پایستاکی هایلندز (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “پایستاکی هایلندز”
  • Irish: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Italian: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Ladin: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Persian: “پیستاکی هایلندز، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “پیستاکی هایلندز”
  • Polish: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Portuguese: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Serbian: “Пистаки Хајландс”
  • Serbian: “Постаки Хајландс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pistakee Highlands, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Spanish: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Tatar: “Пистаки-Гайлендс”
  • Ukrainian: “Пістакі-Гайлендс”
  • Uzbek: “Pistakee Highlands”
  • Uzbek: “Пистакее Ҳигҳландс”
  • Vietnamese: “Pistakee Highlands, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Pistakee Highlands”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pistakee and Sunnyside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lake Street Park and Mount Hope United Methodist Church.

McHenry County: Must-Visit Destinations

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