Timber Lake

Timber Lake is a reservoir in Lake, Illinois. Timber Lake is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lake Corner, as well as near Thornfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bangs Lake and Wauconda Area Library.

Bangs Lake

Lake

Photo: Jensen25, Public domain.

Bangs Lake is a natural glacial lake that is located in Wauconda, Illinois. It is named after Justus Bangs, the first permanent settler in Wauconda, who arrived in the summer of 1836. Bangs Lake is situated 2 miles north of Timber Lake.

Wauconda Area Library

Library

The Wauconda Area Library is a public library located in Wauconda, Illinois. The library district covers portions of Lake and McHenry Counties in Illinois and is a member of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System. Wauconda Area Library is situated 2½ miles northwest of Timber Lake.

Wauconda High School

School

Wauconda High School, officially Wauconda Community High School, and most commonly WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Wauconda, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Wauconda High School is situated 2½ miles northwest of Timber Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tower Lakes and Wauconda.

Tower Lakes

Neighborhood

Tower Lakes is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,226.

Wauconda

Town

Photo: Mjos1939, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wauconda is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 14,084. It is the site of the Wauconda Bog Nature Preserve, a National Natural Landmark. Wauconda is situated 1½ miles northwest of Timber Lake.

North Barrington

Village

North Barrington is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,171. North Barrington is situated 2½ miles south of Timber Lake.

Timber Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.23926° or 42° 14′ 21″ north

Longitude

-88.1252° or 88° 7′ 31″ west

Elevation

774 feet (236 metres)

Open location code

86JH6VQF+PW

GeoNames ID

4913676

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