Wildwood
Wildwood is an unincorporated community along Belvidere Road just east of U.S. Route 45 in Lake County, Illinois. Wildwood is part of the Gages Lake census-designated place and is bordered by Gages Lake Road to the north, Gurnee to the northeast and east, Libertyville to the south, and Grayslake to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Illinois
- Also known as: “Wildwood, IL” and “Wildwood, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Highlights include College of Lake County and Prairie Crossing station.
College of Lake County
College
The College of Lake County, commonly referred to as CLC, is a public community college in Lake County, Illinois. CLC's primary campus is located in Grayslake and two other campuses exist in nearby Waukegan and Vernon Hills.
Prairie Crossing station
Railway station
Photo: Jacob J Mackenzie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prairie Crossing is a pair of Metra stations located in Libertyville, Illinois. They are serviced by the North Central Service and the Milwaukee District North Line. Prairie Crossing station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wildwood.
Merit Club
Golf course
Merit Club is a private country club in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb north-northwest of Chicago. The course was founded in 1992 by Bert Getz Sr. and his family and was collaboratively designed by Getz, Oscar Miles, Bob Lohmann and Ed Oldfield. Merit Club is situated 2 miles east of Wildwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grayslake and Third Lake.
Grayslake
Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY 2.0.
Grayslake is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The village's population at the 2020 census was 21,248. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area, about 40 miles north of Chicago's downtown, 14 miles west of Lake Michigan, and 15 miles south of the Wisconsin border.
Third Lake
Village
Third Lake is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,111. Third Lake is situated 2 miles north of Wildwood.
Grange Hall
Hamlet
Grange Hall is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Grange Hall is located at. Grange Hall is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wildwood.
Wildwood
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Warren Township, Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.3428° or 42° 20′ 34″ northLongitude
-87.99813° or 87° 59′ 53″ westElevation
810 feet (247 metres)Open location code
86JJ82V2+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 153432588OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Wildwood” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “懷爾德伍德 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “懷爾德伍德”
- French: “Wildwood”
- Persian: “وایلدوود، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “وایلدوود”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویلدوود، ایلینوی”
- Urdu: “وائلڈووڈ، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “وائلڈووڈ”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Plank Park and Wildwood Well and Water Tower Facility.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wildwood”. Photo: Rastapopulous, CC BY-SA 3.0.