Illinois
Lake
Warren Township

Gurnee

Gurnee is a village in . It sits at the midpoint between and . It's best known as the home of the Six Flags Great America amusement park, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago water park, the Gurnee Mills shopping mall, and a Great Wolf Lodge location.
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  • Type: Town with 30,700 residents
  • Description: village in Lake County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Gurnee Station”, “Gurnee, IL”, and “Gurnee, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 60031

Places of Interest

Highlights include Goliath and Six Flags Great America.

Roller coaster
Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.
is a wooden roller coaster located at in Gurnee, Illinois. Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction and designed by Alan Schilke, the roller coaster features RMC's Topper Track design and opened to the public on June 19, 2014.

Theme park
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is a 273-acre amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, United States, between and . Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park features more than 45 attractions, including 16 roller coasters, and an adjacent water park named .

Roller coaster
Photo: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0.
is a launched inverted roller coaster located at in Gurnee, Illinois, United States. Manufactured by Intamin, the Impulse roller coaster model opened on May 18, 2001.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Park City and Wilson.

Village
is a small city located in the Warren and Waukegan townships of , United States, on the northern end of the . Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,885.

Hamlet
was an unincorporated community in southern , , . The community was located along Illinois Route 120 and is now part of the cities of and and the village of Gurnee.

Gurnee

Latitude
42.3703° or 42° 22′ 13″ north
Longitude
-87.902° or 87° 54′ 7″ west
Population
30,700
Elevation
679 feet (207 metres)
Named after
Walter Smith Gurnee
United Nations Location Code
US GUR
Open location code
86JJ93CX+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153428786
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4894861
Wiki­data ID
Q277066
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Gurnee” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غورني”
  • Basque: “Gurnee”
  • Bulgarian: “Гурне”
  • Catalan: “Gurnee”
  • Cebuano: “Gurnee”
  • Chinese: “Gurnee”
  • Chinese: “格尼”
  • Chinese: “葛尼（伊利諾州）”
  • Dutch: “Gurnee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جورنى”
  • French: “Gurnee”
  • German: “Gurnee”
  • Gilaki: “گرنی (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “گرنی”
  • Haitian: “Gurnee, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Gurnee”
  • Hebrew: “גרני”
  • Italian: “Gurnee”
  • Japanese: “ガーニー (イリノイ州)”
  • Japanese: “ガーニー”
  • Ladin: “Gurnee”
  • Mazanderani: “گورنی (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “گورنی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gurnee”
  • Newari: “गर्नी (इलियोनोई)”
  • Newari: “गर्नी, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “गर्नी, इलियोनोई”
  • Newari: “गर्नी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gurnee”
  • Norwegian: “Gurnee”
  • Persian: “گورنی، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “گورنی”
  • Polish: “Gurnee”
  • Portuguese: “Gurnee”
  • Russian: “Гарни (Иллинойс)”
  • Russian: “Гарни”
  • Serbian: “Герни”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gurnee, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gurnee”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قورنی، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Gurnee (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Gurnee”
  • Swedish: “Gurnee, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Gurnee”
  • Turkish: “Gurnee, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Gurnee”
  • Ukrainian: “Герні”
  • Urdu: “گورنی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “گورنی”
  • Vietnamese: “Gurnee, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Gurnee”
  • Volapük: “Gurnee”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gurnee, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gurnee”
  • Welsh: “Gurnee, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Gurnee”

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