Illinois topographic maps
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Schaumburg
United States > Illinois > Cook County
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Schaumburg has a total area of 19.47 square miles (50.43 km2), of which 19.35 square miles (50.12 km2) (or 99.39%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km2) (or 0.61%) is water. Its elevation varies between 750 and 850 feet above sea level, with a high point of 850…
Average elevation: 237 m

Highland Park
United States > Illinois > Lake County > Highland Park
In 1867, ten men purchased Highland Park for $39,198.70. They were the original stockholders of the Highland Park Building Company. Following construction of the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad, a depot was established at Highland Park and a plat, extending south to Central Avenue, was laid out in 1856. At that…
Average elevation: 194 m

Highwood
United States > Illinois > Lake County
Highwood is located in southeastern Lake County at 42°12′19″N 87°48′44″W / 42.205357°N 87.812345°W / 42.205357; -87.812345, on a ridge 100 feet (30 m) above the elevation of Lake Michigan.
Average elevation: 198 m

Waukegan
United States > Illinois > Waukegan
Waukegan is located at 42°22′13″N 87°52′16″W / 42.37028°N 87.87111°W / 42.37028; -87.87111 (42.3703140, -87.8711404). Waukegan is on the shore of Lake Michigan, about 11 miles (18 km) south of the border with Wisconsin and 35 miles (56 km) north of downtown Chicago, at an elevation of…
Average elevation: 197 m

Anna
United States > Illinois > Union County
The coming of the railroad can be credited for prompting the founding of the City of Anna, although, from the time of the George Rogers Clark expedition into Southern Illinois country, emigrants recognized its agricultural possibilities. Centrally located in Anna Precinct of Union County, Anna was established…
Average elevation: 183 m

Silver Creek Conservation Area
United States > Illinois > McHenry County > Prairie Grove
Average elevation: 232 m

Wilmette
United States > Illinois > Cook County
Between 1900 and 1920 the village saw its population more than triple to 7,814. In 1922 the village adopted the "Plan of Wilmette," which outlined a vision for its future that included open spaces along Green Bay Road and the elevation of the railroad tracks to provide unobstructed flow of traffic between the…
Average elevation: 187 m

Skokie
United States > Illinois > Cook County
The Chicago "L"s Yellow Line terminates at the Dempster Street station in Skokie. Construction has been completed on a new Yellow Line train station at Oakton Street, to serve downtown Skokie and environs. It opened on April 30, 2012. Additionally, the CTA is commissioning an alternatives analysis study on the…
Average elevation: 188 m

McHenry
United States > Illinois > McHenry County
It rests at an elevation of 797 feet and the Fox River flows through the eastern portion of the city. It is surrounded by natural lakes and streams, grassy moraine hills, gravel banks and shallow nutrient-rich peat bogs, remnants of receding glaciers from the last ice age. Moraine Hills State Park and Volo Bog…
Average elevation: 237 m