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Barrington Hills Illinois Map

Explore Barrington Hills, Illinois, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Barrington Hills, Illinois

How to Use This Barrington Hills, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Barrington Hills, Illinois. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Illinois or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Barrington Hills.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityBarrington Hills
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyCook County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude42.138642
Longitude-88.202959
Population4,114
Density58.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code60010
Area Code312, 773
County SeatChicago
School DistrictBarrington Community Unit School District 220

About Barrington Hills, Illinois

Barrington Hills is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,114. The population density is 58.8 people per km². Barrington Hills is located at 42.1386°N, 88.2030°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Barrington Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60010.

Barrington Hills manifests as a deliberate expanse of glacial topography where the land rises and falls in measured, grassy swells that defy the flat monotony of the surrounding prairie. It lies 1.2 miles west-southwest of Barrington, IL (from Barrington, IL: bearing 238°T), and is situated 9.8 miles northeast of Elgin. Flint Creek carves a winding path through the landscape, its waters tracing the contours of the earth with a quiet persistence that dictates the local drainage of the soil. Beyond the private drives and wooded retreats, the stillness of the afternoon is often broken by the rustle of leaves in the Spring Creek Valley Forest Preserve, a dense sanctuary of oak and hickory that anchors the northern horizon. To the east, the quiet surface of Lake Melissa mirrors the shifting clouds, offering a cool, reflective interval against the heavy, golden light that settles over the fields as the sun begins to retreat behind the distant, shadowed silhouette of Bald Knob.

Barrington Hills functions as a quiet bastion of equestrian heritage and low-density living, maintaining a character defined by expansive acreage rather than the concentrated density of the neighboring metropolitan grid. The economy here remains tethered to a culture of stewardship, where the preservation of open space and the maintenance of riding trails take precedence over industrial expansion. Residents often gather near the modest boundaries of Lageschulte Park, a point of social gravity that serves as a quiet reminder of the local commitment to civic leisure. Life in Barrington Hills moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, characterized by the sight of horses moving across paddocks and the long, quiet shadows of late autumn, marking a distinct departure from the frenetic pulse of the regional centers located miles away.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Smith Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 354° N
  • Far Field Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 1.0 mi, 351° N
  • Spring Creek Prairie (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 209° SW
  • Citizens For Conservation Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 027° NE
  • Hickory Hill Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 273° W
  • Birds of prey (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.6 mi, 129° SE
  • Pederson Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.9 mi, 068° E
  • Bonnie Dundee Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 237° SW
  • Catlow Movie Theater (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 072° E
  • Mack Manor - Christmas/Halloween Display (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 336° NW
  • Brunner Family Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 268° W
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 250° W
  • Bettendorf Castle (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 350° N
  • Presidential Park (State Park) — 4.0 mi, 301° NW
  • 1995 Fox River Grove Bus–train Collision Memorial (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 350° N
  • Fox River Fen (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 211° SW
  • Fox River Trail (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 236° SW
  • Former Carpentersville Dam (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 250° W
  • Little Monza (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 259° W
  • Gregg's Corkscrew (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 256° W
  • Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.4 mi, 256° W
  • Hollows 3 (State Recreation Area) — 6.7 mi, 340° N
  • Illinois Watch Case Company (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 210° SW
  • Elgin Embrace (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 214° SW
  • Farm Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 7.4 mi, 204° SW
  • Observatory (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 134° SE
  • Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 214° SW
  • Side Street Studios (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 210° SW
  • Young Rembrandts (Arts Centre) — 8.6 mi, 214° SW
  • Morraine Hills State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 356° N

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About This Barrington Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Barrington Hills, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.138642, -88.202959. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Barrington Hills includes the ZIP code (60010), telephone area code (312, 773), county seat of Cook County (Chicago), and school district assignment (Barrington Community Unit School District 220).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.