Explore Holiday 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Holiday 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 Holiday 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.
| City | Holiday Hills |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | McHenry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.295944 |
| Longitude | -88.228842 |
| Population | 618 |
| Density | 255.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 62305, 60051 |
| Area Code | 217, 312, 773 |
| County Seat | Woodstock |
| School District | McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15 |
Holiday Hills occupies a stretch of terrain where the Fox River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, defining the local topography with its steady, southward flow. It lies 3.7 miles southeast of McHenry, IL (from McHenry, IL: bearing 144°T), and is situated 8.9 miles southwest of Round Lake Beach. The ground here rises in modest, grassy swells that catch the late afternoon light, casting long shadows across the fields that extend toward the horizon. Only two miles distant, the waters of Thunderbird Lake mirror the expansive Midwestern sky, providing a quiet anchor to the surrounding plains. To the west, the subtle rise of Bald Knob marks the limit of the view, a distant silhouette against the gray-blue twilight that settles over the region. Those seeking the stillness of the natural world often wander the paths of the Waichunas Wetland Conservation Area, a sanctuary of tall grasses and damp earth that sits just a mile from the center of the residential streets.
Holiday Hills emerged as a quiet residential enclave, shaped by the steady expansion of the northern Illinois corridor. The local economy relies on the movement of goods and services that define the broader region, yet the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the prairie. Residents often spend their mornings traversing the Fox River Trail, which connects the locality to the wider network of paths threading through the valley. While the history of the land is rooted in the quiet labor of those who cleared the fields, the modern character of Holiday Hills reflects a blend of suburban pragmatism and a lingering respect for the open space that defines the perimeter. It is a place where the rhythm of the day is measured by the changing color of the leaves and the distant, rhythmic hum of progress echoing from the nearby routes of transit.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Holiday Hills, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.295944, -88.228842. 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 Holiday Hills includes the ZIP code (62305, 60051), telephone area code (217, 312, 773), county seat of McHenry County (Woodstock), and school district assignment (McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |