Indian Creek Illinois Map
Explore Indian Creek, 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 Indian Creek, Illinois
How to Use This Indian Creek, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Indian Creek, 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 Indian Creek.
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 | Indian Creek |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Lake County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.227205 |
| Longitude | -87.978359 |
| Population | 536 |
| Density | 775.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 60151, 60061 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| County Seat | Waukegan |
| School District | Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 |
About Indian Creek, Illinois
Indian Creek is a locality in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 536. The population density is 775.1 people per km². Indian Creek is located at 42.2272°N, 87.9784°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Indian Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60151, 60061.Indian Creek emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Illinois landscape as a quiet assembly of residences and open spaces. The terrain here is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky maintains a vast, unobstructed presence over the earth. Within the immediate perimeter of Indian Creek, the land finds a localized character at Oakwood Park, which serves as a central point for the movement of air and the gathering of light. To the north, the waters of Little Bear Lake rest in a shallow basin, while the winding course of Indian Creek traces a slow path through the terrain, its banks lined with the persistent growth of native grasses and thickets that have long marked the edge of the watershed.
The history of Indian Creek remains tied to the slow transformation of this region from expansive meadowland into a carefully organized grid of suburban life. While the influence of larger industrial centers to the south occasionally hums in the distance, the economy of Indian Creek functions primarily as a place of residence, drawing its character from the quiet, rhythmic cycle of the seasons rather than the clamor of commerce. Beyond the local boundaries, the distant outline of Rogers Ridge provides a faint, serrated edge to the far western vista, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that shaped the broader continent long ago. Life in Indian Creek moves with a deliberate, unassuming pace, punctuated by the seasonal turning of the foliage and the clear, cold stillness that descends when the winter months settle over the plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 140° SE
- Vernon Hills Athletic Complex (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 093° E
- Polar Bear Statue (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 327° NW
- Viewpoint and Fishing Stand (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 025° NE
- Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 091° E
- Half Day Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 104° E
- Marriott Theatre (Theatre) — 3.5 mi, 128° SE
- Florsheim Park Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.2 mi, 103° E
- Cook Park Playground (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 016° N
- 1834 Capt. Daniel Wright (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 133° SE
- Edward L Ryerson Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 5.0 mi, 135° SE
- Iconic Rocks (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 129° SE
- K1 Speed (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 157° SE
- Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas (Cinema) — 6.7 mi, 157° SE
- Expression Gallery of Fine Art (Gallery) — 7.2 mi, 076° E
- Allan Carr Theater (Theatre) — 7.8 mi, 081° E
- Perkowitz Art Studio (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 340° N
- Grayslake Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 339° N
- The Magic Rock (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 113° SE
- Light 1 (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 055° NE
- Landmark Renaissance Cinema (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 107° E
- Light 2 (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 055° NE
- Morraine Hills State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 295° NW
- Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 034° NE
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About This Indian Creek Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Indian Creek, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.227205, -87.978359. 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 Indian Creek includes the ZIP code (60151, 60061), telephone area code (312, 773), county seat of Lake County (Waukegan), and school district assignment (Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73).
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. |
