Knollwood Illinois Map

About Knollwood, Illinois

Knollwood is a locality in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,121. The population density is 1353.6 people per km². Knollwood is located at 42.2846°N, 87.8793°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62684, 60044.

Knollwood anchors itself upon the flat, wide expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 2.4 miles southwest of Great Lakes, IL (from Great Lakes, IL: bearing 229°T), and is situated 5.7 miles south-southwest of Waukegan. The terrain here is defined by the steady, modest pulse of the Skokie River, which carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy soil, its banks often thick with the scent of damp silt and turning leaves. While the horizon remains largely unbroken, the land holds the quiet gravity of the Midwest, punctuated by the curated greenery of Knollwood Park, where the light at dusk catches the long grasses and turns them to pale copper. Though twelve miles removed from the open coastline, the air carries a subtle, saline memory of the wind moving off Waukegan Harbor, a reminder of the vast, shifting waters that define the regional climate.

History in Knollwood is measured not in monuments, but in the steady accretion of suburban rhythms and the quiet expansion of the local economy. The proximity to Liberty Lake offers a stillness that contrasts with the industrious nature of the surrounding corridor, where the legacy of manufacturing and transit has long dictated the flow of labor and trade. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that values the routine, from the seasonal cycles of the woods to the persistent hum of commerce that connects these neighborhoods to the wider grid. Even as the Gurnee Woods Forest Preserve looms eight miles away as a dark, dense bastion of older growth, Knollwood remains a place of deliberate order, where the intersection of human enterprise and the stubborn, flat landscape creates a singular, grounded sense of belonging.

About This Knollwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Knollwood, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.284584, -87.879317. 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 Knollwood includes the ZIP code (62684, 60044), telephone area code (217, 312, 773), county seat of Lake County (Waukegan), and school district assignment (Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65).

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.