Lakewood Illinois Map
Lakewood, McHenry County
Lakewood, Illinois — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Lakewood, McHenry County.
Interactive Map of Lakewood, Illinois
| City | Lakewood |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | McHenry |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.22919 |
| Longitude | -88.355086 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Lakewood, Illinois
Lakewood is a locality in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Lakewood is located at 42.2292°N, 88.3551°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 60014.0.
Lakewood, Illinois, unfurls across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the earth breathes with the soft contours of the prairie’s embrace. It lies 2.2 miles west-south-west of Crystal Lake, IL (from Crystal Lake, IL: bearing 247°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-north-west of Carpentersville. The sky here is a vast, ever-changing canvas, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun, low and golden, casts long, stretching shadows that lend a painterly depth to the scattered stands of oak and maple. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean scent of damp soil and the distant, sweet perfume of mown fields, a testament to the agricultural spirit that still whispers through the land. Small, winding roads meander between properties, their asphalt surfaces worn smooth by the passage of generations, hinting at the unhurried pace of life that defines this corner of McHenry County. The history of Lakewood is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of the region, a place where the cultivation of the land has long been the bedrock of its economy. While the whispers of farming still echo, the character of Lakewood has evolved, embracing a more suburban rhythm as families have found a tranquil haven here, drawn by the promise of open spaces and a strong sense of community. It’s a place where children still learn the names of wildflowers in sun-drenched meadows, and where the evening light, a soft, diffused glow, seems to linger a little longer, bathing the quiet streets in a serene, almost nostalgic luminescence.
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About This Lakewood Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Lakewood, Illinois with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Lakewood and McHenry County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Lakewood is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Lakewood is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
