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Mettawa Illinois Map

Explore Mettawa, 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 Mettawa, Illinois

How to Use This Mettawa, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mettawa, 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 Mettawa.

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	Mettawa
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Lake County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.243369
Longitude	-87.921418
Population	533
Density	37.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60048
Area Code	312, 773
County Seat	Waukegan
School District	Libertyville Community High School District 128

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About Mettawa, Illinois

Mettawa is a locality in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 533. The population density is 37.8 people per km². Mettawa is located at 42.2434°N, 87.9214°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mettawa is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60048.

Mettawa occupies a quiet expanse of land where the slow, deliberate movement of the Des Plaines River defines the local topography. It lies 2.9 miles east-northeast of Vernon Hills, IL (from Vernon Hills, IL: bearing 71°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-southwest of Waukegan. The landscape here is defined by the protected, verdant sprawl of the Granger Woods Forest Preserve, which blankets the earth in a dense, quiet canopy that seems to absorb the noise of the modern world. Beyond this preserve, the horizon remains broad and open, occasionally interrupted by the faint, jagged silhouette of Rogers Ridge rising in the distant west. Two miles away, the surface of Harvey Lake acts as a mirror for the shifting Midwestern sky, its edges softened by the reeds and grasses that thrive in the rich, heavy soil of the Illinois interior.

Mettawa maintains a character shaped by the preservation of its natural legacy and a deliberate, agrarian-inspired restraint in its development. While the regional economy once leaned heavily upon the rhythms of the land, the area has evolved into a place where the sprawl of the city meets an insistence on expansive, private acreage. The history of Mettawa is written in the preservation of its trails and the enduring presence of the woods, favoring a pace of life that values stillness over the frantic pace of the nearby urban grid. In the quiet hours of dusk, the air grows heavy and cool, carrying the scent of damp earth and deep timber, reinforcing a sense of permanence that exists entirely apart from the bustling commerce of the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Granger Woods Forest Preserve (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 180° S
Old School Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 349° N
Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 193° S
Vernon Hills Athletic Complex (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 224° SW
Half Day Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.0 mi, 197° S
Viewpoint and Fishing Stand (Viewpoint) — 2.2 mi, 283° W
Middlefork Farm (Nature Reserve) — 2.3 mi, 060° NE
Knollwood Club (Park) — 2.4 mi, 041° NE
Roundout Train Robbery (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 028° NE
Marriott Theatre (Theatre) — 3.3 mi, 183° S
Cook Park Playground (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 330° NW
Polar Bear Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 276° W
Lake Bluff Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 043° NE
Expression Gallery of Fine Art (Gallery) — 4.1 mi, 080° E
1834 Capt. Daniel Wright (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 176° S
Allan Carr Theater (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 088° E
K1 Speed (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 188° S
Light 1 (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 049° NE
Light 2 (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 049° NE
The Magic Rock (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 131° SE
Landmark Renaissance Cinema (Cinema) — 7.3 mi, 123° SE
Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas (Cinema) — 7.3 mi, 182° S
Legacy Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 356° N
Perkowitz Art Studio (Gallery) — 8.9 mi, 320° NW
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 026° NE
Chain O'Lakes State Park (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 319° NW

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