Oakwood Hills Illinois Map

About Oakwood Hills, Illinois

Oakwood Hills is a locality in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,076. The population density is 736.7 people per km². Oakwood Hills is located at 42.2464°N, 88.2429°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oakwood Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60013.

Oakwood Hills rises from a landscape of glacial moraines and wooded swells, where the earth holds the memory of ancient ice in its deep, fertile loam. It lies 2.4 miles north of Cary, IL (from Cary, IL: bearing 354°T), and is situated 3.8 miles east of Crystal Lake. The terrain here is defined by the deliberate, quiet presence of Bates Fen Nature Preserve, which stretches across the immediate landscape to protect rare sedge meadows and fragile wetland flora from the encroaching suburban grid. Only a mile to the west, the Fox River carves a dark, persistent path through the limestone bedrock, while Thunderbird Lake sits two miles distant, acting as a mirror for the shifting Midwestern sky. Sunlight in Oakwood Hills arrives with a particular, sharp clarity at dawn, catching the frost on the tall prairie grasses and defining the subtle, undulating contours of the land before the day’s work begins.

Economic life in Oakwood Hills maintains a quiet distance from the industrial roar of the nearby metropolitan centers, favoring a character built on residential stability and the preservation of its natural corridors. The history of the locality is written not in grand monuments, but in the slow transition from open agricultural tracts to the careful planning of its scattered, leafy residential lots. Residents often look toward the distant silhouette of Bald Knob, a faint reminder of the geological variety found further afield, or spend their weekends navigating the stretches of the Fox River Trail that wind through the surrounding region. Life here moves with the steady, unpretentious pace of a place that values the shade of its namesake trees and the seasonal rhythm of the inland plains, keeping its focus on the immediate, tangible beauty of the local woods and the quietude of the fen.

About This Oakwood Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oakwood Hills, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.246412, -88.242862. 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 Oakwood Hills includes the ZIP code (60013), telephone area code (312, 773), county seat of McHenry County (Woodstock), and school district assignment (Community High School District 155).

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.