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Old Mill Creek Illinois Map

Explore Old Mill 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 Old Mill Creek, Illinois

How to Use This Old Mill Creek, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Old Mill 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 Old Mill 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	Old Mill Creek
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Lake County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.433133
Longitude	-87.9822
Population	162
Density	5.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60083
Area Code	312, 773
County Seat	Waukegan
School District	Warren Township High School District 121

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About Old Mill Creek, Illinois

Old Mill Creek is a locality in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 162. The population density is 5.9 people per km². Old Mill Creek is located at 42.4331°N, 87.9822°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Old Mill Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60083.

Old Mill Creek commands a modest expanse of the Midwestern landscape where the persistent flow of Mill Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy, dark soil. It lies 2.8 miles east-northeast of Lindenhurst, IL (from Lindenhurst, IL: bearing 74°T), and is situated 6.9 miles east-northeast of Round Lake Beach. The terrain stretches out in a quiet display of glacial debris and alluvial plains, flattened by the slow retreat of ancient ice sheets into a vast, open horizon. To the west, the gentle rise of Leahy Hill breaks the monotony of the prairie, while the nearby Mcdonald Woods Forest Preserve offers a dense canopy of oak and hickory that holds the morning mist long after the sun has climbed. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, amber clarity, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields and turn the gray-brown stalks of autumn crops into brittle, golden monuments against the cooling air.

Settlement in Old Mill Creek arrived with the steady push of those seeking fertile ground, leaving behind the crowded brick-and-limestone centers of the industrializing East to graft a life onto the Illinois basin. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the land, defined by the seasonal cycles of cultivation that dictate the pace of work and the heavy, mechanical hum of machinery during the harvest. While the bustle of the greater region exerts a gravitational pull, the local character remains defined by a deliberate, low-slung stillness, punctuated by the proximity of Fourth Lake and the quiet, verdant reaches of the Wadsworth Savanna Forest Preserve. Life in Old Mill Creek is a matter of maintaining these long-standing boundaries, where the intersection of rural heritage and the encroaching suburban grid creates a distinct, quiet friction that defines the modern character of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ethels Woods 1 (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 316° NW
Mcdonald Woods Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 235° SW
Oak Ridge Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 262° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 254° W
Gold Pyramid House (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 123° SE
Wadsworth Savanna Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.6 mi, 071° E
Sterling Lake Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.6 mi, 061° NE
Dutch Gap 4 (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 345° N
Red Wing Slough (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 323° NW
Russell Military Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 021° N
Archery (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 016° N
Games Rides (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 016° N
Legion Field (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 016° N
Fountainside Music Stage (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 016° N
Lord Mayor's Forum (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 016° N
Legacy Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 151° SE
Hank Salemi Memorial (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 152° SE
M47 Tank (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 144° SE
Amos Bennett: First African American Settler in Lake County (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 148° SE
Extensive Wl Habitat - Public Hunting Ground (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 343° N
Grayslake Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 206° SW
Perkowitz Art Studio (Gallery) — 6.9 mi, 203° SW
Chain O'Lakes State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 281° W
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park (State Park) — 8.2 mi, 091° E
Jack Benny Center For The Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.4 mi, 112° E
Abraham Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 9.1 mi, 124° SE
Dandelion Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.3 mi, 124° SE
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.7 mi, 278° W · 638 acres

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