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Welcome to Fox Lake Hills ...

Fox Lake Hills is located in Lake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Fox Lake Hills: Fox Lk. Hills

Fox Lake Hills is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fox Lake Hills lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Fox Lake Hills: 847 & 224<3>

Communities near Fox Lake Hills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fox Lake Hills.

  • Waukegan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Buffalo Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Crystal Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mundelein
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Algonquin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gurnee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • North Chicago
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • North Chicago is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chicago
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,639 people
  • Lake-in-the-Hills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • McHenry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Round Lake Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fox Lake Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fox Lake Hills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fox Lake Hills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fox Lake Hills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fox Lake Hills. See our Newspapers Page for Fox Lake Hills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fox Lake Hills ...

Looking for more information about Fox Lake Hills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fox Lake Hills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fox Lake Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fox Lake Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 847 code has been Overlayed with the 224 area code. New phone numbers in the Fox Lake Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 847 or 224. As a result, placing a call in the Fox Lake Hills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.