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Welcome to Hidden Valley ...

Hidden Valley is located in Lake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Hidden Valley: Hidden Vly. (or less commonly used: Hidden Vally. or Hidden Vlly.)

Hidden Valley is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hidden Valley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hidden Valley: 847 & 224<3>

Communities Also Named Hidden Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Hidden Valley: This one is located in Lake County and the other is located in Will County.

Beyond Illinois, there are 29 communities that are also named Hidden Valley - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Indiana, Maryland (4), Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina (4), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (3), Texas, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hidden Valley.

Communities near Hidden Valley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hidden Valley.

  • Elgin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Waukegan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Arlington Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Schaumburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Palatine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Skokie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Des Plaines
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Prospect
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoffman Estates
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenview
    (13 miles [20.9 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 Hidden Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hidden Valley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hidden Valley. 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 Hidden Valley.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hidden Valley ...

Looking for more information about Hidden Valley? 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 Hidden Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hidden Valley.

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 Hidden Valley - 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 Hidden Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 847 or 224. As a result, placing a call in the Hidden Valley 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.