Gages Lake, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gages Lake, Illinois, shaded from 710 ft on the east side to 820 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
820 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m780 ft 235 m750 ft 230 m720 ft 220 m710 ft 215 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Gages Lake sits at about 780 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
780 ft 240 m
most residents: 740–800 ft
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the east side
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the southwest side
Average
770 ft 235 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Gages Lake spans about 110 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
780 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
710 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gages Lake
770 ft235 m
Airport (C81)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi west of the CDP boundary
788 ft240 m
Average of all land770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gages Lake, Illinois, shaded from 710 ft on the east side to 820 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lake County, Illinois, United States
Population
10,637 2020 Census
Land area
3.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
3,574 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.3517° N, 87.9826° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Des Plaines River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Campbell (C81) 788 ft
ZIP codes 2
60030 60031
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Venetian Village790 ft
  2. Round Lake Park790 ft
  3. Hainesville790 ft
  4. Grayslake790 ft
  5. Avon Township780 ft
  6. Gages Lake780 ft
  7. Lindenhurst780 ft
  8. Third Lake770 ft
  9. Grandwood Park760 ft
  10. Warren Township730 ft
  11. Gurnee720 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gander Mountain957 ft
  • Bald Knob, McHenry County790 ft
  • Leahy Hill770 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Gages Lake is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.