What is the geography of Waukegan, Illinois?
Waukegan is located at (42.372471, -87.861521). Waukegan is on the shore of Lake Michigan, about 10 miles south of the border with Wisconsin and 40 miles north of Chicago, at an elevation of about 669 feet above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 59.8 km sq (23.1 square miles). 59.6 km sq (23.0 mi sq) of it is land and 0.2 km sq (0.1 mi sq) of it (0.35%) is water. Waukegan is commonly referred to as the midpoint between Chicago and Milwaukee, although it is still a part of Chicagoland.
