Long Lake

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Long Lake

Total population

3,307

Weather73°F · Patchy Fog then Cloudy

Coordinates42.37°, -88.13°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Long Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,663.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Long Lake, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

K

Kathleen Brennan

Irish–American songwriter, musician producer & artist

William Grant Stratton

Illinois governor, Illinois treasurer, and U.S. Congressman (1914–2001)

R

Ralph R. Proctor

American engineer (1894-1962)

Clay Guida

American mixed martial artist (born 1981)

Chuck Hiller

American baseball player

T

Tim Unroe

American baseball player

James Graham

American sports shooter (1873–1950)

Jim McMillen

American football player (1902-1984)

Pete Loeffler

American musician

L

Lambert Ben Freund

American materials engineer

C. J. Fiedorowicz

American football player

Mike Kazlausky

College baseball coach

K

Kecia Morway

American soccer player

A

Annie Swan Coburn

American art collector

T. J. Edwards

American football player (born 1996)

D. J. Snelten

baseball player (1992-)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Long Lake

Flood insurance study

1980

The song of Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1855

Railroad/highway accident report

United States. National Transportation Safety Board. · 1977

Expert testimony before the Indian Claims Commission

United States. Indian Claims Commission · 1958

Report to the mayor and the City council of the city of Chicago

Chicago (Ill.). Lake shore reclamation commission. · 1912

Multiyear synthesis of limnological data from 1993 to 2001 for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program

2005

Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges

John Grassy · 2000

1990 census of population and housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1992

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-09-16

Bay Polypore

Picipes badius

Seen 2026-09-16

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Seen 2026-09-16

Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

Seen 2026-09-16

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-16

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Seen 2026-09-16

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Seen 2026-09-16

pinkweed

Persicaria pensylvanica

Seen 2026-09-16

field bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).