THE HIGHLAND PARK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex setting.
Highland Park city has 12.2 square miles of land in Lake County. Its Census reference point is in Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex, within Central Corn Belt Plains.
Glaciated plains historically supported tallgrass prairie mixed with oak and hickory woodland. Dark prairie soils and broad farming landscapes distinguish much of the Central Corn Belt.
Regional context: Central Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Highland Park and Lake County
Highland Park is associated with Lake County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Highland Park by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Highland Park, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 67.3 percentage points lower than the 67.6% recorded for Lake County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Highland Park city has 1 times the land area of nearby Moraine township (11.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

