Quick answer
Driving from Fox Lake? Plan on about 42 minutes and 24.4 miles east to Wenzel's Automotive, mainly on Route 173 and Fox Lake Road (Route 59). The shop is at 1101 Sheridan Rd, Winthrop Harbor, IL, and Fox Lake customers come in for tires & tire balancing, brake repair and exhaust repair.
Getting here from Fox Lake
- Head out to the main road.
- Turn right onto Grand Avenue for about 1.5 miles.
- Turn left onto Fox Lake Road (Route 59) for about 7 miles.
- Turn right onto Route 173 for about 13 miles.
- Turn left onto Lewis Avenue for about a mile.
- Turn right onto 9th Street for about 1.5 miles.
- Turn right onto Sheridan Road (Route 137).
- Turn left at 11th Street. Wenzel's Automotive is on the corner at 1101 Sheridan Rd.
Of the 24.4 miles, about 13.0 miles on Route 173 and about 7.0 miles on Fox Lake Road (Route 59). The route has 7 turns, with no interstate driving. OpenStreetMap routing.
Route 59 and Route 173
From Fox Lake, the route goes north on Fox Lake Road (Route 59), then east on Route 173 for about 13 miles into Winthrop Harbor.
Chain O'Lakes life
Fox Lake is the heart of the Chain O'Lakes. Boat towing, wet launches and gravel lots are hard on brakes, wheel bearings and exhaust parts.
Services Fox Lake drivers ask for
Where Fox Lake is
Fox Lake is in Lake County, Illinois, about 19 miles west of the shop in a straight line. The closest other towns on our list are Ingleside (1.8 miles), Johnsburg (3.2 miles) and Long Lake (3.3 miles).
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