Quick answer
Driving from Grayslake? Plan on about 36 minutes and 22.2 miles northeast to Wenzel's Automotive, mainly on Skokie Highway (US 41) and Route 173. The shop is at 1101 Sheridan Rd, Winthrop Harbor, IL, and Grayslake customers come in for oil change & maintenance, tires & tire balancing and brake repair.
Getting here from Grayslake
- Head out to the main road.
- Turn right onto Center Street.
- Turn right onto Barron Boulevard (Route 83) for under a mile.
- Turn left onto Belvidere Road (Route 120) for about 4 miles.
- Bear right onto the local road.
- Turn left onto Milwaukee Avenue (Route 21) for about 1.6 miles.
- Continue as the road becomes Milwaukee Avenue for under a mile.
- Continue as the road becomes Riverside Drive for about 1.4 miles.
- Continue as the road becomes Skokie Highway (US 41) for about 5.5 miles.
- Turn right onto Route 173 for about 4.7 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 22.2 miles, about 5.5 miles on Skokie Highway (US 41) and about 4.7 miles on Route 173. The route has 12 turns, and about 6 miles are on highway. OpenStreetMap routing.
Belvidere Road east
From Grayslake, the route takes Belvidere Road (Route 120) east to US 41, north to Route 173, then east into Winthrop Harbor.
College of Lake County and commuters
Grayslake is home to the College of Lake County main campus and two Metra lines. Student and commuter cars put on steady miles that make oil changes and rotations come around quickly.
Services Grayslake drivers ask for
Where Grayslake is
Grayslake is in Lake County, Illinois, about 14 miles southwest of the shop in a straight line. The closest other towns on our list are Hainesville (1.4 miles), Round Lake Park (2.0 miles) and Wildwood (2.2 miles).
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