Quick answer
Driving from Old Mill Creek? Plan on about 22 minutes and 12.4 miles northeast to Wenzel's Automotive, mainly on Route 173 and Skokie Highway (US 41). The shop is at 1101 Sheridan Rd, Winthrop Harbor, IL, and Old Mill Creek customers come in for tires & tire balancing, wheel alignment and steering & suspension.
Getting here from Old Mill Creek
- Head out to the main road.
- Bear right onto Hunt Club Road.
- At the roundabout, continue on Wadsworth Road for about 1.8 miles.
- Turn left onto Skokie Highway (US 41) for about 2.6 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 12.4 miles, about 4.7 miles on Route 173 and about 2.6 miles on Skokie Highway (US 41). The route has 8 turns, and about 3 miles are on highway. OpenStreetMap routing.
Rural roads and large lots
Old Mill Creek is a village of farmland, horse properties and large lots between I-94 and US 41. Long gravel drives and rough shoulders are hard on tires and alignment, and they kick up stones that chip windshields and cut sidewalls.
Route 173 east
The drive here uses US 41 and Route 173 (Rosecrans Road) east, then 9th Street into Winthrop Harbor. It is mostly open road with few signals.
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Where Old Mill Creek is
In a straight line, the shop is about 8 miles northeast of Old Mill Creek, which is in Lake County, Illinois. Its nearest neighbors on our list: Millburn (1.6 miles), Grandwood Park (2.0 miles) and Lindenhurst (2.8 miles).
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