Quick answer
Driving from Vernon Hills? Plan on about 41 minutes and 25.4 miles northeast to Wenzel's Automotive, mainly on Milwaukee Avenue (Route 21) and Skokie Highway (US 41). The shop is at 1101 Sheridan Rd, Winthrop Harbor, IL, and Vernon Hills customers come in for oil change & maintenance, tires & tire balancing and brake repair.
Getting here from Vernon Hills
- Start out on Deerpath Drive.
- Turn right onto Townline Road (Route 60) for about a mile.
- Turn left onto Milwaukee Avenue (Route 21) for about 8.9 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 25.4 miles, about 8.9 miles on Milwaukee Avenue (Route 21) and about 5.5 miles on Skokie Highway (US 41). The route has 7 turns, and about 6 miles are on highway. OpenStreetMap routing.
North on Milwaukee Avenue
From Vernon Hills, the route takes Milwaukee Avenue (Route 21) north through Libertyville, then US 41 and Route 173 east into Winthrop Harbor.
Retail traffic
The Route 60 and Milwaukee Avenue retail corridor around Hawthorn Mall is busy most days. Expect more brake wear than the mileage alone suggests.
Services Vernon Hills drivers ask for
Where Vernon Hills is
In a straight line, the shop is about 18 miles northeast of Vernon Hills, which is in Lake County, Illinois. Its nearest neighbors on our list: Indian Creek (1.0 miles), Mettawa (2.0 miles) and Mundelein (2.7 miles).
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