Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Illinois
• Level 2: Will County
• Level 3: Township of Crete

Current local time in Crete:

06:44 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Crete on map:^[1]

Crete GPS coordinates^[2]

41° 26' 40.128" North, 87° 37' 53.148" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	41.9694°,	-88.33456°
Center:	41.44448°,	-87.63143°
Lower-right:	40.91528°,	-86.92831°
Map W x H:	117.2×117.2 km	= 72.8×72.8mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑29.8% North
Crete:	41.44448°
min Lat:	⇓70.2% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Crete	max Long
-171.73463°	-87.63143°	-66.98998°
W 48.9%⇐		⇒51.1% E

Elevation

Elevation of Crete is 225 m = 738 ft, and this is 69.8 m = 229 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	43.3%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Crete	225 m = 738 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	56.7%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Crete is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 2002.3 km =1244.2 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Crete
North Pole	5398.9	3354.7	to North
Arctic Circle	2793	1735.5	to North
Tropic Cancer	2002.3	1244.2	to South
Equator	4608.2	2863.4	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Crete: (largest is in red/bold)

• Beecher 11.6 km =7.2 mi, 175°
• Chicago Heights 6.9 km =4.3 mi, 357°
• Dyer 10.7 km =6.6 mi, 58°
• Ford Heights 7.6 km =4.7 mi, 25°
• Glenwood 11.2 km =7 mi, 12°
• Matteson 9.5 km =5.9 mi, 314°
• Monee 9.6 km =6 mi, 253°
• Olympia Fields 8.4 km =5.2 mi, 335°
• Park Forest 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 325°
• Richton Park 7.5 km =4.7 mi, 306°
• Sauk Village 7.2 km =4.5 mi, 47°
• South Chicago Heights 4.1 km =2.5 mi, 352°
• Steger 2.9 km =1.8 mi, 351°
• University Park 4.4 km =2.7 mi, 267°
• Willowbrook 8.1 km =5 mi, 79°