Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Illinois
• Level 2: Kane County
• Level 3: Township of Elgin

Current local time in Elgin:

10:52 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Elgin on map:^[1]

Elgin GPS coordinates^[2]

42° 2' 14.1" North, 88° 16' 52.284" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	42.55732°,	-88.98432°
Center:	42.03725°,	-88.28119°
Lower-right:	41.51289°,	-87.57807°
Map W x H:	116.1×116.1 km	= 72.1×72.1mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑24% North
Elgin:	42.03725°
min Lat:	⇓76% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Elgin	max Long
-171.73463°	-88.28119°	-66.98998°
W 46%⇐		⇒54% E

Elevation

Elevation of Elgin is 229 m = 751 ft, and this is 65.8 m = 216 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	42.3%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Elgin	229 m = 751 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	57.7%

See also: Elgin elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Elgin is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 2068.2 km =1285.1 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Elgin
North Pole	5333	3313.8	to North
Arctic Circle	2727.1	1694.5	to North
Tropic Cancer	2068.2	1285.1	to South
Equator	4674.1	2904.4	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Algonquin 14.3 km =8.9 mi, 355°
• Bartlett 9.2 km =5.7 mi, 120°
• Carpentersville 9.5 km =5.9 mi, 11°
• East Dundee 6.9 km =4.3 mi, 6°
• Farmington 10.7 km =6.6 mi, 195°
• Gilberts 10.5 km =6.5 mi, 314°
• Hanover Park 12 km =7.5 mi, 110°
• Pingree Grove 11.5 km =7.1 mi, 287°
• Saint Charles 13.9 km =8.6 mi, 189°
• Sleepy Hollow 6.6 km =4.1 mi, 344°
• South Barrington 14.5 km =9 mi, 65°
• South Elgin 4.9 km =3 mi, 190°
• Streamwood 8.6 km =5.3 mi, 98°
• Wayne 10.1 km =6.3 mi, 161°
• West Dundee 6.8 km =4.2 mi, 358°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Элджин
• In Chinese: 埃爾金