Editing Lake Bluff, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Pathway_in_Ravine_Park%2C_Lake_Bluff.jpg|thumb|left|The main trail of [[Ravine Park]]]]
Lake Bluff is located in the [[North Shore (Chicago)|North Shore]] area at {{coord|42|17|N|87|51|W|type:city}} (42.281, -87.849).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

[[File:Moonrise on New Year's Day.jpg|thumb|right|A [[New Year's Day]] moonrise over [[Lake Michigan]]]]
According to the 2010 census, Lake Bluff has a total area of {{convert|4.057|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.05|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 99.83%) is land and {{convert|0.007|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 0.17%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1740910
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=August 4, 2015
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213085027/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1740910
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
  }}</ref>  It is bordered by [[Lake Michigan]] on the east, [[Naval Station Great Lakes]] to the north, [[Lake Forest, Illinois|Lake Forest]] to the south, and [[Libertyville, Illinois|Libertyville]] to the west. The town is named for the prominent bluff overlooking [[Lake Michigan]] that extends across the eastern boundary.

Half of Lake Bluff's land area is residential in nature, while the rest is mainly devoted to parks and recreation.<ref name="Lake Bluff At A Glace">{{cite web|title=About Lake Bluff|url=https://www.lakebluff.org/residents/at-glance|publisher=The Village of Lake Bluff|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> Major [[Neighborhood park|parks]] include Blair Park, [[Ravine Park]], Sunrise Park, and Artesian Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=Community Parks|url=http://www.lakebluffparks.org/parks.html|publisher=Lake Bluff Park District|access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>