Editing Ringwood, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
Ringwood is located in northeastern McHenry County at {{coord|42|23|42|N|88|18|11|W|type:city}} (42.395084, -88.303030).<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> It is bordered by the larger village of [[Johnsburg, Illinois|Johnsburg]] to the southeast. The village of [[Wonder Lake, Illinois|Wonder Lake]] is to the southwest.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Ringwood has a total area of {{convert|3.86|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

===Major streets===
* [[Image:Illinois 31.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 31|Richmond Road]] passes just northeast of the center of Ringwood, leading north {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Richmond, Illinois|Richmond]] and southeast {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[McHenry, Illinois|McHenry]].
* Barnard Mill Road runs northwest–southeast through the center of Ringwood.
* Ringwood Road, running southwest–northeast, crosses Barnard Mill Road in the village center.

===Public and rail transportation===
As of October 2018, the closest [[public transportation]] to Ringwood is a [[Pace (transit)|Pace]] bus route that runs through Johnsburg, between the nearby municipalities of [[Crystal Lake, Illinois|Crystal Lake]], [[McHenry, Illinois|McHenry]], and [[Fox Lake, Illinois|Fox Lake]]. The closest rail transit is the [[McHenry station|McHenry]] commuter rail station, one of the termini of [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific Northwest Line]]. Until 1980, the commuter rail service also served a Ringwood station and continued north to the Village of [[Richmond, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/sites/default/files/documents/planyourtrip/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=System Map|date=October 2018|publisher=[[Regional Transportation Authority (Illinois)]]|language=en|access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wbf0QqmNkDYC&dq=mchenry+station+illinois&pg=PA104|title=Best Rail Trails Illinois: More than 40 Rail Trails throughout the State|last=Villaire|first=Ted|date=June 1, 2010|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780762762897|language=en}}</ref> A remaining freight track exists between Ringwood's [[Dow Chemical]] plant at Barnard Mill Road and McHenry station.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.buzzfile.com/business/Dow-Chemical-815-653-2411| title= Dow Chemical [Ringwood]| publisher=Buzzfile| access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref>