Northshore Real Estate & Homes For Sale
Chicago Northshore Real Estate includes suburbs north of Chicago along the lakefront, encompassing many of the most affluent communities in the Midwest and the United States. Northshore communities include Deerfield, Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Northbrook, Northfield, Skokie, Wilmette and Winnetka. The North Shore is also the home of the Ravinia Festival, a world-class outdoor music theater. The Green Bay Trail, an award-winning pedestrian and bicycle path, begins in Wilmette and runs north just to the east of the Chicago Botanic Garden and past the front gate of Ravinia Festival park all the way up to Illinois Beach State Park in Zion, alongside Metra's Union Pacific North Line railroad tracks.
With population of nearly 75,000 residents, Evanston is located in Cook County, north of city of Chicago, east of Skokie and south of Wilmette. Home to Northwestern University, Evanston has a variety of excellent higher educational opportunities, as well as a successful public school system. Evanston is only a half hour drive away from the bustling O’Hare International Airport and an hour away from Chicago Midway International Airport. The Chicago Transit Authority has extensive bus routes and trains running to and from Evanston to the city, the surrounding suburbs and the airports.
