Oakwood Hills is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.

[1] Silver Lake is in the western part of the village, draining east to the Fox River.

The unincorporated community of Silver Lake borders Oakwood Hills to the south.

A group of concerned citizens hired expert Robert G. Abboud to create an impact assessment of the proposed project.

The report emphasized risks to groundwater, air quality, and noise issues, among others as to why the project needed to be further studied.