Horseshoe Lake
Horseshoe Lake is a 2,007 acres natural oxbow lake in Alexander County, Illinois. It is the site of Illinois's Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area, a state park 10,645 acres in size.Photo: Agathman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Oxbow lake
- Description: oxbow lake in Alexander County, Illinois
- Also known as: “Horse Shoe Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area.
Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area
Nature reserve
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 10,200 acres in Alexander County, Illinois, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Olive Branch and Unity.
Olive Branch
Hamlet
Olive Branch is a census-designated place in Olive Branch and Sandusky precincts, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 62969.
Unity
Hamlet
Unity, also known as Hodges Park Station, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Sandusky Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States.
Fayville
Hamlet
Fayville is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Fayville is located along the Mississippi River south of Thebes. Fayville is situated 5 miles northwest of Horseshoe Lake.
Horseshoe Lake
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.13314° or 37° 7′ 59″ northLongitude
-89.34097° or 89° 20′ 28″ westElevation
322 feet (98 metres)Open location code
869G4MM5+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 750229909OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=oxbowGeoNames ID
4241053Wikidata ID
Q5906044
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Horseshoe Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horseshoe Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Illinois, Alexander County)”
- Cebuano: “Horseshoe Lake”
- Chinese: “马蹄湖”
- German: “Horseshoe Lake”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area and Horseshoe Lake Nature Preserve.
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