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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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.
Horseshoe Lake
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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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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