Lake Springfield
Lake Springfield is a 3,965-acre reservoir in the southeast of the capital city of Springfield, Illinois. It is 560 ft above sea level. The lake was formed by building Spaulding Dam across Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dallman Power Plant and Strawbridge-Shepherd House.
Dallman Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Visviva, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The V.Y. Dallman Power Station is a coal-fired power plant located in Springfield, Illinois, at the north end of Lake Springfield. It is owned and operated by the city-owned utility City Water, Light & Power.
Strawbridge-Shepherd House
Heritage site
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Strawbridge-Shepherd House is a historic house located at 5255 Shepherd Road in Springfield, Illinois. Saddle and harness maker Thomas Strawbridge built the house for himself circa 1845. Strawbridge-Shepherd House is situated 1½ miles south of Lake Springfield.
Henson Robinson Zoo
Zoo
The Henson Robinson Zoo is a private nonprofit zoo owned and operated by the Springfield Park District. The zoo was built in 1968–1970 on the eastern shore of Lake Springfield to serve the population of Central Illinois, and opened in 1970. Henson Robinson Zoo is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lake Springfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southern View and Cotton Hill Township.
Southern View
Village
Southern View is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,642 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Southern View is situated 2 miles west of Lake Springfield.
Cotton Hill Township
Village
Cotton Hill Township is located in Sangamon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 902 and it contained 389 housing units. The township is the home of Hunter Lake, a proposed 3,010-acre reservoir. Cotton Hill Township is situated 3½ miles south of Lake Springfield.
Woodside Township
Town
Woodside Township is located in Sangamon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,447 and it contained 5,668 housing units. Woodside Township is situated 3½ miles southwest of Lake Springfield.
Lake Springfield
- Type: Body of water
- Description: reservoir in Illinois, United States
- Category: reservoir
- Location: Sangamon, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.74679° or 39° 44′ 48″ northLongitude
-89.61992° or 89° 37′ 12″ westElevation
558 feet (170 metres)Open location code
86FGP9WJ+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 123112015OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Springfield” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Springfield”
- French: “Lake Springfield”
- Italian: “lago Springfield”
- Lithuanian: “Springfildo ežeras”
- Lithuanian: “Springfildo tvenkinys”
- Welsh: “Llyn Springfield”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Springfield”. Photo: Rastapopulous, CC BY-SA 3.0.