Thompson Lake
Thompson Lake is a reservoir in Jackson, Illinois. Thompson Lake is situated nearby to the locality Southern Hills, as well as near the hamlet Mount Carbon.Places of Interest
Highlights include Southern Illinois Airport and R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home.
Southern Illinois Airport
Aerodrome
Southern Illinois Airport is a public airport in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. It is located three nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Carbondale and east of Murphysboro. Southern Illinois Airport is situated 2½ miles north of Thompson Lake.
R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home
House
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home, located at 407 S. Forest Ave. in Carbondale, Illinois, is a geodesic dome house which was the residence of Buckminster Fuller from 1960 to 1971. R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home is situated 2 miles southeast of Thompson Lake.
Memorial Hosp Of Carbondale
Helipad
Photo: Mahir256, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Memorial Hosp Of Carbondale is a helipad, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Thompson Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carbondale and Murphysboro.
Carbondale
Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
Carbondale is a small city of about 25,000 in Southern about 14 miles east of the Mississippi River at roughly the southern edge of the plains, and the northern limit of the Shawnee hills.
Murphysboro
Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Murphysboro is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,093 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Metro Lakeland area. The mayor of Murphysboro is Will Stephens. Murphysboro is situated 4½ miles west of Thompson Lake.
Thompson Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Jackson, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.74384° or 37° 44′ 38″ northLongitude
-89.25477° or 89° 15′ 17″ westElevation
407 feet (124 metres)Open location code
869GPPVW+G3GeoNames ID
4251247
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