Aux Sable Lock

Aux Sable Lock is a dam in Aux Sable Township, Grundy, Illinois. Aux Sable Lock is situated nearby to the nature reserve Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area, as well as near Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area.

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Grundy County, Illinois, United States of America
Also known as: “Lock Number 8”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area and Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area.

Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area

Nature reserve

Heidecke Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 1,300 acres in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. It is an artificial cooling pond originally excavated to enable the operation of the now defunct Collins Generating Station. Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area is situated 2 miles south of Aux Sable Lock.

Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area

Nature reserve

Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is a 2,537-acre state park in Illinois. More than half of the state park is a tallgrass prairie maintained as an Illinois Nature Preserve. Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is situated 2½ miles southeast of Aux Sable Lock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morris and Minooka.

Morris

Town

Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Northern Illinois is a region of Illinois generally located immediately along and north of I-80 and outside of Chicagoland. While largely rural, it does include Rockford, the third largest city in Illinois, as well as DeKalb, home of Northern Illinois University. Morris is situated 5 miles southwest of Aux Sable Lock.

Minooka

Town

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

Minooka is a village in Grundy, Kendall, and Will counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,758 at the 2020 census, up from 10,924 at the 2010 census. The village is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Minooka is situated 6 miles northeast of Aux Sable Lock.

Channahon

Town

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Channahon is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 13,383 at the 2020 census. Located in a rural area southwest of Joliet, Illinois, Channahon lies at the confluence of the Des Plaines, Kankakee, and DuPage rivers, where they form the Illinois River. Channahon is situated 6 miles northeast of Aux Sable Lock.

Aux Sable Lock

Location: Aux Sable Township, Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.39559° or 41° 23′ 44″ north

Longitude

-88.33201° or 88° 19′ 55″ west

Elevation

505 feet (154 metres)

Open location code

86HH9MW9+65

GeoNames ID

4883869

Wikidata ID

Q31971864

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Cebuano: “Aux Sable Lock”

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