Chicago Glider Club Gliderport
Chicago Glider Club Gliderport is an aerodrome in Channahon Township, Will, Illinois. Chicago Glider Club Gliderport is situated nearby to the town Channahon, as well as near Minooka.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Will County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Chicago Glider Club” and “IL59”
- Address: IL
Places of Interest
Highlights include Channahon State Park and Briscoe Mounds.
Channahon State Park
Park
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Channahon State Park is an Illinois state park in Will County, Illinois, United States. The park was named after a Native American word meaning "the meeting of the waters" It lies adjacent to the confluence of the Dupage, Des Plaines, and Kankakee Rivers.
Briscoe Mounds
Historic site
Photo: QuartierLatin1968, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Briscoe Mounds, officially Illinois Archaeological Survey No. Wi-25, is an archaeological site in Channahon, Illinois. The mound site is located along the north edge of the Des Plaines River and is the largest mound site in northern Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Channahon and Minooka.
Channahon
Town
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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.
Millsdale
Hamlet
Millsdale is an abandoned village located in Channahon Township, Will County, Illinois, United States. In 1903, it had a population of 25. In 1946, it had a population of 20. The Santa Fe Railway stopped at Millsdale Station.
Chicago Glider Club Gliderport
- Categories: airport, glider airfield, and transportation
- Location: Channahon Township, Will, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.43154° or 41° 25′ 54″ northLongitude
-88.24731° or 88° 14′ 50″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Open location code
86HHCQJ3+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 369052453OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Chicago Glider Club Gliderport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chicago Glider Club Gliderport”
- French: “aérodrome de Chicago Glider Club”
- French: “Aérodrome de Chicago Glider Club”
- French: “IL59”
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