Collins Cooling Pond
Collins Cooling Pond is a reservoir in Grundy, Illinois. Collins Cooling Pond is situated nearby to the village Aux Sable, as well as near the hamlet Divine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area and Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area.
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.
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.
Morris Operation
The Morris Operation in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, is the location of the only permanent de facto high-level radioactive waste storage site in the United States and holds 772 tons of spent nuclear fuel.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morris and Channahon.
Morris
Town
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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 6 miles west of Collins Cooling Pond.
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 Collins Cooling Pond.
Minooka
Town
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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 Collins Cooling Pond.
Collins Cooling Pond
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.38493° or 41° 23′ 6″ northLongitude
-88.32129° or 88° 19′ 17″ westElevation
558 feet (170 metres)Open location code
86HH9MMH+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 354187124OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=reservoirGeoNames ID
4888405
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Highlights include Aux Sable Island and Visitor Center - Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area.
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