Goose Lake
Goose Lake is a lake in Grundy, Illinois. Goose Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Divine, as well as near Lorenzo.Places of Interest
Highlights include Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area and Dresden Generating Station.
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.
Dresden Generating Station
Power station
Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.
Dresden Generating Station is the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States. Dresden 1 was activated in 1960 and retired in 1978. Dresden Generating Station is situated 2½ miles north of Goose Lake.
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. Morris Operation is situated 1½ miles north of Goose Lake.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carbon Hill and Coal City.
Carbon Hill
Village
Carbon Hill is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 372 at the 2020 census. Carbon Hill is situated 4 miles south of Goose Lake.
Coal City
Village
Coal City is a village in Grundy and Will Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is considered a fringe town of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 5,705 at the 2020 census. Coal City is situated 5 miles south of Goose Lake.
Diamond
Hamlet
Diamond is a village in Grundy and Will Counties, Illinois. The population was 2,640 at the 2020 census. Diamond is situated 5 miles south of Goose Lake.
Goose Lake
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.35658° or 41° 21′ 24″ northLongitude
-88.28152° or 88° 16′ 54″ westElevation
505 feet (154 metres)Open location code
86HH9P49+J9GeoNames ID
4894090
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