Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve
Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve is a park in Grundy, Illinois. Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Divine, as well as near the village Aux Sable.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
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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 2 miles northeast of Goose Lake Prairie 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. Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area is situated 2 miles west of Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve.
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 5 miles south of Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve.
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 6 miles south of Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve.
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 Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve.
Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve
- Type: Park
- Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.36753° or 41° 22′ 3″ northLongitude
-88.29729° or 88° 17′ 50″ westElevation
518 feet (158 metres)Open location code
86HH9P93+23GeoNames ID
4894097
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