Goose Lake Prairie State Park
Goose Lake Prairie State Park is a park in Grundy, Illinois. Goose Lake Prairie State Park 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 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. Morris Operation is situated 2 miles northeast of Goose Lake Prairie State Park.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 4½ miles south of Goose Lake Prairie State Park.
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 Prairie State Park.
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 Goose Lake Prairie State Park.
Goose Lake Prairie State Park
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Goose Lake PXairie State Natural Area” and “oose Lake Natural Area”
- Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.36475° or 41° 21′ 53″ northLongitude
-88.3084° or 88° 18′ 30″ westElevation
518 feet (158 metres)Open location code
86HH9M7R+WJGeoNames ID
4894098
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