Kankakee Bluffs
Kankakee Bluffs is a cliff in Grundy, Illinois and has an elevation of 607 feet. Kankakee Bluffs is situated nearby to the hamlet Divine, as well as near the town Channahon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dresden Generating Station and Channahon State Park.
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.
Channahon State Park
Park
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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". Channahon State Park is situated 2½ miles northeast of Kankakee Bluffs.
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 southwest of Kankakee Bluffs.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Channahon and Minooka.
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 2½ miles northeast of Kankakee Bluffs.
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. Minooka is situated 4 miles north of Kankakee Bluffs.
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. Millsdale is situated 6 miles northeast of Kankakee Bluffs.
Kankakee Bluffs
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 607 feet
- Description: cliff in Grundy County, Illinois, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.39781° or 41° 23′ 52″ northLongitude
-88.25812° or 88° 15′ 29″ westElevation
607 feet (185 metres)Open location code
86HH9PXR+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 354111723OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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In Other Languages
“Kankakee Bluffs” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kankakee Bluffs”
Localities in the Area
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