Lake Carlton
Lake Carlton is a reservoir in the Morrison-Rockwood State Park in Whiteside County in northern Illinois. The lake is managed for sport fishing, including largemouth and rock bass, black crappie, channel catfish, redear sunfish, bluegill, muskie and walleye.Places of Interest
Highlights include Morrison-Rockwood State Park and Morrison Covered Bridge 13-98-B.
Morrison-Rockwood State Park
Park
Photo: EarlRShumaker, CC BY 2.0.
Morrison Rockwood State Park is an Illinois state park on 1,164 acres located north of Morrison in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. The park was established in 1971 and opened for day use that same year.
Whiteside County Courthouse
Courthouse
The Whiteside County Courthouse is a government building in Morrison, the county seat of Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. Completed in 1987 to replace a 19th-century predecessor, it is the fourth courthouse, in the third community, to serve Whiteside County officials since the county's formation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morrison and Ustick Township.
Morrison
Town
Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5.
Morrison is a town and the county seat of Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Morrison had a population of 4,085. It is located on the Historic Lincoln Highway, the nation's first transcontinental highway and in Morrison was the site of two concrete "seedling miles", which served as prototypes of what an improved highway could do for the nation.
Ustick Township
Locality
Ustick Township is located in Whiteside County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 613 and it contained 250 housing units.
Union Grove
Hamlet
Union Grove is an unincorporated community in Whiteside County, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Lake Carlton
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Whiteside, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.84559° or 41° 50′ 44″ northLongitude
-89.96604° or 89° 57′ 58″ westElevation
659 feet (201 metres)Open location code
86HGR2WM+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 50618294OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
4898986Wikidata ID
Q6475183
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Carlton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Carlton”
- French: “Lake Carlton”
- Welsh: “Llyn Carlton”
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