Little Dresden Island
Little Dresden Island is a reef in Grundy, Illinois. Little Dresden Island 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 Dresden Generating Station and Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area.
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.
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. Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is situated 2½ miles south of Little Dresden Island.
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.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Channahon and Minooka.
Channahon
Town
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 4 miles northeast of Little Dresden Island.
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 Little Dresden Island.
Little Dresden Island
- Type: Reef
- Description: island in Grundy County, Illinois, United States
- Categories: island and landform
- Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.39877° or 41° 23′ 56″ northLongitude
-88.28971° or 88° 17′ 23″ westElevation
489 feet (149 metres)Open location code
86HH9PX6+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 35393197OpenStreetMap feature
natural=reef
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In Other Languages
“Little Dresden Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Little Dresden Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Divine and Aux Sable.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dresden Island and Dresden Island Lock.
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