Rock River
Rock River is a reservoir in Lee, Illinois. Rock River is situated nearby to the hamlet Lincoln Heights.Places of Interest
Highlights include OSF Saint Katharine Medical Center and Dixon Municipal Airport.
OSF Saint Katharine Medical Center
Hospital
OSF Saint Katharine Medical Center is a hospital in Dixon, Illinois. OSF Saint Katharine is an 80-bed acute care facility providing comprehensive ancillary services, including emergency medicine, obstetrics, inpatient psychiatry, a cardiovascular laboratory, outpatient surgery, inpatient surgery, and intensive care, among others.
Dixon Municipal Airport
Aerodrome
Dixon Municipal Airport, also known as Charles R. Walgreen Field, is a civil, public-use airport located in and owned by the City of Dixon, Illinois. The airport ranks #1 out of airports in Lee County, Illinois and #208 of 323 airports in Illinois. Dixon Municipal Airport is situated 2 miles east of Rock River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dixon and Nachusa.
Dixon
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dixon is called "The Petunia City" but is probably best known as the boyhood home of former US President Ronald Reagan.
Nachusa
Village
Nachusa is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Illinois, United States, located 5 miles east of Dixon. As of the 2020 census, Nachusa had a population of 137. Nachusa is situated 5 miles east of Rock River.
Woosung
Village
Photo: Wayne Wilkinson, CC BY 2.0.
Woosung is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, U.S, and is located in the far southwestern part of the county, northwest of Dixon. Woosung was named by a railroad official who had once visited Woosung, China during his former career as a sea captain. Woosung is situated 5 miles northwest of Rock River.
Rock River
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lee, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.84503° or 41° 50′ 42″ northLongitude
-89.48177° or 89° 28′ 54″ westElevation
643 feet (196 metres)Open location code
86HGRGW9+27GeoNames ID
4907923
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