Skinner Island
Skinner Island is a peninsula in Grundy, Illinois. Skinner Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Divine, as well as near the town Channahon.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dresden Generating Station and Morris Operation.
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.
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.Des Plaines State Conservation Area
Nature reserve
Photo: tjb1215, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 5,000 acres in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is located on floodplain adjacent to the confluence of its namesake the Des Plaines River and the Kankakee River to form the Illinois River.
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.
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.
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.
Skinner Island
- Type: Peninsula
- Category: landform
- Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.38881° or 41° 23′ 20″ northLongitude
-88.25752° or 88° 15′ 27″ westElevation
509 feet (155 metres)Open location code
86HH9PQR+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1511032877OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peninsulaGeoNames ID
4911596
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