Yost Airstrip
Yost Airstrip is an aerodrome in Rockvale Township, Ogle, Illinois. Yost Airstrip is situated nearby to the town Oregon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in United States of America
- Address: IL
Places of Interest
Highlights include Byron Nuclear Generating Station and Eagle’s Nest Art Colony.
Byron Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
Photo: iluvcocacola, CC BY 2.0.
The Byron Clean Energy Center is a nuclear power plant located in Ogle County, Illinois, 2 miles east of the Rock River. The reactor buildings were constructed by Commonwealth Edison and house two Westinghouse Four-Loop pressurized water reactors, Unit 1 and Unit 2, which began operation in September 1985 and August 1987 respectively.
Eagle’s Nest Art Colony
College
The Eagle's Nest Art Colony, the site known in more modern times as the Lorado Taft Field Campus, was founded in 1898 by American sculptor Lorado Taft on the bluffs flanking the east bank of the Rock River, overlooking Oregon, Illinois.
Black Hawk Statue
Work of art
Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eternal Indian, sometimes called the Black Hawk Statue, is a 48-foot sculpture by Lorado Taft located in Lowden State Park, near the city of Oregon in northern Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oregon and Byron.
Oregon
Town
Oregon is a city in and the county seat of Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,721 in 2010.
Byron
Village
Photo: Kranar drogin, CC BY 2.5.
Byron is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, probably best known as the location of the Byron Nuclear Generating Station, one of the last nuclear power plants commissioned in the United States. Byron is situated 5 miles north of Yost Airstrip.
Yost Airstrip
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Rockvale Township, Ogle, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.05392° or 42° 3′ 14″ northLongitude
-89.29372° or 89° 17′ 37″ westElevation
814 feet (248 metres)Open location code
86JG3P34+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 369058069OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
“Yost Airstrip” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yost Airstrip”
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