Rock River Prairie State Natural Area
Rock River Prairie State Natural Area is a park in Rock County, Southwest Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Rock River Prairie State Natural Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Garden Village, as well as near Holiday Hills.Places of Interest
Highlights include Riverside Energy Center and Rock River Generating Station.
Riverside Energy Center
Power station
Photo: Dual Freq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riverside Energy Center is an electrical power station located north of Beloit, Wisconsin in the Town of Beloit, just west of the Rock River. It consists of two 2-on-1 units. The facility is owned and operated by Alliant Energy.
Rock River Generating Station
Photo: Dual Freq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rock River Generating Station was an electrical power station located north of Beloit, Wisconsin in the town of Beloit at 827 W. B. R. Townline Road on the west bank of the Rock River.
Turner High School
School
F. J. Turner High School is a high school located in the Town of Beloit in Rock County, Wisconsin, and is part of the Beloit Turner School District. The school was named after frontiersman Frederick Jackson Turner. Turner High School is situated 1½ miles southeast of Rock River Prairie State Natural Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Afton and Beloit.
Afton
Hamlet
Afton is an unincorporated community in the Town of Rock, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The town hall for the Town of Rock is in Afton. Afton is situated 2½ miles northwest of Rock River Prairie State Natural Area.
Beloit
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Beloit is a city of 37,000 people in Southwest Wisconsin. Its downtown is anchored by a core of historic buildings and the Ironworks office and industrial campus.
Shopiere
Hamlet
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Shopiere is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Town of Turtle, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. It was first named a CDP at the 2020 census, which showed a population of 154. Shopiere is situated 5 miles east of Rock River Prairie State Natural Area.
Rock River Prairie State Natural Area
- Type: Park
- Description: park in the United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Rock County, Southwest Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.57196° or 42° 34′ 19″ northLongitude
-89.04317° or 89° 2′ 35″ westElevation
774 feet (236 metres)Open location code
86JGHXC4+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 354532702OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“Rock River Prairie State Natural Area” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rock River Prairie State Natural Area”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Garden Village and Holiday Hills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Riverside Energy Center and Rock River Solar Facility.
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