Zion Nuclear Power Station
Zion Nuclear Power Station was the third dual-reactor nuclear power plant in the Commonwealth Edison network and served Chicago and the northern quarter of Illinois.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zion station and Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Zion station
Railway station
Zion is a small commuter railroad station on Metra's Union Pacific North Line located in Zion, Illinois. It is located on 2501 South Eden Road, near the intersection with Shiloh Boulevard. Zion station is situated 3,800 feet west of Zion Nuclear Power Station.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Hospital
Cancer Treatment Centers of America, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, was a national, for-profit network of five comprehensive cancer care and research centers and three outpatient care centers that served cancer patients throughout the United States. Cancer Treatment Centers of America is situated 1¼ miles west of Zion Nuclear Power Station.
Illinois Beach State Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Wrongdave, Public domain.
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park, part of the Illinois state park system, is located along Lake Michigan in northern Lake County in northeast Illinois. Illinois Beach State Park is situated 1½ miles south of Zion Nuclear Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Logan and Zion.
Camp Logan
Locality
Photo: Kaytill, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Camp Logan, Illinois was an Illinois National Guard base and rifle range from 1892 to the early 1970s. At one time the Camp was 200 acres. Several buildings survive today as they are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Zion
Town
Photo: Dhalls, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zion is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 United States census, the population was 24,655. Zion is situated 1½ miles west of Zion Nuclear Power Station.
Winthrop Harbor
Town
Winthrop Harbor is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Winthrop Harbor is considered the corner stone of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 6,705. Winthrop Harbor is situated 2½ miles northwest of Zion Nuclear Power Station.
Zion Nuclear Power Station
- Type: Industry
- Description: decommissioned nuclear power plant in Lake County, Illinois
- Category: nuclear power plant
- Location: Zion Township, Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.4476° or 42° 26′ 51″ northLongitude
-87.8039° or 87° 48′ 14″ westElevation
656 feet (200 metres)Open location code
86JJC5XW+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 672632612OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Zion Nuclear Power Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة زيون للطاقة النووية”
- French: “Centrale nucleaire de Zion”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Zion”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Zion”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Zion”
- Japanese: “ザイオン原子力発電所”
- Polish: “Elektrownia jądrowa Zion”
- Russian: “АЭС Зион”
- Ukrainian: “АЕС Зіон”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zion Nuclear Power Station”. Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.