Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is a parking area in Goose Lake Township, Grundy, Illinois. Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is situated nearby to the nature reserve Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area, as well as near Aux Sable Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area and Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area.
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
Nature reserve
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is a 2,537-acre state park in Illinois. More than half of the state park is a tallgrass prairie maintained as an Illinois Nature Preserve.
Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area
Nature reserve
Heidecke Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 1,300 acres in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. It is an artificial cooling pond originally excavated to enable the operation of the now defunct Collins Generating Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carbon Hill and Coal City.
Carbon Hill
Village
Carbon Hill is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 372 at the 2020 census. Carbon Hill is situated 4½ miles south of Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area.
Coal City
Village
Coal City is a village in Grundy and Will Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is considered a fringe town of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 5,705 at the 2020 census. Coal City is situated 5 miles south of Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area.
Morris
Town
Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northern Illinois is a region of Illinois generally located immediately along and north of I-80 and outside of Chicagoland. While largely rural, it does include Rockford, the third largest city in Illinois, as well as DeKalb, home of Northern Illinois University. Morris is situated 5 miles west of Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area.
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
- Type: Parking area
- Category: transportation
- Location: Goose Lake Township, Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.36106° or 41° 21′ 40″ northLongitude
-88.31821° or 88° 19′ 6″ westOpen location code
86HH9M6J+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3049775371OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parking
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