Collins Station Cooling Lake Dam
Collins Station Cooling Lake Dam is a dam in Aux Sable Township, Grundy, Illinois. Collins Station Cooling Lake Dam is situated nearby to Aux Sable Island, as well as near the nature reserve Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area and Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area.
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.
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. Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is situated 1½ miles southeast of Collins Station Cooling Lake Dam.
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. Morris Operation is situated 2½ miles east of Collins Station Cooling Lake Dam.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morris and Channahon.
Morris
Town
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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 Collins Station Cooling Lake Dam.
Channahon
Town
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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. Channahon is situated 6 miles northeast of Collins Station Cooling Lake Dam.
Minooka
Town
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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. Minooka is situated 6 miles northeast of Collins Station Cooling Lake Dam.
Collins Station Cooling Lake Dam
- Type: Dam
- Location: Aux Sable Township, Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.38462° or 41° 23′ 5″ northLongitude
-88.32241° or 88° 19′ 21″ westElevation
558 feet (170 metres)Open location code
86HH9MMH+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 354187156OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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