Collins Substation
Collins Substation is an electrical substation in Goose Lake Township, Grundy, Illinois. Collins Substation 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 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 2½ miles northeast of Collins Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morris and Carbon Hill.
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 4 miles west of Collins Substation.
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 southeast of Collins Substation.
Paytonville
Hamlet
Paytonville is an unincorporated community in Wauponsee Township, Grundy County, Illinois, United States. Paytonville is located along Southmoor Road near Illinois Route 47, 1.5 miles south of Morris. Paytonville is situated 4½ miles west of Collins Substation.
Collins Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Goose Lake Township, Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.34951° or 41° 20′ 58″ northLongitude
-88.34768° or 88° 20′ 52″ westOperator
Commonwealth EdisonOpen location code
86HH8MX2+RWOpenStreetMap ID
way 43822091
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