Whispering Oaks

Whispering Oaks is a residential area in Grundy, Illinois. Whispering Oaks is situated near Red Hawk Park, as well as near the cliff Kankakee Bluffs.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Dresden Generating Station and Channahon State Park.

Dresden Generating Station

Power station

Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.

Dresden Generating Station is the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States. Dresden 1 was activated in 1960 and retired in 1978. Dresden Generating Station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Whispering Oaks.

Channahon State Park

Park

Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Channahon State Park is an Illinois state park in Will County, Illinois, United States. The park was named after a Native American word meaning "the meeting of the waters" It lies adjacent to the confluence of the Dupage, Des Plaines, and Kankakee Rivers. Channahon State Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Whispering Oaks.

Briscoe Mounds

Historic site

Photo: QuartierLatin1968, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Briscoe Mounds, officially Illinois Archaeological Survey No. Wi-25, is an archaeological site in Channahon, Illinois. The mound site is located along the north edge of the Des Plaines River and is the largest mound site in northern Illinois. Briscoe Mounds is situated 2 miles northeast of Whispering Oaks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Channahon and Minooka.

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 2 miles northeast of Whispering Oaks.

Minooka

Town

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

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 3½ miles north of Whispering Oaks.

Millsdale

Hamlet

Millsdale is an abandoned village located in Channahon Township, Will County, Illinois, United States. In 1903, it had a population of 25. In 1946, it had a population of 20. The Santa Fe Railway stopped at Millsdale Station. Millsdale is situated 5 miles northeast of Whispering Oaks.

Whispering Oaks

Type: Residential area
Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.40268° or 41° 24′ 10″ north

Longitude

-88.25243° or 88° 15′ 9″ west

Open location code

86HHCP3X+32

OpenStreetMap ID

way 637028223

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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Highlights: Red Hawk Park and Kankakee Bluffs.

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