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Dunlap Lake is a 138-acre private lake east of downtown Edwardsville in Madison County, Illinois, United States, which was created by Orie T. Dunlap in the 1930s.The community is a private-residential district where residents can swim, fish and boat.
The nearest town is Litchfield, Illinois (7 miles). The lake is south of Springfield, Illinois (41 miles) and north of St. Louis, Missouri (61 miles). Lake Lou Yaeger is managed for bass, bluegill, catfish, and crappie. The fish yield is enjoyed by many species; bald eagles began to nest at the lake in 2005. Boaters enjoy the absence of both ...
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Illinois. The lakes are ordered by their unique names, (i.e. Lake Smith or Smith Lake would both be listed under "S"). Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Carlyle Lake is a 25,000-acre (101.2 km 2) reservoir largely located in Clinton County, Illinois, United States, with smaller portions of the lake within Bond and Fayette counties. It is the largest man-made lake in Illinois, and the largest lake wholly contained within the state.
Grays Lake contains approximately 112 million US gallons (420,000 m 3) of water covering approximately 80 acres (320,000 m 2). Water depth is approximately 18 feet (5.5 m) [3] at its deepest point and averages 4 feet (1.2 m) deep. The lake is nearly 0.3 miles (0.48 km) wide and 0.53 miles (0.85 km) long with about 2 miles (3.2 km) of lake shore.
Lake Mattoon is a 1,050-acre (4.2 km 2) reservoir located in Coles County, Illinois, Cumberland County, Illinois, and Shelby County, Illinois. Almost three-quarters of the lake, 765 acres (3.10 km 2), is located in Shelby County. The reservoir was built to supply tap water to Mattoon, Illinois and Neoga, but also provides fishing and boating ...
Rend Lake is a 13-mile (20.9 km) long, 3-mile (4.8 km) wide reservoir located in Southern Illinois in Franklin and Jefferson Counties near the town of Benton.It contains 18,900 acres (76 km 2) of water, stores 185,000 acre-feet (228,000,000 m 3) of water, and supplies over 15 million gallons of water per day to 300,000 persons in over 60 communities.
Lake Galena receives its water from a watershed about 10,591 acres (42.86 km 2) in size and is located at an elevation of about 710 feet (220 m). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It encompasses an area of 225 acres (91 hectares) and with 7 miles (11 km) of shoreline. [ 1 ]