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Outside a specific state plane zone accuracy rapidly declines, thus the system is not useful for regional or national mapping. Most state plane zones are based on either a transverse Mercator projection or a Lambert conformal conic projection. The choice between the two map projections is based on the shape of the state and its zones. States ...
Member of the Northern Illinois Wine Trail. [1] Alto Vineyards Alto Pass, Illinois: 1988 Member of the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail [2] and located within the Shawnee Hills AVA. [3] August Hill Winery Peru, Illinois: 2002 Member of the Illinois River Wine Trail. [4] Baxter's Vineyards and Winery Nauvoo, Illinois: 1989 Originally opened in 1857.
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated appellation for American wine in the United States distinguishable by geographic, geologic, and climatic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. [1]
Wilson was an unincorporated community in southern Warren Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. [1] The community was located along Illinois Route 120 (Belvidere Road) and is now part of the cities of Waukegan and Park City and the village of Gurnee .
The Shawnee Hills AVA is an American Viticultural Area located between the Mississippi River and the Ohio River in southern Illinois.The wine appellation includes over 2,140 square miles (5,500 km 2) of land in portions of Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Union, and Williamson counties.
The Illinois side includes Henry County, Mercer County, and Rock Island County. [4] In extreme northwestern Illinois the Driftless Zone, a region of unglaciated and therefore higher and more rugged topography, occupies a small part of the state. Charles Mound, located in this region, is the state's highest elevation above sea level.
List of wineries in Illinois; B. Blue Sky Vineyards; C. Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants; H. Hidden Lake Winery; Hunziker Winery Site; L. Lynfred Winery; W. White ...
Wilson Township is one of thirteen townships in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 122 and it contained 65 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 122 and it contained 65 housing units.