The 58-acre park features a nature trail with two foot bridges, a meadow and a fishing pond. Primitive camping sites, a night sky observation station, and additional educational features are being developed.
Lake of Egypt is a privately owned reservoir located six miles south of Marion, Illinois and covers 2,300 acres with 90 miles of shoreline. The lake has an average depth of 18 feet. The lake is owned by the Southern Illinois Power Cooperative...
off Karbers Ridge Road, approximately 20 miles southeast of Harrisburg
Elizabethtown, IL 62931
LiveFamilyShoppingGolfOutdoorWineryNightlife
The Shawnee Hills took millions of years to form. The rock formations and cliffs at Garden of the Gods are made of sandstone and are about 320 million years old. Long ago most of Illinois, western Indiana and western Kentucky were covered by a giant...
The Shawnee Audubon Society owns and acts as stewards for this 500-acre wildlife sanctuary in the Illinois Ozarks located in Northern Pope County. Visitors are welcome from dawn to dusk daily, with guided tours possible with advance notice.
201-249 South Jackson Street
McLeansboro, IL 62859
LiveFamilyShoppingGolfOutdoorWineryNightlife
The mural is located in the Post Office lobby, and was painted by American Artist Dorothea Mierisch. It commemorates the first official airmail flight that took place in McLeansboro September 26, 1912.