Shawnee National Forest

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Address: 50 Hwy 145 S
Harrisburg, IL 62946
Phone: 618-253-7114;
Fax: 618-253-1060;
Phone: 800-699-6637;
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r9/shawnee
Size: 270,000 acres.
Location: Southern tip of Illinois. Accessible by US 45 and 51; IL 1, 3, 127, 145, 146, and 151. Nearby cities/towns include Cairo, Carbondale, Harrisburg, Marion, and Murphysboro.
Facilities: 15 campgrounds, 2 group camps, dispersed camping, picnic sites, marina, boat launches, trails (300 miles), scenic drive.
Activities: Camping, hunting, fishing, boating, swimming, hiking, horseback riding, rock climbing.
Special Features: Little Grand Canyon, featuring cave-like overhangs, wildflowers, and unusual ferns; Millstone Bluff Archeological Area, with petroglyphs, a stone fort, cemetery, and village site from the Mississippian period; Inspiration Point Bluff, rising 350 feet above Mississippi River bottomland at the LaRue Pine Hills/Otter Pond Research Natural Area.

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