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The southernmost 9 miles (14 km) of the ridge form Marlboro Mountain, the namesake mountain of the range. Just north of the Marlboro Mountain ridge is Bailey's Gap, which separates Marlboro Mountain from the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile-long (5.6 km) Illinois Mountain. North of Illinois Mountain there is a half-mile-wide break in the ridgeline before it ...
The western section (west of the Illinois River) was originally part of the Military Tract of 1812 and forms the distinctive western bulge of the state. Central Illinois is characterized by small towns and mid-sized cities. Agriculture, particularly corn and soybeans, figures prominently. Major cities include Peoria, and Springfield (the state ...
The third largest Illinois arena after the United Center in Chicago and the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, State Farm Center has 15,544 permanent seats but, when portable chairs are placed on the floor for an in-the-round performance, there is a potential for an additional 1,000 depending on the stage configuration.
Thirtynine Mile Mountain 11,553' Thunder Butte 9,837' – highest summit of the Rampart Range; Thunder Mountain 13,108' Tijeras Peak 13,610' Tomichi Dome 11,471' Torreys Peak 14,274' Tower Mountain 13,558' Traver Peak; Treasure Mountain 13,535' Trinity Peaks; Turner Peak 13,233' Turret Peak 13,841' Tuttle Mountain 13,208'
Natural Landmarks in Illinois range from 53 to 6,500 acres (21.4 to 2,630.5 ha; 0.1 to 10.2 sq mi) in size. Owners include private individuals or organizations, and several county, state and federal agencies. [2] The National Natural Landmarks Program is administered by the National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior. The ...
The Shawnee Hills are a region within the larger Interior Low Plateaus physiographic province located in southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and western Kentucky. [1] In Illinois it rests mainly in an east–west arc roughly following the outline of the southern end of the Illinois Basin .
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The Allerton nature preserve is a National Natural Landmark. The Robert Allerton Park is a 1,517-acre (614 ha) park, nature center, and conference center located in the rural Piatt County township of Willow Branch, [2] (T 18 N, R 5 E) near Monticello, Illinois, on the upper Sangamon River.