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Illinois Caverns is a state natural area in the New Design Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois. It features Illinois Caverns which is alternatively known as Mammoth Cave of Illinois (also Burksville Cave, Egyptian Cave, Eckert Cave). Illinois Caverns is the second-largest cave in Illinois and has more than 9.6 km of passages. [1]
About 150,000 years ago, the area that is now known as Monroe County in southwest Illinois was covered in ice hundreds of feet thick. When the ice melted, the water flowed into fractures in the ...
Cache River State Natural Area: Johnson: 14,314 57.93 1970: Cache River: Franklin Creek State Natural Area: Lee: 882 3.57 1982: Franklin Creek: Fults Hill Prairie State Natural Area: Monroe: 997 4.03 1970: Kidd Lake: Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area: Grundy: 2,537 10.27 1969: Goose Lake, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River, Illinois River
The crustacean is endemic to the Illinois Sinkhole Plain of Monroe County and St. Clair County, in southwestern Illinois, including Illinois Caverns State Natural Area. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Historically Gammarus acherondytes was known from six caves, but in a survey in 1995 the species was found at only three of the sites, with one further site ...
Fall Creek Falls fuses natural beauty and ample amenities in a way that makes it easy to see why this is Tennessee's most-visited state park. The crown jewel is the park's namesake waterfall, one ...
Pages in category "State Natural Areas of Illinois" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Illinois Caverns State Natural Area; K.
The Caverns at Natural Bridge; Clarks Cave; Dixie Caverns; Endless Caverns; Gap Cave; Grand Caverns, formerly "Weyer's cave" Indian Jim's Cave; Luray Caverns; Melrose Caverns; Natural Tunnel; Ogdens Cave; Shenandoah Caverns; Skyline Caverns; Stay High Cave; Unthanks Cave
Illinois Caverns State Natural Area; K. Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area; Kidd Lake State Natural Area; M. Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge