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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]
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: Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area: Vermilion: 1,104 4.47 ? Little Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) Illinois Caverns State Natural ...
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 ...
13 Illinois. 14 Indiana. 15 Iowa. 16 Kentucky. ... Carter Caves State Park; Cascade Caverns; ... Natural Bridge Caverns; Rock Dove Cave; Spring Creek Cave;
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.
For Illinois, the famed publication recommends exploring the Cache River State Natural Area. “Visitors can explore Illinois’ Cache River State Park, a natural glacial-carved floodplain, by ...
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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 ...