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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] The cave has a ...
Burrows Cave is the name given to an alleged cave site in Southern Illinois reputedly discovered by Russell E. Burrows in 1982 which he claimed contained many ancient artifacts. Because the many inconsistencies and lack of evidence for his claims of discovery and findings, the cave, which has never been located, is considered a hoax by ...
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 ...
Bull Thistle Cave; 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
Planning your trip to Cache River State Natural Area. Cache River State Natural Area covers more than 14,000 acres in Johnson, Massac and Pulaski counties, according to the Illinois Department of ...
Cave-In-Rock is the southern terminus of Illinois Route 1, which leads north from the ferry 326 miles (525 km) to its northern terminus in Chicago. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Cave-In-Rock has a total area of 0.42 square miles (1.09 km 2 ), of which 0.37 square miles (0.96 km 2 ) (or 90.12%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 ...
Cave-In-Rock State Park is an Illinois state park, on 204 acres (0.83 km 2), in the town of Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States. The state park contains the historic Cave-In-Rock, a landmark of the Ohio River. It is maintained by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). [2]
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 Area: Monroe: 120 0.49 1985: None: 9.6 km of the park are passages underground. Mitchell's Grove Nature Preserve: LaSalle: 184 0.74 1997