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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,890 acre (180 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge primarily in southwestern Williamson County, but with small extensions into adjacent eastern Jackson and northeastern Union counties of southern Illinois, in the United States. Its land and water contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna.
Crab Orchard, Nebraska; Crab Orchard, Tennessee; Crab Orchard, West Virginia; Crab Orchard Mountains in Tennessee; Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3 in Southern Illinois; Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Illinois Crab Orchard Lake, located in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge; Crab Orchard Wilderness ...
The Crab Orchard Wilderness is a 4,050-acre (16.4 km 2) parcel of land listed as a Wilderness Area of the United States. It is located within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Williamson , Union , and Jackson counties in Illinois .
Illinois: Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. In the southern part of the state, this public nature sanctuary is an ideal location to see nesting bald eagles, most easily in the fall and winter ...
Among the most popular types of crab to eat are king crab, snow crab, Dungeness, stone crab, blue crab, and Jonah.Whether you want to consume crab in a classic crab cake, via a Cajun-style crab bo ...
Crab Orchard Lake was created when Crab Orchard Creek, a tributary of the Big Muddy River in southern Illinois, was dammed in the 1930s for purposes of recreation and flood control. The Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge was established August 5, 1947 following the transfer of all land previously held by the Crab Orchard Creek Project and ...
The Crab Orchard Mountains have many peaks over 3,000 ft., with the highest being Big Fodderstack at 3,340 feet (1,020 m) [1] and Frozen Head at 3,324 feet (1,013 m), the latter and part of the former being located in Frozen Head State Park. These mountains are some of the highest mountains in Tennessee west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The ...
Crab Orchard is located in eastern Lincoln County in the Knobs 3 miles west of the Rockcastle County line. U.S. Route 150 passes around the southern and western edges of the city, leading northwest 11 miles (18 km) to Stanford, the county seat, and southeast 13 miles (21 km) to Mount Vernon.