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Dixon Springs State Park
 Where: Golconda, Illinois Shawnee Hills
Distance from SIU: 50 miles

Ferne Clyffe State Park 
 Where: Goreville
Distance from SIU: 25 miles

Giant City State Park
Where: Makanda
Distance from SIU: 10 miles

Lake Murphysboro State Park
Where: Murphysboro
Distance from SIU: 12 miles

Mermet Lake
Where: Mermet
Distance from SIU: 50 miles

Pyramid State Park
Where: Pinckneyville
Distance from SIU: 30 miles

Saline County State Conservation Area
Where: Equality
Distance from SIU: 40 miles

Trail of Tears State Forest
Where: Jonesboro
Distance from SIU: 25 miles

Bell Smith Springs
Where: Ozark
Distance from SIU: 50 miles

Burden Falls Wilderness
Where: Stonefort
Distance from SIU: 35 miles

Garden of the Gods
Where: Herod
Distance from SIU: 60 miles
Little Grand Canyon
Where: Pomona
Distance from SIU: 15 miles

Lusk Creek: Indian Kitchen
Where: Eddyville
Distance from SIU: 55 miles

Rim Rock National Recreation Trail
Where: Eagle Creek
Distance from SIU: 65 miles

Ferne Clyffe State Park

Little Grand Canyon

Giant City State park

Bell Smith Springs