Outdoor Adventures – Page 2 – Southern Illinois Tourism

Rose’s Boat & Motor & Bait Shop

15875 Hwy 149 Murphysboro, IL 62966 (618) 967-7495 Facebook We offer 30 years of boat and motor repair experience, now also open is a full service bait shop.

Johnson Creek Recreational Area

Right off of IL-151 N | On Johnson Creek Rd | Murphysboro IL 62966 Jackson County 618-833-8576 Located on a northwest finger of beautiful Kinkaid Lake, Johnson Creek Recreation Area offers a variety of outdoor activities. Here you will find something for everyone in the family, from camping and picnicing to hiking along the lake, biking the […]

Devil’s Kitchen Lake

South on Giant City Rd | East on Grassy Rd | Makanda IL 62958 Jackson County 618-997-3344 This 810-acre lake is part of the Crab Orchard Refuge and is stocked with rainbow and brown trout. It has a maximum depth of 90 feet and a 24-mile shoreline. It also provides largemouth bass, bluegill, sunfish, crappie, channel catfish, […]

Crab Orchard Lake

Rt. 13 East of Carbondale | Carbondale IL 62901 Jackson County 618-997-3344 The largest of the three refuge lakes, this 6,965-acre body of water has two marinas, 125 miles of shoreline and a maximum depth of 25 feet. Species include largemouth bass, bluegill, sunfish, crappie, channel catfish, bullheads, carp and white bass. Globe Water

Riverside Park – Grandstand and Ball Park

2640 W. Riverside Park | Murphysboro IL 62966 The Baseball Stadium and Grandstand was built around 1939 by the WPA and designed by local Murphysboro architect Rudolph Zerse Gill. Facebook Desktop

Shawnee National Forest

Administered by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, the Shawnee National Forest is one of 155 national forests nationwide. As the only national forest in Illinois, and single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois, the Shawnee offers numerous avenues for connecting with the natural world through its 280,000 acres of varied landscape. […]