Murphysboro, Illinois Travel Information

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Kinkaid Lake--Buttermilk Hill (Distance: 5.7 mi) Located in Shawnee National Forest, 7.5 miles west of Murphysboro. This roughly 15-mile one-way (30 miles total) out-and-back features some aggressive dirt single-track, but also overlooks beautiful ...

Murphysboro, IL - Mountain Biking - length:30 mi

Little Grand Canyon Trail (Distance: 6.3 mi) Little Grand Canyon is a little-known hideaway that’s worth the drive from St. Louis. You’ll hike down stone steps cut in steep, fantastically-eroded slickrock chutes, into a moist bottomland guarded ...

Murphysboro, IL - Hiking - length:3.6 mi

Shawnee – Pomona Ramble (Distance: 6.7 mi) Get ready for a 22-mile-long roller coaster ride as you negotiate a series of steep climbs and descents that will have you either trying to catch your breath or searching for the brake levers. Along w...

Cobden, IL - Road Biking - length:22.1 mi

Shawnee National Forest: Little Grand Canyon Trail (Distance: 6.8 mi) This loop hike in the Shawnee National Forest features exposed bluffs, an erosion-carved canyon, a seasonal waterfall, and several rock overhangs, making it one of the most interesting trails in the e...

Pomona, IL - Hiking - length:3 mi

Oakwood Bottoms and Big Muddy River Levee (Distance: 9.4 mi) In southwest Jackson County, the Big Muddy River and Mississippi River floodplains meet, offering habitat for some of the state’s rarest birds, including Least Terns and breeding Yellow-crowned Night-...

Murphysboro, IL - Birding - length:unknown

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Jackson Jackson Country Club Public, 18 holes 6014 yards, par 71 3.2 miles from center of Murphysboro, Illinois

Midland Hills Midland Hills Golf Course Public, 9 holes 3052 yards, par 35 9.7 miles from center of Murphysboro, Illinois

Stone Creek Stone Creek Golf Course Public, 18 holes 6875 yards, par 72 10.6 miles from center of Murphysboro, Illinois

Hickory Ridge Hickory Ridge Public Golf Center Municipal, 18 holes 6863 yards, par 72 11.8 miles from center of Murphysboro, Illinois

Crab Orchard Crab Orchard Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6420 yards, par 70 13.4 miles from center of Murphysboro, Illinois

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