Dixon Springs State Park Explained

Dixon Springs State Park
Iucn Category:III
Map:USA Illinois#USA
Map Width:225
Location:Pope County, Illinois, United States
Nearest City:Golconda, Illinois
Coordinates:37.3825°N -88.6656°W
Established:1946
Governing Body:Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Dixon Springs State Park is an Illinois state park in Pope County, Illinois, United States, and is one of several state parks in the Illinois Shawnee Hills. The park is on a giant block of rock which was dropped along a fault that extends northwesterly across Pope County. The 801acres park is about west of Golconda on Illinois Route 146, near its junction with Illinois Route 145. The first land acquisition was in 1946.

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