Deer Lake

Deer Lake is a reservoir in Jackson, Illinois. Deer Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Lake Shore Drive Area, as well as near Mount Carbon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carbondale station and Banterra Center.

Carbondale station

Railway station

Photo: Augiejv, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Carbondale Station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. The southern terminus of Amtrak's Illini and Saluki routes, it is also served by the City of New Orleans.

Banterra Center

Stadium

Photo: JosephRoberto, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Banterra Center is an 8,284-seat multi-purpose arena, on the campus of Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Construction on the arena began in the spring of 1962 and took nearly two years to complete.

Davies Gym

Sports venue

Davies Gym is the home of the Southern Illinois Salukis women's volleyball team and former home of all indoor sports at SIU. Upon completion of the SIU Arena in 1964, men's programs moved to the new facility.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carbondale and Murphysboro.

Carbondale

Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.

Carbondale is a small city of about 25,000 in Southern about 14 miles east of the Mississippi River at roughly the southern edge of the plains, and the northern limit of the Shawnee hills.

Murphysboro

Town

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Murphysboro is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,093 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Metro Lakeland area. Murphysboro is situated 5 miles northwest of Deer Lake.

Deer Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Jackson, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.72311° or 37° 43′ 23″ north

Longitude

-89.25644° or 89° 15′ 23″ west

Elevation

427 feet (130 metres)

Open location code

869GPPFV+6C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 354231723

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

4236928

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Carbondale Park District Soccer Fields and IDOT District 9 office.

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