Trail of Tears State Forest
Trail of Tears State Forest is a State of Illinois conservation area on 5,114 acres in Union County, Illinois, United States. Trail of Tears was established in 1929 when Illinois purchased 3,000-acre acres of Shawnee Hills land and used the resulting land to create the Kohn-Jackson Forest.
Nyttend, Public domain.- Nature reserve
- …lies at an elevation of around 660 feet (200 metres)
- …is operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- …dates from 1929
- Description: state forest in Union County, Illinois, United States
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cobden and Jonesboro.
Jonesboro
Jonesboro is a city in Union County, Illinois, United States.
6 miles southeast of Trail of Tears State Forest
Trail of Tears State Forest
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Latitude
37.50353° or 37° 30′ 13″ north
Longitude
-89.35149° or 89° 21′ 5″ west
Open location code
869GGJ3X+CC
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OpenStreetMap feature
leisure = nature_reserve
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Trail of Tears State Forest” goes by many names.
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