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.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cobden and Jonesboro.
Cobden
Cobden is a village in Union County, Illinois, United States, within the Southern Illinois region informally known as "Little Egypt.” The population estimate as of 2025 is 1,064.Jonesboro
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Jonesboro is a city in Union County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Jonesboro had a population of 1,711. It is the county seat of Union County. The city is known for being tied to its close neighbor Anna, together known as Anna-Jonesboro. Jonesboro is situated 6 miles southeast of Trail of Tears State Forest.
Trail of Tears State Forest
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: state forest in Union County, Illinois, United States
- Categories: Illinois state forest and recreation area
- Location: Union, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.50353° or 37° 30′ 13″ northLongitude
-89.35149° or 89° 21′ 5″ westElevation
663 feet (202 metres)Inception
1929Open location code
869GGJ3X+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 671017998OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Trail of Tears State Forest” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Trail of Tears State Forest”
- Egyptian Arabic: “غابة درب الدموع”
- French: “Trail of Tears State Forest”
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