The primary draws to southern Illinois are the outdoor recreation activities in Shawnee National Forest, including hiking, ...

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Machaela Sweeney enjoys the view at the top of Inspiration Point near the Mississippi River in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest. Maggie Dougherty Medill Illinois News Bureau WOLF LAKE ...

“I literally looked up lush, magical, fairy tale areas,” she recalled, looking over the edge of the forest’s Inspiration Point Trail. A 30-year-old social worker from Hopkinsville, ...