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Panther Den Wilderness

Forest Trails, Cliffs, and Caves

Wilderness Area in Shawnee NF near Goreville, IL

This small wilderness area south of Devil’s Kitchen Reservoir showcases massive blocks of sandstone, fractured and tilted, as well as weathered overhang-caves, wildflowers, and creeks. There are some established campsites at the north end of the trail loop, where tent campers find shelter under a huge overhang near a creek flowing into the middle arm of Devil’s Kitchen Lake. Ticks, mosquitoes, chiggers, and poison ivy are concerns.

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The Panther Den Wilderness is a 1,195-acre (4.84 km2) parcel of land listed as a Wilderness Area of the United States. It is located within the Shawnee National Forest in Union County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Panther Den Wilderness is the smallest of eight Wilderness areas in Illinois. The other seven are Bald Knob Wilderness, Bay Creek Wilderness, Burden Falls Wilderness, Clear Springs Wilderness, Crab Orchard Wilderness, Garden of the Gods, and Lusk Creek Wilderness. All Illinois Wilderness areas are located in Southern Illinois. We are living in a time of "...increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization," that is why it is important that individual play a role in helping to "secure for the American people of present and future generations…

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