Lake Echon, Johnson County, Illinois

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     Lake Echon is a nice lake to visit. A visit to Cedar Falls will fill your soul with great feelings, and Lake Echon Dam has fine water scenery. All the water falling down from the sky makes Lake Echon a wet place; March is the month that gets the most rain, and January is when it's the driest. Summer at Lake Echon arrives with high temperatures in the 80's, and through the night it cools down to the 60's. Throughout the winter highs are in the 30's; through the  
   dark hours in the wintertime at Lake Echon temperatures dip to the 10's.
Dry warm beds await you at Ltd. Inn, and camping is available at Redbud Campground. This lake is so wonderful. This is a popular location for folks from Harrisburg, and there's whitewater on Bear Branch for all you adrenaline rush seekers. If only every spot had this much outdoors enjoyable things, what a great world it would be. Get your pulse rate up on the great whitewater of Lusk
 
               Creek, and a fine place to camp here at Lake Echon is A Bay Creek Ranch Campground.
While you're here at Lake Echon you can take a hike along the River to River Trail. Budget Inn is a brilliant site to get some rest, and let's not forget East Branch Cedar Creek which is a stream that you may encounter while here.

 
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Current weather conditions at Lake Echon, Johnson County, Illinois
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Local climate location: MARION 15 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.51167
Longitude: -88.75333

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These outdoors activities are available near Lake Echon.
 Hotels Near Lake Echon:
Budget Inn, Vienna, 9 miles away
Ltd. Inn, Vienna, 11 miles away
Marion-Days Inn, Marion, 18 miles away
Days Inn, Marion, 18 miles away
Drury Inn Marion, Marion, 19 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Lake Echon:
A Bay Creek Ranch Campground, Simpson, 3 miles away
Redbud Campground, Pope County, 7 miles away
Teal Pond Campground, Pope County, 8 miles away
Oak Point Campground, Pope County, 8 miles away
 Whitewater Near Lake Echon:
Bear Branch, Pope CountyCounty, 14 miles away
      Class III - 4 miles long (Bridge to Lusk Creek)
Lusk Creek, Pope County CountyCounty, 15 miles away
      Class I-III - 4.5 miles long (Lusk Creek Canyon)
 Trails Near Lake Echon:
River to River Trail, Pope County, 5 miles away
River to River Trail, Pope County, 14 miles away

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