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Beautiful Otter Pond has much to offer visitors. Conaway Lake is a nearby lake that you could check out. The vista of beautiful McGee Hill near Otter Pond is brilliant, and if you need a site to stay Super 8 Motel - Cape Girardeau is a good choice. For the duration of the warmest time of the year at Otter Pond temperatures are ordinarily in the 90's with overnight lows in the 60's. The winter brings highs down to the 40's while the cold winter nights at Otter
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| | Pond are in the 10's. A lot of precipitation falls at Otter Pond; May is when you get the most rain here; the driest of the months is January. So much cool stuff to do at Otter Pond, so little time. Camping at Pine Hills Campground is always a great experience, and Otter Pond lays in the shadow of the Pine Hills. Camping is available at Grand Tower Campground and Picnic Area; the Opossum Trot Trail offers hiking at its best. This lake is so wonderful. No | |
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need to travel far to explore exciting stuff like Preachers Eye, and since you're here, you could also stop by beautiful Wolf Lake. Drury Suites Cape Girardeau is a great site to get some rest, and Otter Pond is not far at all from Carbondale.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 37.5375 Longitude: -89.43833
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Pine Hills Campground
 | Pine Hills Campground is the place to go when exploring the Shawnee National Forest. Finding the campground can be difficult, but easy if you have a topographic atlas. It is located adjacent to Illinois largest wilderness complex, nothing significant on a grand scale, but a world away from the madness of Chicago at the opposite end of the state. It is between ILL routes 3 and 127 between Grand Tower and Trail of Tears state forest. I'm sorry to say I cannot share the best site in the campsround, but will probably find it yourself without much effort. It is at the back of the loop adjacent to the stream. I basically gave it away, but good hunting still! Actually, it can be difficult to find, but well worth the solitude. Good wildlife viewing in the area, especially near the LaRue Swamp area- many hawks can be seen in this perennial spring fed wetland. It is the Mississippi River Valley in a natural state- a remnant of it, at least. ... |
Kinkaid Lake
 | 13 miles away Doea anyone know how much they charge for fishing boat rentals?...Would love to find more info about pontoon rentals or boats and where there locations are.... |
North Twin Lake
 | 16 miles away Great lakes! Caught 5 pound bass this weekend and am getting it mounted. Also lakes have descent size catfish and MASSIVE crappie!... |
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