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A visit to Turkey Bayou is always a good idea. This lake is so wonderful. Since you're here at Turkey Bayou why not go to Bolton Camp Hollow, and Turkey Bayou is a perfect site to visit for more than one day, Big Oak Campground is a perfect site to camp nearby. If only every place had this much outdoors fun stuff, what a great world it would be. Whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then we recommend Piney Branch River, and if you get
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| | bored of Turkey Bayou you could also pop by nearby Lake Murphysboro. Turkey Bayou is a wet place that gets a lot of precipitation; the month of May is the wettest with most of the rain, and January is when it's the driest.
This lake is so wonderful. There's whitewater on Little Grassy Creek for all you adrenaline people. Looking for some flowing water? Try Brushy Bayou, and since you're here at Turkey Bayou, checking out Chalk Bluff is a must. If you need | |
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a place to stay Carbondale Super 8 Motel is a great choice, and this is a popular location for folks from Carbondale.
Borgsmiller Lake is a nearby lake that you could take a look at, and dry warm beds await you at Econo Lodge
Carbondale. Turkey Bayou Campground is a fine campground nearby; you can spot Lookout Rocks from Turkey Bayou. The warmest time of the year at Turkey Bayou comes with high temperatures in the 90's, and all through summer nights temperatures
are in the 60's. For the duration of the wintertime highs are generally in the 40's, and winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Turkey Bayou.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.68528
Longitude: -89.41444
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Piney Branch River, Jackson & Randolph CountyCounty, 19 miles away
Class III-IV - 2 miles long (Piney Creek Ravine) |
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Little Grassy Creek, Williamson CountyCounty, 19 miles away
Class II-IV - 0.2 miles long (Play Section) |
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Kinkaid Lake
 | 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.... |
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. ... |
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15 miles away
