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Crab Orchard Wilderness

Protected wilderness area in Illinois, United States

Summary

Protected wilderness area in Illinois, United States

Field	Value
name	Crab Orchard Wilderness
iucn_category	Ib
iucn_ref
map	Illinois#USA
map_caption	Location in Illinois##Location in United States
location	Williamson, Union and Jackson Counties, Illinois
nearest_city	Carbondale, Illinois
coordinates
area_acre	4,050
designated	1976
governing_body	United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The Crab Orchard Wilderness is a 4050 acre parcel of land listed as a Wilderness Area of the United States. It is located within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Williamson, Union, and Jackson counties in Illinois.

Second-growth wilderness

As with other wilderness areas in southern Illinois, the Crab Orchard Wilderness is made of second-growth forested areas that were used, until the land condemnations of the 1930s, as agriculture and pasture land. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service manages the wilderness.

The Crab Orchard Wilderness is a roadless parcel of land within a national wildlife refuge. Together with the adjacent Panther Den Wilderness, it forms part of the southern shore of Devils Kitchen Lake.

The Crab Orchard Wilderness is accessible by several paved highways. The nearest divided highway is Interstate 57, which passes through the nearby city of Marion, Illinois.

References

[https://www.protectedplanet.net/555586202 Protected Planet Website]- Retrieved January 17, 2024
"Crab Orchard Wilderness". Wilderness.net.

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