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Northwest Mini trip through Southern Illinois by car
A detailed guide outlines a 300 mile two day Northwest Mini trip from Murphysboro to Fairview Heights. It visits Okawville Original Mineral Springs Hotel, Mascoutah Kaskaskia River area, Belleville downtown, National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Carlyle Lake, and Raccoon Lake with stops at Mueller’s Antique Barn and Gen. Dean Suspension Bridge. The map brochure highlights camping, boating, baths, shopping, and historic sites along Illinois 50 15 177 158 157 and I 64 corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Office of Tourism
Southern
Illinois
Vincennes Trail Rt
West Loop
Main St
Marion
Southern Illinois Tourism Council
Belleville
Fairview Heights
Carlyle Lake
Northwest
Murphysboro
Washington
Nashville
Illinois 15
St. Louis Street
Okanville
Wensleydale
Mom
Okawville
Mineral Springs
Shirley Herbert
Mascoutah
Sixth Street
Scheve Park
Illinois 177
Illinois 158
Scott Air Force Base
St. Clair County
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
France
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Pilgrim’s Inn
Illinois 157
Interstate 64
St. Clair Square Mall
Mueller’s
O’fallon
Gerardi’s Nursery
Shiloh Road
Illinois 50
Lebanon
McKendree College
Trenton
Aviston
Breese
Beckemeyer
Carlyle
Fifth Street
Kaskaskia River
Gen
Illinois 127
Salem
William Jennings Bryan
South Broadway Street
Illinois 37
Elm Street
Illinois 161
Centralia
Peaceful Raccoon Lake