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Dixon Springs State Park
Ghost Dance Canyon, Dixon Springs State Park, April 2014
Map showing the location of Dixon Springs State Park
Map showing the location of Dixon Springs State Park
Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Dixon Springs State Park
Map showing the location of Dixon Springs State Park
Map showing the location of Dixon Springs State Park
Dixon Springs State Park (the United States)
LocationPope County, Illinois, United States
Nearest cityGolconda, Illinois
Coordinates37°22′57″N 88°39′56″W / 37.38250°N 88.66556°W / 37.38250; -88.66556
Area801 acres (324 ha)
Established1946
Governing bodyIllinois Department of Natural Resources

Dixon Springs State Park is an Illinois state park in Pope County, Illinois, United States, and is one of several state parks in the Illinois Shawnee Hills. The park is on a giant block of rock which was dropped 200 feet (61 m) along a fault that extends northwesterly across Pope County. The 801-acre (324 ha) park is about 10 miles (16 km) west of Golconda on Illinois Route 146, near its junction with Illinois Route 145. The first land acquisition was in 1946.

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