’Heron
P.O. Box 67
Goreville IL 62939
618-995-2568
Day-use-area
The 1,861 acres are divided into three units: Heron Pond-Wildcat Bluff, Goose Pond, and Boss Island-Boulder Slope Woods. Special features of the area include a portion of the Cache River floodplain bounded by steep bluffs on the north and by lower sandstone bluffs on the east and west.
https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/INPC/Pages/Area9JohnsonHeronPondLittleBlackSlough.aspx