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Poplar Ridge topographic maps

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Little Grand Canyon

United States of America > Illinois > Poplar Ridge

Erosion carved this deep box canyon from the sandstone of the Shawnee Hills, and it opens into the floodplain of the Mississippi River near Turkey Bayou. The canyon contains several seasonal and a few permanent waterfalls, some descending through dramatic cascades of sculpted sandstone. The 3.6-mile (5.8 km)…

Average elevation: 169 m