http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36176931/shawnee-forest-jammed-with-visitors
GOLCONDA, IL – (Dennis Turner, WSIL-TV. Please click on the link above for the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
Garden of the Gods – WSIL photo
If you hope to see the eclipse from Garden of the Gods, you’re out of luck, at least for now.
According to State Representative Brandon Phelps, the park is closed until further notice.
Pope County Sheriff Jerry Suits tells us his deputies and national park rangers have had difficulties with crowds at the southern end of the Shawnee National Forest.
He says the National Park Service has had trouble with people setting up un-sanctioned campsites along roads and many small trail sites jammed with people.
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