Pyramid State Recreation Area

By: HRA Crack Research Team

Pyramid State Recreation Area consists of heavily
forested hills and many lakes and ponds. Southern
Illinois University formerly owned and used 924 acres
for research. In 1968, Pyramid became a State
Recreation Area, and at this time received the 924
acres from Southern Illinois University. Additional
land acquisition, and the latest acquisition of the
Arch Mineral Properties, and the purchase of the
Satellite area known as Campbell Pond consisting of 520
acres brings the total overall acreage to 19,701 making
Pyramid the largest State Recreation Area in Illinois
and gets its name from a coal mine that once existed
here.

There are 16.5 miles of foot and horse trails and this
includes Mountain bike riding. Future plans include
increasing the mileage of the hiking, mountian bike and
equestrian trail system to expand to the newly acquired
Arch property.

There is a small equestrian camp. Water and a trailer
dump station are available near the site office. There
are no electrical hookups in the camping areas.

This site is located 6 miles south of Pinckneyville off
state Highway 127, then 2 miles west on Pyatts Blacktop
in Perry County, Illinois.

This information was compiled by the crack research
team at HorsebackRidingArticles.com. It is by no means
complete. We have tried to be as accurate as possible.

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