Less than a two-hour-drive south of Belleville, you can spot more than 20 species of snakes on a hike shorter than 3 miles. “I don’t think you can do that anywhere else in North America,” Mark ...

Roads get closed for a variety of reasons, including construction and public events, but one road in Illinois is currently shut down to help preserve local wildlife. The U.S. Forest Service is ...

Forest Service Road No. 345, better known as “Snake Road,” winds for roughly two and a half miles through southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, a region home to nearly 60 percent of the state’s ...

UNION COUNTY, Ill. -- Why did the snake cross the road? If it's in the LaRue Swamp, it's probably looking to migrate. The Shawnee National Forest service announced Wednesday, it is closing Forest ...

HEROD, Ill. — The bi-annual snake migration in Southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest is about to wrap up, but there's still time for reptile-lovers to try and catch a glimpse of snakes on the ...

Snake Road in rural Union County is closed for a majority of the year to allow for the passage of migrating snakes from cliffs to a swamp below. Visit bnd.com to learn more. Trump Makes Major ...