A cottonmouth crosses Snake Road in the Shawnee National Forest in spring 2018 near Wolf Lake. The road is closed through May 15 for the semi-annual migration of snakes and other reptiles.

Forest Service Road No. 345 is dubbed "Snake Road." The 2.5-mile road in Union County, Illinois, runs north to south along the base of towering limestone bluffs, a man-made obstacle between the ...

Every fall, 20 species of snakes leave LaRue Swamp and head for the forest’s towering bluffs.

In the early 1970s the Forest Service began closing Snake Road for three weeks in spring and fall to protect the migrating creatures, Sue Hirsch, a public affairs specialist at Shawnee National ...

Forest Service Road No. 345, commonly known as "Snake Road," will close next week. Shawnee National Forest officials close the road bi-annually to ensure safe crossing for several species of ...

Shawnee National Forest Service Road No. 345, also known as Snake Road, is closed until October 30.

SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST — You might think the largest annual snake migration in North America might be in a swampy state like Florida. But a placed nicknamed "Snake Road" in Southern Illinois ...

Known as "snake road," Forest Road #345 in the Shawnee National Forest was closed to vehicles starting Sept. 1 and continuing through Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

UNION COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - The Snake Road closure has been extended to November 5. According to the Shawnee National Forest, the closure was extended due to unseasonably warm weather. Normally ...

Shawnee National Forest employees will close Forest Service Road No. 345, also known as Snake Road, on Wednesday, to help ensure safe crossing for several species of snakes and amphibians during ...

(WSIL) -- Bi-annually the Shawnee National Forest closes Forest Service Road No. 345, also known as Snake Road, to help ensure safe crossing for several species of snakes and amphibians during ...

WOLF LAKE, IL (WSIL) -- Shawnee National Forest is temporarily closing Service Road No. 345, also known as Snake Road.