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Map # 12: 1300 N. 27th Street, Ottawa, IL 61350
So named because (legend has it) the area once served as a "blind canyon" where Indians ran buffalo for capture, this 298-acr...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.32697; w 88.91006
Site Access: free; dawn to dusk
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Phone: 815-433-2220
Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 6: East 1251st Road, Ottawa, IL 61350
In Catlin County Park, you'll find upland forests of maple, hickory, and black, white, red, pin, and chinquapin oak. Cottonwo...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.30175; w 88.91926
Site Access: free
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Phone: 815-434-0518
Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 1: Reddick Mansion, Ottawa, IL 61350
Constructed in 1858 by former LaSalle County Sheriff and Illinois State Senator William Reddick for $25,000, Reddick Mansion ...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.35002; w 88.84153
Site Access: free; fee
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Phone: 815-434-2737
Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 5: West Main Street, Streator, IL 61364
This 0.5-mile trail parallels the swift-flowing, translucent green waters of the Vermilion River in the town of Streator, whi...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.11881; w 88.84030
Site Access: free
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Phone: 815-672-2055
Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 2: 2660 E. 2350th Road, Marseilles, IL 61341
Located across the Illinois River from the town of Marseilles, the 510-acre Illini State Park lies along the northern edge of...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.31850; w 88.71102
Site Access: free; fee
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Phone: 815-795-2448
Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 3: Highway Route 351, LaSalle, IL 60441
French explorer/cartographer Louis Jolliet first suggested the construction of a canal connecting Lake Michigan with the Miss...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.365890; w 89.096529
Site Access: free; fee
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Phone: 815-220-1848
Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 11: Rt 1, 950 N 27th Road, Ottawa, IL 61350
Located at the Starved Rock Lock & Dam, the Illinois Waterway Visitors Center is owned and operated by the US Army Corps of E...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.32515; w 88.98606
Site Access: free
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Phone: 815-667-4054
Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 10: 101 E. Canal Street, Utica, IL 61373
The Utica Museum Complex houses the LaSalle County Historical Society, a group that acquired the stone warehouse (ca. 1848), ...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.34159; w 89.01024
Site Access: free; fee
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Phone: (815) 667-4861
Area: Ottawa
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Map # 8: Route 178, Utica, IL 61373
Donated to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources by the F.W. Matthiessen family in 1943, Matthiessen State Park is com...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.29628; w 89.02618
Site Access: free
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Phone: 815-667-4868
Area: Ottawa
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Map # 9: East 5th Road, Utica, IL 61373
Mitchell's Grove Nature Preserve is a 184-acre wooded site donated to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in 1998 by...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.37635; w 89.06792
Site Access: free
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Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 4: Leonore Road, Streator, IL
Owned and managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the 200-acre Sandy Ford is located on the east bank of the...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.19272; w 88.90277
Site Access: free
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Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 13: 1413 E. 16th Street, Streator, IL 61364
The park contains spring-fed creeks, a sandstone formation waterfall, a trail system, and flora and fauna typical of central ...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.0810; w 89.5140
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Phone: (815) 343-3774
Area: OTTAWA
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Map # 7: Route 71 & Route 178, Utica, IL 61373
The 2,816-acre Starved Rock State Park complex is one of the premier publicly held natural areas in all of Illinois. The Park...Read Details
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GPS: n 41.309139; w 88.988893
Site Access: free; fee
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Phone: 815-667-4726
Area: OTTAWA
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barreling along the young Illinois River. The result? One of the most ornate river valleys in all of the Midwest, carved 125 feet deep into an 80-mile stretch of Paleozoic bedrock. Visual evidence of this incredible event exists in the sheer sandstone bluffs which line the southern bank and accompanying tributaries of the Illinois River between the towns of Marseilles and Utica. The best examples of these can found at Illini, Matthiessen, Buffalo Rock and starved Rock State Parks. For the best view of Starved Rock itself, visit the Illinois Waterway Visitors Center. While touring the loop, be sure to visit Catlin County Park, which hosts one of the best remaining chinquapin oak savannas in the state.
