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- McNaughton Pond is 1.2 acres and Calvin Butterfield is 3 acres in size. Read more...
- With a viewing platform, picnic and parking area, this small urban park provides a great place for viewing winter eagles. They also host an annual Eagle Census Festival across the street on the third weekend of January. There are live birds of prey, storytelling, music and guided tours of the river. In the spring and fall, it is worth a Read more...
- Graced with attractions and venues for people of all ages and all walks of life, the Peoria RiverFront District has cultural, entertainment, dining, antiquing, residential, historical and recreational activities. It is home to many popular public festivals and fairs, including the Peoria Art Guild’s Fine Arts Fair – one of the top 100 art fairs in the country. With its Read more...
- Kishauwau Country Cabins is Illinois’ Starved Rock area cabin getaway. Our property is host to 17 cabins in varying sizes. They are spread throughout 55 acres of beautiful wooded property in north central Illinois. Catering to large family reunions or a simple quiet getaway for couples, we are one of Illinois’ premier cabin rental destinations. Just a 1 1/2 hour Read more...
- Kids Pond – Banner Marsh State Fish & Wildlife Area Read more...
- We have the facilities and grounds for your own style of camping. Read more...
- Jubilee College State Park is a 3,200-acre facility situated in the Illinoisan drift-plan, replete with rolling topography and the meandering Jubilee Creek. Visitors may see deer, rabbits, squirrel, fox, coyote and raccoon throughout the forests, while the creek may offer glimpses of mink, muskrat and beaver or one of over 160 species of birds. With a large restored prairie, Dickcissel, Read more...
- Open to the public for free usage this 9-hole disc golf course is located off Route 26, just south of Rt 17. Complete with hand carved tees at every hole, this is a disc golf and art exhibit at the same time. Read more...
- Anderson State Fish & Wildlife Area is 2,247 acres and is located in west-central Illinois, about 11 miles north of Browning in Fulton County along Route 100. Read more...
- Once used as a proving ground for Caterpillar Inc., this 340-acre site is a model for ecological restoration. Plantings of trees, prairie grasses and forbs are maturing beautifully. One positive indicator of ecological progress is the presence of breeding Acadian Flycatcher, a neotropical songbird that prefers a closed-canopy forests. The nature trail at Independence Park is a great place for Read more...
- The area consists of approximately 80 acres. It has a mixture of cool season grasses and legumes, native warm season grasses, timber areas, tree and shrub plantings, agriculture fields, food plots and creek bottoms. Read more...
- Located at the Starved Rock Lock & Dam, the Illinois Waterway Visitors Center is owned and operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps maintains the lock and dam system along the entire Illinois Waterway from Lake Michigan to Grafton, IL where the Illinois River empties into the Mississippi River. The water system conducts river traffic along 333 Read more...
- French explorer/cartographer Louis Jolliet first suggested the construction of a canal connecting Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River (via the Illinois River) in 1673, but it wasn’t until 1836 that construction actually began. The canal, measuring 96 miles long by 60 feet wide by six feet deep, was completed in 1848, instantly allowing boat travel from Chicago to reach the Read more...
- The Lock 14 area of the I&M Canal, the best part of this pool is approximately one mile long by 30 yards wide(which runs from the lock itself to the Little Vermilion River aqueduct). Maximum depth is 8′. Read more...
- Located across the Illinois River from the town of Marseilles, the 510-acre Illini State Park lies along the northern edge of the “Great Falls” of the river, where a drop in streambed gradient creates beautiful roaring rapids. The park itself sits atop an old glacial moraine (elongated ridge-type hill bulldozed up by an advancing Pleistocene glacier) and features a dense Read more...
- Bennett’s Terraqueous Gardens is a high-quality seep that lies at the base of deeply dissected bluffs and hills bordering the east side of the Illinois River. The seep community is usually saturated by groundwater that emanates at or near the base of a hill comprised of glacial till. Narrow spring runs flow in rivulets through the seep. Characteristic herbaceous plants Read more...
- Located northeast edge of the Village of Hopedale. This pond is approximately 5 acres with a 12′ maximum depth. An old earthen dam, around 100 years old, which was created for refill water for steam locomotives. Read more...
- This 0.5-mile trail parallels the swift-flowing, translucent green waters of the Vermilion River in the town of Streator, which is home to Clyde Tombaugh, the only U.S. citizen to be credited with discovering a (former) planet (Pluto) and Clarence Mulford, author of the famous Hopalong Cassidy western series, after which the trail takes its name. Visitors can follow this trail Read more...
- This area is made up of 911 acres of mostly unclaimed strip mining land with 15 stocked lakes of fishing. Shore access is limited in places where the shorelines drop off suddenly to deep water. Read more...
- Located about 25 miles North of Bloomington, experience a friendly, relaxing atmosphere, on 45 acres, at Hickory Hill Campground. Within 4 miles of the park is a craft mall, grocery store, and restaurants. Open April 1st – November 1st Read more...
- Hickory Grove Campground is a 60-acre recreational park bordering the Hennepin Canal. It is owned and operated by Hickory Grove Recreation Area LLC. We offer camping services for campers as well as RV’s. You can enjoy a variety of recreational activities and the picturesque scenery along the Hennepin Canal Trail. The boat launch and dock access provide opportunities for fantastic Read more...
- A multi-use trail that stretches 104.5 miles and spans five counties. Read more...
- A multi-use trail that stretches 104.5 miles and spans five counties. Read more...
- Camping is allowed along the trial at designated locations. Fires are permitted only in state installed fire grills. Class C camping is $8.00 per night, per family unit, at all areas having vehicular access. Read more...
- Camping is allowed along the trial at designated locations. Fires are permitted only in state installed fire grills. Class C camping is $8.00 per night, per family unit, at all areas having vehicular access. Read more...
- Camping is allowed along the trial at designated locations. Fires are permitted only in state installed fire grills. Class C camping is $8.00 per night, per family unit, at all areas having vehicular access. Read more...
- Camping is allowed along the trial at designated locations. Fires are permitted only in state installed fire grills. Class C camping is $8.00 per night, per family unit, at all areas having vehicular access. Read more...
- Camping is allowed along the trial at designated locations. Fires are permitted only in state installed fire grills. Class C camping is $8.00 per night, per family unit, at all areas having vehicular access. Read more...
- Camping is allowed along the trial at designated locations. Fires are permitted only in state installed fire grills. Class C camping is $8.00 per night, per family unit, at all areas having vehicular access. Read more...
- The Hennepin Canal was originally conceived in 1890 as part of an overall plan to connect the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico in order to facilitate barge shipping. The problem was that by the time the canal was finished 17 years later, a combination of decreasing railway shipping rates and increasing barge sizes had already rendered the narrow Read more...
