LIST OF PROTECTED AREAS OF ILLINOIS

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Map of Protected Areas of Illinois Each dot is linked to the corresponding article: Parks; Forests; Recreation Areas; Fish and Wildlife Areas; Natural Areas (still a work in progress)

Illinois has over 54 state parks, along with many other wildlife areas and state forests.

Contents

Overview

History

Current Parks

Other names of current parks

Former parks

Other names of former parks

See also

Notes

References

External links

Overview

Illinois has a wide variety of state owned and administered protected areas: state parks, state forests, state recreation areas, state fish and wildlife areas, state natural areas, and one state trail. They are all administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
There are also one national forest and several other sites administered by the National Park Service, including portions of National Trails.

History

Current Parks

'Park Name'	'County or Counties'	'Area' in acres (km²)	'Date founded'	'Stream(s) and / or Lake(s)'	'Remarks'
Anderson Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Apple River Canyon State Park	Jo Daviess	297 acres (1.2 km²)	1932	Apple River
Argyle Lake State Park	McDonough	1700 acres (6.88 km²)	1948	Argyle Lake
Baldwin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area	Randolph County	2018 acres (8.2 km²)		Baldwin Lake
Beall Woods State Park	Wabash	635 acres (2.57 km²)	1966	Coffee Creek
Beaver Dam State Park	Macoupin	750 acres (3.04 km²)	1947	Beaver Dam Lake
Big River State Forest	Henderson	2900 acres (11.74 km²)	1925	Mississippi River
Buffalo Rock State Park & Effigy Tumuli	LaSalle County	298 acres (1.21 km²)	November 15, 1928	Illinois River
Cache River State Natural Area
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Castle Rock State Park	Ogle	2000 acres (8.09 km²)	1921	Rock River
Cave-in-Rock State Park	Hardin	204 acres (0.83 km²)	1929	Ohio River
Chain O'Lakes State Park	McHenry	1700 acres (6.88 km²)	1945	Bluff Lake, Catherine Lake, Channel Lake, Fox Lake, Fox River, Grass Lake, Marie Lake, Nippersink Lake, Petite Lake, Pistakee Lake, Redhead Lake, Turner Lake
Channahon State Park	Will	20.5 acres (0.08 km²)	1932	DuPage River, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Delabar State Park	Henderson	89 acres (0.36 km²)	1960
Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area
Dixon Springs State Park	Pope	801 acres	1946
Donnelley/Depue State Park	Putnam
Eagle Creek State Recreation Area
Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area	Lincoln	974-acre (3.8 km²)	1971	Salt Creek
Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area
Ferne Clyffe State Park	Johnson	2,430 acres (9.83 km²)	1949
Fort Massac State Park	Massac	1,450 acres (5.87 km²)	1908	Ohio River
Fox Ridge State Park	Coles	2,064 acres (8.35 km²)	1930s
Frank Holten State Recreation Area
Franklin Creek State Park	Lee	664 acres (2.69 km²)	1970
Fults Hill Prairie State Natural Area
Gebhard Woods State Park	Grundy	30 acres (0.12 km²)	1934
Giant City State Park	Jackson & Union	1,100 acres (4.45 km²)	1927
Golconda Marina State Recreation Area
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area	Grundy	2,537-acre (10.3 km²)	1969
Green River State Wildlife Area
Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area
Hazel & Bill Rutherford Wildlife Prairie State Park	Peoria	1,700 acres (6.88 km²)	2000
Heidecke Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
Hidden Springs State Forest	Shelby	1200 acres (4.86 km²)	1960	Richland Creek, Possum Creek
Horseshoe Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Horseshoe Lake State Park	Madison	2,960 acres (11.98 km²)
Illini State Park	LaSalle	510 acres (2.06 km²)	1934
Illinois Beach State Park	Lake County, Illinois	4,160 acres (16.83 km²)	1948	Lake Michigan
Illinois Caverns State Natural Area	Monroe	120 acres/9.6 km of passages	1985
Iroquois State Wildlife Area
James "Pate" Philip State Park
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park
Jubilee College State Park
Kankakee River State Park	Kankakee and Will	4000 acres (16.19 km²)	1938	Kankakee River
Kaskaskia River State Fish & Wildlife Area
Kickapoo State Recreation Area
Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Kishwaukee River State Fish & Wildlife Area
Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park
Lake Murphysboro State Park
LaSalle Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial
Lincoln Trail State Park	Clark		1958	Lincoln Trail Lake
Lowden State Park
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Marshall State Fish & Wildlife Area
Matthiessen State Park
Mautino State Fish & Wildlife Area
Mazonia/Braidwood State Fish & Wildlife Area
Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Moraine Hills State Park
Moraine View State Recreation Area
Morrison-Rockwood State Park
Nauvoo State Park
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
North Point Marina
Peabody River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Pere Marquette State Park
Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area
Prophetstown State Recreation Area
Pyramid State Recreation Area
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area
Randolph County State Recreation Area
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area
Red Hills State Park
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Rock Cut State Park
Rock Island Trail State Park
Saline County State Fish & Wildlife Area
Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area
Sand Ridge State Forest	Mason	7,200 acres (29 km²)	1939	None
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area
Sangchris Lake State Recreation Area
Shabbona Lake State Park
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area
Sielbeck Forest Natural Area
Siloam Springs State Park
Silver Springs State Fish & Wildlife Area
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area
South Shore State Park
Spitler Woods State Natural Area
Spring Lake Fish and Wildlife Area
Starved Rock State Park
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area
Ten Mile Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area
Trail of Tears State Forest	Union	5114 acres (20.7 km²)	1929	Mississippi River, Clear Creek
Tunnel Hill State Trail
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Volo Bog State Natural Area
Walnut Point State Park
Washington County State Recreation Area
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area
Weinberg-King State Park
Weldon Springs State Recreation Area
White Pines Forest State Park	Ogle	385 acres (1.56 km²)	1927	Pine Creek, Spring Creek	Southernmost stand of virgin, native white pine trees in the state of Illinois."Conserving the Land: The Rock River Country," Critical Trends Assessment Program, Rock River Country Project ([1]), ''Illinois Department of Natural Resources'', 3 July 2007.
William G. Stratton State Park
William W. Powers State Recreation Area
Wolf Creek State Park
Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area

Other names of current parks

Former parks

Other names of former parks

See also

Notes

References

External links

★ Illinois Department of Natural Resources