List of protected areas of Illinois
Current state parks
Table:
Park Name

County or Counties

Area (acres)

Area (km2)

Year Established

Water Body(s)

Remarks

Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
Lake

4,160

16.8
1948
Lake Michigan

Anderson Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Fulton

2,247

9.09
1947
Anderson Lake

Apple River Canyon State Park
Jo Daviess

297

1.20
1932
Apple River

Argyle Lake State Park
McDonough

1,700

6.9
1948
Argyle Lake

Baldwin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Randolph

2,018

8.17
?
Baldwin Lake

Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area
Fulton

4,363

17.66
?
Illinois River

Bartlett Woods Nature Preserve
Lee

23

0.093
1987
Big Bureau Creek

Beall Woods State Park
Wabash

635

2.57
1966
Coffee Creek

Beaver Dam State Park
Macoupin

750

3.0
1947
Beaver Dam Lake

Big River State Forest
Henderson

2,900

12
1925
Mississippi River

Bohm Woods Nature Preserve[2]
Madison

90

0.36
?

Buffalo Rock State Park & Effigy Tumuli
LaSalle

298

1.21
November 15, 1928
Illinois River

Cache River State Natural Area
Johnson

14,314

57.93
1970
Cache River

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area[3]
Alexander

1,380

5.6
?

Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Fayette

37,000

150
1966
Carlyle Lake

Castle Rock State Park
Ogle

2,000

8.1
1921
Rock River

Cave-in-Rock State Park
Hardin

204

0.83
1929
Ohio River

Chain O'Lakes State Park
McHenry

1,700

6.9
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

0.083
1932
DuPage River, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area
DeWitt

9,300

38
1978
Clinton Lake, Salt Creek, Old Creek

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Montgomery

297

1.20
1966
Coffeen Lake, Shoal Creek

Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Crawford

1,129

4.57
?
Huston Creek

Delabar State Park
Henderson

89

0.36
1960
Mississippi River

Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area
Will

5,000

20
1948
Kankakee River, Milliken Lake

Dixon Springs State Park
Pope

801

3.24
1946
Wabash River

Donnelley/Depue State Park
Putnam

3,015

12.20
1982
Lake DePue, Spring Lake, Coleman Lake, Illinois River

Double T State Fish and Wildlife Area
Fulton

1,961

7.94
2001
Double T Lake

Eagle Creek State Recreation Area
Shelby

11,100

45
May, 1963
Lake Shelbyville, Eagle Creek

Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area
Logan

974

3.94
1971
Salt Creek

Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area
Clinton

3,000

12
?
Carlyle Lake, Lake Shelbyville

Ferne Clyffe State Park
Johnson

2,430

9.8
1949
Ferne Clyffe Lake

Fort Massac State Park
Massac

1,450

5.9
1908
Ohio River

Fox Ridge State Park
Coles

2,064

8.35
1930s
Ridge Lake, Embarras River

Frank Holten State Recreation Area
St. Clair

1,080

4.4
1964
Whispering Willow Lake, Grand Marais Lake

Franklin Creek State Park
Lee

664

2.69
1970
Franklin Creek

Fults Hill Prairie State Natural Area
Monroe

997

4.03
1970
Kidd Lake

Gebhard Woods State Park
Grundy

30

0.12
1934
Nettle Creek

Giant City State Park
Jackson, Union

1,100

4.5
1927
Little Grassy Lake, Indian Creek

Golconda Marina State Recreation Area
Pope

274

1.11
?
Ohio River

Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
Grundy

2,537

10.27
1969
Goose Lake, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River, Illinois River

Green River State Wildlife Area
Lee

2,565

10.38
1940
Green River

Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Hamilton

1,683

6.81
1962
Dolan Lake

Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area
Vermilion

1,104

4.47
?
?

Hazel & Bill Rutherford Wildlife Prairie State Park
Peoria

1,700

6.9
2000
Deep Lake, Caboose Lake, Beaver Lake, Horseshoe Lake

Heidecke Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Grundy

1,300

5.3
?
Heidecke Lake

Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
Bureau, Lee, Whiteside, Rock Island, Henry
60,314

244.08
1970
Hennepin Canal
104.5-mile (168.2 km) linear park (W To Moline then N to Rock Falls vic.)

Hidden Springs State Forest
Shelby

1,200

4.9
1960
Richland Creek, Possum Creek

Horseshoe Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Alexander

10,200

41
?
Horseshoe Lake

Horseshoe Lake State Park
Madison

2,960

12.0
?
Horseshoe Lake

Illini State Park
LaSalle

510

2.1
1934
Illinois River

Illinois Caverns State Natural Area
Monroe

120

0.49
1985
None
9.6 km of the park are passages underground.

Iroquois County State Wildlife Area
Iroquois

2,480

10.0
1944
None
Occupies the edge of the former Glacial Lake Watseka.

James "Pate" Philip State Park
DuPage, Kane

3,432

13.89
1991
Brewester Creek

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area
Cass

16,550

67.0
June, 1993
Gridley Lake, Prairie Lake, Drake Lake

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park
Henry

1,365

5.52
?
Johnson-Sauk Trail Lake

Jubilee College State Park
Peoria

3,200

13
1933
None

Kankakee River State Park
Kankakee, Will

4,000

16
1938
Kankakee River

Kaskaskia River State Fish & Wildlife Area
St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph

20,000

81
?
Kaskaskia River, Baldwin Lake

Kickapoo State Recreation Area
Vermilion

2,842

11.50
1939
Middle Fork

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Jackson

11,750

47.6
1968
Kinkaid Lake, Johnson Creek, Reed Creek

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area
DeKalb

570

2.3
2002
Kishwaukee River

Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park
Stephenson

715

2.89
1948
Lake Le-Aqua-Na

Lake Murphysboro State Park
Jackson

1,022

4.14
1948
Lake Murphysboro

LaSalle Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
LaSalle

2,058

8.33
?
LaSalle Lake

Lewis and Clark State Historic Site
Madison

2002
None

Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial
Macon

162

0.66
1957
Sangamon River

Lincoln Trail State Park
Clark

1,023

4.14
1958
Lincoln Trail Lake

Lowden State Park
Ogle

207

0.84
1945
Rock River

Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Tazewell

1,448

5.86
1970
Mackinaw River

Marshall State Fish & Wildlife Area
Marshall

6,000

24
1925
Illinois River

Matthiessen State Park
LaSalle

1,700

6.9
1943
Deer Park Lake, Vermilion River

Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area
Bureau

911

3.69
?
15 lakes

Mazonia/Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area
Grundy

1,017

4.12
1981
Braidwood Lake

Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Massac

2,630

10.6
1949
Mermet Lake

Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area
Vermilion

2,700

11
1986
Middle Fork

Mississippi Palisades State Park
Carroll

2,500

10
1973
Mississippi River, Apple River

Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Jersey, Calhoun

24,386

98.69
?
Stump Lake, Fuller Lake

Moraine Hills State Park
McHenry

2,200

8.9
1939
Lake Defiance, Fox River

Moraine View State Recreation Area
McLean

1,687

6.83
1959
Dawson Lake, Salt Creek

Morrison-Rockwood State Park
Whiteside

1,164

4.71
1971
Rock Creek, Lake Carlton

Nauvoo State Park
Hancock

148

0.60
?
Mississippi River, Lake Horton

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Jasper

1,775

7.18
1979
Newton Lake, Sand Creek, Laws Creek

North Point Marina
Lake

297

1.20
?
Lake Michigan

Peabody River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Randolph

2,200

8.9
?
20 lakes

Pere Marquette State Park
Jersey

8,050

32.6
1931
Mississippi River, Illinois River

Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area
Jackson, Randolph

198

0.80
1972
Piney Creek

Prophetstown State Recreation Area
Whiteside

53

0.21
1947
Coon Creek, Rock River

Pyramid State Recreation Area
Perry

19,701

79.73
1968
Super Lake

Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area
Fayette

1,980

8.0
?
Ramsey Lake, Ramsey Creek

Randolph County State Recreation Area
Randolph

1,101

4.46
1958
Randolph County Lake

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area
Pike

1,140

4.6
1970
Illinois River

Red Hills State Park
Lawrence

967

3.91
1953
Muddy Creek

Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Franklin, Jefferson

38,900

157
?
Rend Lake

Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Fulton

5,660

22.9
1945
Rice Lake

Rock Cut State Park
Winnebago

3,092

12.51
1957
Pierce Lake, Olson Lake

Rock Island Trail State Park
Stark, Peoria

1989
None
26-mile (42 km) public rail trail.

Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Saline

1,270

5.1
1959
Glen O. Jones Lake

Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Wayne

1,302

5.27
1959
Sam Dale Lake

Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area
Jasper

1,180

4.8
1960

Sand Ridge State Forest
Mason

7,200

29
1939
None

Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area
Cass, Schuyler, Mason

10,360

41.9
1948

Sangchris Lake State Recreation Area
Christian, Sangamon

3,022

12.23
1964
Sangchris Lake

Shabbona Lake State Park
DeKalb

1,550

6.3
1978
Shabbona Lake

Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area
Moultrie

6,200

25
?
Kaskaskia River, West Okaw River

Sielbeck Forest Natural Area
Johnson

385

1.56
1998

Siloam Springs State Park
Adams, Brown

3,323

13.45
1940

Silver Springs State Fish & Wildlife Area
Kendall

1,350

5.5
1969
Fox River, Loon Lake, Beaver Lake, Silver Springs

Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area
Knox

2,500

10
1987
Snakeden Hollow Lake

South Shore State Park
Clinton

26,000

110
?
Carlyle Lake

Spitler Woods State Natural Area
Macon

202.5

0.819
1937
Squirrel Creek

Spring Lake Fish and Wildlife Area
Tazewell

2,032

8.22
1950
Spring Lake

Starved Rock State Park
LaSalle

2,630

10.6
1911
Illinois River

Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area
Marion

3,103

12.56
1959

Ten Mile Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area
Hamilton, Jefferson

6,000

24
1988
Ten Mile Creek

Trail of Tears State Forest
Union

5,114

20.70
1929
Mississippi River, Clear Creek

Tunnel Hill State Trail
Johnson, Pulaski, Saline, Williamson

None
45-mile (72.4 km) Trail.

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Randolph

2,264

9.16
?

Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Union

6,202

25.10
1940s

Volo Bog State Natural Area
Lake

1,150

4.7
1970
Volo Bog

Walnut Point State Park
Douglas

671

2.72
1968

Washington County State Recreation Area
Washington

900

3.6
1959

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area
Franklin, Jefferson

3,300

13
1975
Rend Lake, Big Muddy River

Weinberg-King State Park
Schuyler

772

3.12
1968
?

Weldon Springs State Recreation Area
DeWitt

550

2.2
1948
Salt Creek

White Pines Forest State Park
Ogle

385

1.56
1927
Pine Creek, Spring Creek
Southernmost stand of virgin, native white pine trees in the state of Illinois.[4]

William G. Stratton State Park
Grundy

William W. Powers State Recreation Area
Cook

580

2.3
1947
Wolf Lake

Wolf Creek State Park
Shelby

23,500

95
1968
Lake Shelbyville, Wolf Creek

Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area
Woodford

2,900

12

Illinois River, Upper Peoria Lake

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