List of protected areas of Illinois









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Map of Protected Areas of Illinois
Each dot is linked to the corresponding article:
Red pog.svg Parks; Green pog.svg Forests; Purple pog.svg Recreation Areas;
Blue pog.svg Fish and Wildlife Areas; Orange pog.svg Natural Areas;
Red-gold double pog.svg National Historic Sites and Trails


Illinois has a variety of protected areas, including 123 state protected areas - state parks, wildlife areas, recreation areas, nature reserves, and state forests. There are also federal and local level protected areas in the state. These levels interact to provide a variety of recreation opportunities and conservation schemes, sometimes in a small area. For instance, 1,500-acre (6.1 km2) Shabbona Lake State Park lies in DeKalb County which has its own 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) forest preserve system, while the city of DeKalb has a 700-acre (2.8 km2) park system. There is one UNESCO World Heritage Site in Illinois, Cahokia.




Contents






  • 1 Overview


  • 2 Federal protected areas


    • 2.1 U.S. Wilderness Areas


    • 2.2 National Forest Service


    • 2.3 United States Fish and Wildlife Service


    • 2.4 National Park Service


    • 2.5 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers




  • 3 Current state parks


    • 3.1 Historic preservation




  • 4 Local level parks


  • 5 References


  • 6 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. In addition, several of the state historic sites, administered by its Illinois Historic Preservation Division, also include nature reserves.


There is also one national forest, Shawnee National Forest, and several other sites administered by the National Park Service, including portions of National Trails. There are also National Wildlife Refuges.



Federal protected areas



U.S. Wilderness Areas



  • Bald Knob Wilderness

  • Bay Creek Wilderness

  • Burden Falls Wilderness

  • Clear Springs Wilderness

  • Crab Orchard Wilderness

  • Garden of the Gods Wilderness

  • Lusk Creek Wilderness

  • Panther Den Wilderness



National Forest Service




  • Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie - 15,454 acres (62.54 km2)


  • Shawnee National Forest - 500,000 acres (2,000 km2)



United States Fish and Wildlife Service



  • Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge


  • Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge - 43,500 acres (176 km2) including the 4,050-acre (16.4 km2) Crab Orchard Wilderness

  • Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge

  • Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge

  • Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge

  • Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex

  • Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge

  • Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge

  • Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge



National Park Service


There are no national parks in Illinois but the Parks Service operates the federally owned 12-acre (49,000 m2) Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois and the Pullman National Monument in Chicago. The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is a NPS-affiliated site which is located in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County’s Portage Woods and Ottawa Trail Woods units. In addition, the NPS partners in the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area.



U.S. Army Corps of Engineers




  • Carlyle Lake - 26,000 acres (110 km2) of water and 11,000 acres (45 km2) of public land

  • Illinois Waterway


  • Lake Shelbyville - 11,100-acre (45 km2) lake and 23,000 acres (93 km2) of land


  • Rend Lake - 18,900 acres (76 km2) of water and 20,000 acres (81 km2) of land



Current state parks


State parks are owned by the state and generally administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.[1]






















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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, Peabody River

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 ? Peabody River
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 ?
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



Historic preservation


Around 50 usually smaller sites concerning historic structures are owned by the state and administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Division, some of which may have a nature preservation component, including the Cahokia World Heritage Site and Lincoln's New Salem.[5]



Local level parks


A variety of county and town protected areas exist in Illinois, including city park districts and county-wide Forest Preserve Districts. One of the largest systems is the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which includes Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden as well as 69,000 acres (280 km2) of open land, or 11 percent of Cook County’s land area.



  • Boone County Conservation District

  • Byron Forest Preserve District - 900 acres (3.6 km2)

  • Champaign County Forest Preserve District - 3,800 acres (15 km2)


  • Forest Preserve District of Cook County - 69,000 acres (280 km2)

  • DeKalb County Forest Preserve - 1,020 acres (4.1 km2)


  • Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - 24,000 acres (97 km2)

  • Forest Preserve District of Kane County - 17,135 acres (69.34 km2)

  • Forest Preserves of the Kankakee River Valley - 250 acres (1.0 km2)

  • Kendall County Forest Preserve District - 2,150 acres (8.7 km2)

  • Lake County Forest Preserve - 26,200 acres (106 km2)

  • Macon County Conservation District - 3,200 acres (13 km2)

  • McHenry County Conservation District - 20,000 acres (81 km2)

  • Putnam Country Conservation District - 950-acre (3.8 km2)

  • Rock Island Forest Preserve District - 1,900 acres (7.7 km2)

  • Vermilion County Conservation District - 6,000 acres (24 km2)


  • Forest Preserve District of Will County - 21,916 acres (88.69 km2)

  • Winnebago County Forest Preserve District - 9,000 acres (36 km2)



References





  1. ^ "State Parks & Outdoor Recreation". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 December 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Bohm Woods Nature Preserve". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 December 2018.


  3. ^ "Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 December 2018.


  4. ^ "Conserving the Land: The Rock River Country Archived 2005-04-19 at the Wayback Machine.," Critical Trends Assessment Program, Rock River Country Project ("Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-04-19. Retrieved 2007-07-03.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) ), Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 3 July 2007.


  5. ^ "Visit a State Historic Site". Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved 3 December 2018.




External links



  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources

  • Recreation.gov












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