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List of protected areas of Illinois

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Map of Protected Areas of Illinois
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Parks; Forests; Recreation Areas;
Fish and Wildlife Areas; Natural Areas;
National Historic Sites and Trails

Illinois has a variety of protected areas, including over 123 state-protected areas, dozens of federally protected areas, hundreds of county-level and municipal park areas. Illinois also contains sites designated as internationally important protected areas. These multiple levels of protection contribute to a statewide network of numerous recreation opportunities and conservation schemes, sometimes in a small area. For example, DeKalb County contains a 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) forest preserve system[citation needed] and a 1,500-acre (6.1 km2) state park (Shabbona Lake State Park); within DeKalb County, the DeKalb Park District in the City of DeKalb has a 700-acre (2.8 km2) park system.[1]

State protected areas

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Illinois state-owned protected areas include state parks, state forests, state recreation areas, state fish and wildlife areas, state natural areas, and one state trail. These areas are all administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. In addition, dozens of state historic sites are administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Division.[2]

State historic sites

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State historic sites are typically protected for their historic and cultural importance but may include a nature preservation component, such as at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and Lincoln's New Salem. For a list, see Illinois Historic Preservation Division.

State parks

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State parks are owned by the state and generally administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.[3] Specifically, “State Park” refers to sites “exhibiting exceptional scenic and natural features and terrain” and that “offer a wide range of recreational opportunities for the public to enjoy”.[4]

Name  County  Area (acres) Area (km2)  Estab-
lished  		Bodies of water  Image  Remarks  
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State ParkLake4,16016.81948Lake Michigan
Apple River Canyon State ParkJo Daviess2971.201932Apple River
Argyle Lake State ParkMcDonough1,7006.91948Argyle Lake
Beall Woods State ParkWabash6352.571966Coffee Creek
Beaver Dam State ParkMacoupin7503.01947Beaver Dam Lake
Buffalo Rock State Park & Effigy TumuliLaSalle2981.21November 15, 1928Illinois River
Castle Rock State ParkOgle2,0008.11921Rock River
Cave-in-Rock State ParkHardin2040.831929Ohio River
Chain O'Lakes State ParkMcHenry1,7006.91945Bluff 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 ParkWill20.50.0831932DuPage River, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River
Delabar State ParkHenderson890.361960Mississippi River
Dixon Springs State ParkPope8013.241946Wabash River
Donnelley/Depue State ParkPutnam3,01512.201982Lake DePue, Spring Lake, Coleman Lake, Illinois River
Ferne Clyffe State ParkJohnson2,4309.81949Ferne Clyffe Lake
Fort Massac State ParkMassac1,4505.91908Ohio River
Fox Ridge State ParkColes2,0648.351930sRidge Lake, Embarras River
Gebhard Woods State ParkGrundy300.121934Nettle Creek
Giant City State ParkJackson, Union1,1004.51927Little Grassy Lake, Indian Creek
Hennepin Canal Parkway State ParkBureau, Lee, Whiteside, Rock Island, Henry60,314244.081970Hennepin Canal
104.5-mile (168.2 km) linear park (W To Moline then N to Rock Falls vic.)
Horseshoe Lake State ParkMadison2,96012.0?Horseshoe Lake
Illini State ParkLaSalle5102.11934Illinois River
James "Pate" Philip State ParkDuPage, Kane3,43213.891991Brewester Creek
Johnson-Sauk Trail State ParkHenry1,3655.52?Johnson-Sauk Trail Lake
Jubilee College State ParkPeoria3,200131933Jubilee Creek
Kankakee River State ParkKankakee, Will4,000161938Kankakee River
Old_Bridge_Piers_P1010079_Kankakee_River_SP_(old_Bridge_Piers)
Lake Le-Aqua-Na State ParkStephenson7152.891948Lake Le-Aqua-Na
Lake Murphysboro State ParkJackson1,0224.141948Lake Murphysboro
Lincoln Trail State ParkClark1,0234.141958Lincoln Trail Lake
Lowden State ParkOgle2070.841945Rock River
Matthiessen State ParkLaSalle1,7006.91943Deer Park Lake, Vermilion River
Mississippi Palisades State ParkCarroll2,500101973Mississippi River, Apple River
Moraine Hills State ParkMcHenry2,2008.91939Lake Defiance, Fox River
Morrison-Rockwood State ParkWhiteside1,1644.711971Rock Creek, Lake Carlton
Nauvoo State ParkHancock1480.60?Mississippi River, Lake Horton
3._Nauvoo_State_Park_and_Museum_(Nauvoo,_Illinois)_on_the_Mormon_Pioneer_National_Historic_Trail_(2004)_(883e3aa6-cf09-4e12-ae20-49477530361b)
Pere Marquette State ParkJersey8,05032.61931Mississippi River, Illinois River
Red Hills State ParkLawrence9673.911953Muddy Creek
Rock Cut State ParkWinnebago3,09212.511957Pierce Lake, Olson Lake
Rock Island Trail State ParkStark, Peoria1989None
26-mile (42 km) public rail trail.
Shabbona Lake State ParkDeKalb1,5506.31978Shabbona Lake
Siloam Springs State ParkAdams, Brown3,32313.451940
South Shore State ParkClinton26,000110?Carlyle Lake
Starved Rock State ParkLaSalle2,63010.61911Illinois River
Walnut Point State ParkDouglas6712.721968
Weinberg-King State ParkSchuyler7723.121968?
Wolf Creek State ParkShelby23,500951968Lake Shelbyville, Wolf Creek

State fish and wildlife areas

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Areas whose primary purpose is to “reserve land and water areas for production and conservation of fish or wildlife and to provide hunting, fishing, trapping, observation, and other forms of compatible recreational use.”[4]

Name  County  Area (acres) Area (km2)  Estab-
lished  		Bodies of water  Image  Remarks  
Anderson Lake State Fish & Wildlife AreaFulton2,2479.091947Anderson Lake
Baldwin Lake State Fish & Wildlife AreaRandolph2,0188.17?Baldwin Lake
Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife AreaFulton4,36317.661980s[5]Illinois River
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife AreaAlexander1,3805.6?
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaFayette37,0001501966Carlyle Lake
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaMontgomery2971.201966Coffeen Lake, Shoal Creek
Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife AreaCrawford1,1294.57?Huston Creek
Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife AreaWill5,000201948Kankakee River, Milliken Lake
Double T State Fish and Wildlife AreaFulton1,9617.942001Double T Lake
Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife AreaLogan9743.941971Salt Creek
Green River State Wildlife AreaLee2,56510.381940Green River
Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife AreaHamilton1,6836.811962Dolan Lake
Heidecke Lake State Fish & Wildlife AreaGrundy1,3005.3?Heidecke Lake
Horseshoe Lake State Fish & Wildlife AreaAlexander10,20041?Horseshoe Lake
Iroquois County State Wildlife AreaIroquois2,48010.01944NoneOccupies the edge of the former Glacial Lake Watseka.
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife AreaCass16,55067.0June 1993Gridley Lake, Prairie Lake, Drake Lake
Kaskaskia River State Fish & Wildlife AreaSt. Clair, Monroe, Randolph20,00081?Kaskaskia River, Baldwin Lake
Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaJackson11,75047.61968Kinkaid Lake, Johnson Creek, Reed Creek
Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife AreaDeKalb5702.32002Kishwaukee River
LaSalle Lake State Fish & Wildlife AreaLaSalle2,0588.33?LaSalle Lake
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife AreaTazewell1,4485.861970Mackinaw River
Marshall State Fish & Wildlife AreaMarshall6,000241925Illinois River
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife AreaBureau9113.69?15 lakes
Mazonia/Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife AreaGrundy1,0174.121981Braidwood Lake
Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaMassac2,63010.61949Mermet Lake
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife AreaVermilion2,700111986Middle Fork
Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife AreaJersey, Calhoun24,38698.69?Stump Lake, Fuller Lake
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaJasper1,7757.181979Newton Lake, Sand Creek, Laws Creek
Peabody River State Fish and Wildlife AreaRandolph2,2008.9?20 lakes
Pekin Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaTazewell1,1814.78?Pekin Lake, Worley Lake
Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaTazewell1,4265.77September 18, 1984[6][7][8]Powerton Lake
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife AreaPike1,1404.61970Illinois River
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaFranklin, Jefferson38,900157?Rend Lake
Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaFulton5,66022.91945Rice Lake
Saline County State Fish and Wildlife AreaSaline1,2705.11959Glen O. Jones Lake
Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife AreaWayne1,3025.271959Sam Dale Lake
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife AreaJasper1,1804.81960
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife AreaCass, Schuyler, Mason10,36041.91948
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife AreaMoultrie6,20025?Kaskaskia River, West Okaw River
Silver Springs State Fish & Wildlife AreaKendall1,3505.51969Fox River, Loon Lake, Beaver Lake, Silver Springs
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife AreaKnox2,500101987Snakeden Hollow Lake
Spring Lake Fish and Wildlife AreaTazewell2,0328.221950Spring Lake
Ten Mile Creek State Fish & Wildlife AreaHamilton, Jefferson6,000241988Ten Mile Creek
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife AreaRandolph2,2649.16?
Union County State Fish and Wildlife AreaUnion6,20225.101940s
Woodford State Fish and Wildlife AreaWoodford2,90012Illinois River, Upper Peoria Lake

State recreation areas

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Name  County  Area (acres) Area (km2)  Estab-
lished  		Bodies of water  Image  Remarks  
Clinton Lake State Recreation AreaDeWitt9,300381978Clinton Lake, Salt Creek, Old Creek
Eagle Creek State Recreation AreaShelby11,10045May 1963Lake Shelbyville, Eagle Creek
Eldon Hazlet State Recreation AreaClinton3,00012?Carlyle Lake, Lake Shelbyville
Frank Holten State Recreation AreaSt. Clair1,0804.41964Whispering Willow Lake, Grand Marais Lake
Golconda Marina State Recreation AreaPope2741.11?Ohio River
Kickapoo State Recreation AreaVermilion2,84211.501939Middle Fork
Moraine View State Recreation AreaMcLean1,6876.831959Dawson Lake, Salt Creek
Prophetstown State Recreation AreaWhiteside530.211947Coon Creek, Rock River
Pyramid State Recreation AreaPerry19,70179.731968Super Lake
Ramsey Lake State Recreation AreaFayette1,9808.0?Ramsey Lake, Ramsey Creek
Randolph County State Recreation AreaRandolph1,1014.461958Randolph County Lake
Sangchris Lake State Recreation AreaChristian, Sangamon3,02212.231964Sangchris Lake
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation AreaMarion3,10312.561959
Washington County State Recreation AreaWashington9003.61959
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation AreaFranklin, Jefferson3,300131975Rend Lake, Big Muddy River
Weldon Springs State Recreation AreaDeWitt5502.21948Salt Creek

State natural areas

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Areas of land which “either retains or has recovered to a substantial degree its original natural or primeval character, though it need not be completely undisturbed, or has floral, faunal, ecological, geological or archaeological features of scientific, educational, scenic or esthetic interest.”[4]

Name  County  Area (acres) Area (km2)  Estab-
lished  		Bodies of water  Image  Remarks  
Cache River State Natural AreaJohnson14,31457.931970Cache River
Franklin Creek State Natural AreaLee8823.571982Franklin Creek
Fults Hill Prairie State Natural AreaMonroe9974.031970Kidd Lake
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural AreaGrundy2,53710.271969Goose Lake, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River, Illinois River
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural AreaVermilion1,1044.47?Little Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)
Illinois Caverns State Natural AreaMonroe1200.491985None9.6 km of the park are passages underground.
Mitchell's Grove Nature PreserveLaSalle1840.741997Little Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
Piney Creek Ravine State Natural AreaJackson, Randolph1980.801972Piney Creek
Prairie Ridge State Natural AreaJasper, Marion4,10116.60
Sielbeck Forest Natural AreaJohnson3851.561998
Spitler Woods State Natural AreaMacon202.50.8191937Squirrel Creek
Volo Bog State Natural AreaLake1,1504.71970Volo Bog

Other state protected areas

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Name  County  Area (acres) Area (km2)  Estab-
lished  		Bodies of water  Image  Remarks  
Big River State ForestHenderson2,900121925Mississippi River
Bohm Woods Nature Preserve[9]Madison900.36November 2006[10][9]
Hidden Springs State ForestShelby1,2004.91960Richland Creek, Possum Creek
Lewis and Clark State Historic SiteMadison2002None
North Point MarinaLake2971.20?Lake Michigan
Sand Ridge State ForestMason7,200291939None
Trail of Tears State ForestUnion5,11420.701929Mississippi River, Clear Creek
Tunnel Hill State TrailJohnson, Pulaski, Saline, WilliamsonNone45-mile (72.4 km) Trail.
Wildlife Prairie ParkPeoria1,7006.92000Deep Lake, Caboose Lake, Beaver Lake, Horseshoe Lake


Federally protected areas

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Illinois contains one national forest, the Shawnee National Forest, one national grassland, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, and several other sites administered by the National Park Service, including portions of National Trails. There are also National Wildlife Refuges.

National Forest Service Areas

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U.S. Wilderness Areas

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The following U.S. Wilderness areas are located within the Shawnee National Forest and are administered by the U.S. Forest Service:

Crab Orchard Wilderness is located within Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Areas

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National Park Service

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The National Park Service operates the federally owned Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, the Pullman National Historical Park in Chicago, and the New Philadelphia National Historic Site in Pike County in rural western Illinois. The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is a National Park Service-affiliated site which is located in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. In addition, the National Park Service partners with the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Internationally recognized protected areas

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One UNESCO World Heritage Site in Illinois, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, is protected and listed as a state-owned historic site. Two of the eight World Heritage Site structures exemplifying the 20th-Century architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright are also located in Illinois: Unity Temple and the Robie House, and are protected by local and federal schemes.

In addition to cultural sites, Illinois contains five wetland areas designated as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention:[11]

Local level parks

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A variety of county and town protected areas exist in Illinois, including city park districts and county-wide Forest Preserve or Conservation Districts, as well as land owned by private conservation organizations. 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 70,000 acres (280 km2) of open land, or 11.6 percent of Cook County's land area. Under Illinois law, counties may set up a conservation land holding district, after approval by county voters. Although most of the 102 counties have not established such a public landholding agency, below are the approved county districts:

  • Boone County Conservation District - 4,000 acres (16 km2)
  • Byron Forest Preserve District - 1,708 acres (6.91 km2)
  • Champaign County Forest Preserve District - 4,000 acres (16 km2)
  • Forest Preserve District of Cook County - 70,000 acres (280 km2)
  • DeKalb County Forest Preserve - 4,000 acres (16 km2)
  • Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - 26,000 acres (110 km2)
  • Forest Preserve District of Kane County - 20,000 acres (81 km2)
  • Forest Preserves of the Kankakee River Valley - 465 acres (1.88 km2)
  • Kendall County Forest Preserve District - 2,663 acres (10.78 km2)
  • Lake County Forest Preserve - 31,000 acres (130 km2)
  • Macon County Conservation District - 3,490 acres (14.1 km2)
  • McHenry County Conservation District - 24,000 acres (97 km2)
  • Putnam Country Conservation District - 1,100-acre (4.5 km2)
  • Rock Island Forest Preserve District - 2,529 acres (10.23 km2)
  • Vermilion County Conservation District - 6,600 acres (27 km2)
  • Forest Preserve District of Will County - 21,966 acres (88.89 km2)
  • Winnebago County Forest Preserve District - 11,500 acres (47 km2)

References

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  1. ^ "DeKalb Park District". DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "State Historic Sites". dnrhistoric.illinois.gov. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "State Parks & Outdoor Recreation". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "State Parks Designation Act". Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "About Banner Marsh SFWA". dnr.illinois.gov. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "Public fishing available". Lemont Metropolitan. September 13, 1984. p. 15. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  7. ^ Hogan, John (August 25, 1985). "The fishing is great on Edison Lakes". The Life. p. 12. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  8. ^ McNally, Tom (May 30, 1984). "New lake near Pekin ready soon". Chicago Tribune. p. 48. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Bohm Woods Nature Preserve". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  10. ^ "Bohm Woods State Nature Preserve". Heartlands Consevancy. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  11. ^ "The Annotated Ramsar List: United States of America" (PDF). Ramsar.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
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