The Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway protects land along more than 76 percent of the river in Lake County,...
Illinois
This article is about camping at the Starved Rock Campgrounds. I have posted a little background of Starved Rock State...
Shabbona Lake State Park is located just miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, and features 1,550 acres of natural...
One of the most picturesque sites along the Rock River is Lowden State Park, just north of Oregon IL. Legend...
We really want to keep our hikes and camping going throughout the winter. We have never winter camped and we...
Buffalo Rock State Park is located on a bluff which once was an island in the Illinois River. Now standing...
Skydiving is one of the many activities on Ryan's bucket list. On one of our southern Chicago hikes in November,...
Canyons, streams, prairie and forest combine to delight visitors at Matthiessen State Park. Located near Starved Rock State Park, Matthiessen...
Veteran Acres is one of the crown jewels of the Crystal Lake Park District. Located on the site are the...
Fifty-six miles northwest of downtown Chicago lies the 12,000 year old Volo Bog State Natural Area, home to the only open-water quaking bog...
The Blackwell Forest Preserve in Warrenville IL has everything an outdoors fanatic could want. Hikers, bicyclers, horseback riders and cross-country...
When renowned landscape designer O.C. Simonds (1855–1931) conceived plans for the Fort Sheridan army base in 1889, he meticulously merged...
Illinois Beach is the only remaining beach ridge shoreline left in the state, with dunes and swales, sprawling marshes, forests...
Marengo Ridge Conservation Area is one of McHenry County’s most popular and treasured areas. It contains over 818 acres of...
Chiseled out of the state's far northern region is Rock Cut State Park in Winnebago County. Nearby are other "rocky"...
