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;
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, and historic sites under various governmental levels of protection. 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 Template:Convert forest preserve systemTemplate:Citation needed and a Template:Convert state park (Shabbona Lake State Park); within DeKalb County, the DeKalb Park District in the City of DeKalb has a Template:Convert park system.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

State protected areas

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

State historic sites

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

State parks are owned by the state and generally administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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”.<ref name="SPDA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Name County Area (acres) Area (km2) Established Bodies of water Image Remarks
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park Lake Template:Convert 1948 Lake Michigan
Apple River Canyon State Park Jo Daviess Template:Convert 1932 Apple River
Argyle Lake State Park McDonough Template:Convert 1948 Argyle Lake
Beall Woods State Park Wabash Template:Convert 1966 Coffee Creek
Beaver Dam State Park Macoupin Template:Convert 1947 Beaver Dam Lake
Buffalo Rock State Park & Effigy Tumuli LaSalle Template:Convert November 15, 1928 Illinois River
Castle Rock State Park Ogle Template:Convert 1921 Rock River
Cave-in-Rock State Park Hardin Template:Convert 1929 Ohio River
Chain O'Lakes State Park McHenry Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert 1932 DuPage River, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River
Delabar State Park Henderson Template:Convert 1960 Mississippi River
Dixon Springs State Park Pope Template:Convert 1946 Wabash River
Donnelley/Depue State Park Putnam Template:Convert 1982 Lake DePue, Spring Lake, Coleman Lake, Illinois River
Ferne Clyffe State Park Johnson Template:Convert 1949 Ferne Clyffe Lake
Fort Massac State Park Massac Template:Convert 1908 Ohio River
Fox Ridge State Park Coles Template:Convert 1930s Ridge Lake, Embarras River
Gebhard Woods State Park Grundy Template:Convert 1934 Nettle Creek
Giant City State Park Jackson, Union Template:Convert 1927 Little Grassy Lake, Indian Creek
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park Bureau, Lee, Whiteside, Rock Island, Henry Template:Convert 1970 Hennepin Canal
Template:Convert linear park (W To Moline then N to Rock Falls vic.)
Horseshoe Lake State Park Madison Template:Convert ? Horseshoe Lake
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Illini State Park LaSalle Template:Convert 1934 Illinois River
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James "Pate" Philip State Park DuPage, Kane Template:Convert 1991 Brewester Creek
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park Henry Template:Convert ? Johnson-Sauk Trail Lake
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Jubilee College State Park Peoria Template:Convert 1933 Jubilee Creek
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Kankakee River State Park Kankakee, Will Template:Convert 1938 Kankakee River
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Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park Stephenson Template:Convert 1948 Lake Le-Aqua-Na
Lake Murphysboro State Park Jackson Template:Convert 1948 Lake Murphysboro
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Lincoln Trail State Park Clark Template:Convert 1958 Lincoln Trail Lake
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Lowden State Park Ogle Template:Convert 1945 Rock River
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Matthiessen State Park LaSalle Template:Convert 1943 Deer Park Lake, Vermilion River
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Mississippi Palisades State Park Carroll Template:Convert 1973 Mississippi River, Apple River
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Moraine Hills State Park McHenry Template:Convert 1939 Lake Defiance, Fox River
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Morrison-Rockwood State Park Whiteside Template:Convert 1971 Rock Creek, Lake Carlton
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Nauvoo State Park Hancock Template:Convert ? Mississippi River, Lake Horton
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Pere Marquette State Park Jersey Template:Convert 1931 Mississippi River, Illinois River
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Red Hills State Park Lawrence Template:Convert 1953 Muddy Creek
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Rock Cut State Park Winnebago Template:Convert 1957 Pierce Lake, Olson Lake
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Rock Island Trail State Park Stark, Peoria 1989 None
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Shabbona Lake State Park DeKalb Template:Convert 1978 Shabbona Lake
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Siloam Springs State Park Adams, Brown Template:Convert 1940
South Shore State Park Clinton Template:Convert ? Carlyle Lake
Starved Rock State Park LaSalle Template:Convert 1911 Illinois River
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Walnut Point State Park Douglas Template:Convert 1968
Weinberg-King State Park Schuyler Template:Convert 1968 ?
Wolf Creek State Park Shelby Template:Convert 1968 Lake Shelbyville, Wolf Creek

State fish and wildlife areas

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.”<ref name="SPDA"/>

Name County Area (acres) Area (km2) Established Bodies of water Image Remarks
Anderson Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area Fulton Template:Convert 1947 Anderson Lake
Baldwin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area Randolph Template:Convert ? Baldwin Lake
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Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area Alexander Template:Convert ?
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Fayette Template:Convert 1966 Carlyle Lake
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Montgomery Template:Convert 1966 Coffeen Lake, Shoal Creek
Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area Crawford Template:Convert ? Huston Creek
Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area Will Template:Convert 1948 Kankakee River, Milliken Lake
Devils Island Wildlife Management Area Alexander, Union Template:Convert ? Mississippi River, Picayune Chute
Double T State Fish and Wildlife Area Fulton Template:Convert 2001 Double T Lake
Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area Logan Template:Convert 1971 Salt Creek
Green River State Wildlife Area Lee Template:Convert 1940 Green River
Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area Hamilton Template:Convert 1962 Dolan Lake
Heidecke Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area Grundy Template:Convert ? Heidecke Lake
Horseshoe Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area Alexander Template:Convert ? Horseshoe Lake
Iroquois County State Wildlife Area Iroquois Template:Convert 1944 None Occupies the edge of the former Glacial Lake Watseka.
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area Cass Template:Convert June 1993 Gridley Lake, Prairie Lake, Drake Lake
Kaskaskia River State Fish & Wildlife Area St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph Template:Convert ? Kaskaskia River, Baldwin Lake
Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Jackson Template:Convert 1968 Kinkaid Lake, Johnson Creek, Reed Creek
Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area DeKalb Template:Convert 2002 Kishwaukee River
LaSalle Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area LaSalle Template:Convert ? LaSalle Lake
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area Tazewell Template:Convert 1970 Mackinaw River
Marshall State Fish & Wildlife Area Marshall Template:Convert 1925 Illinois River
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area Bureau Template:Convert ? 15 lakes
Mazonia/Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area Grundy Template:Convert 1981 Braidwood Lake
Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Massac Template:Convert 1949 Mermet Lake
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area Vermilion Template:Convert 1986 Middle Fork
Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area Jersey, Calhoun Template:Convert ? Stump Lake, Fuller Lake
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Jasper Template:Convert 1979 Newton Lake, Sand Creek, Laws Creek
Peabody River State Fish and Wildlife Area Randolph Template:Convert ? 20 lakes
Pekin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Tazewell Template:Convert ? Pekin Lake, Worley Lake
Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Tazewell Template:Convert September 18, 1984<ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Powerton Lake
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area Pike Template:Convert 1970 Illinois River
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Franklin, Jefferson Template:Convert ? Rend Lake
Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Fulton Template:Convert 1945 Rice Lake
Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area Saline Template:Convert 1959 Glen O. Jones Lake
Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Wayne Template:Convert 1959 Sam Dale Lake
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area Jasper Template:Convert 1960
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area Cass, Schuyler, Mason Template:Convert 1948
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area Moultrie Template:Convert ? Kaskaskia River, West Okaw River
Silver Springs State Fish & Wildlife Area Kendall Template:Convert 1969 Fox River, Loon Lake, Beaver Lake, Silver Springs
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area Knox Template:Convert 1987 Snakeden Hollow Lake
Spring Lake Fish and Wildlife Area Tazewell Template:Convert 1950 Spring Lake
Ten Mile Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area Hamilton, Jefferson Template:Convert 1988 Ten Mile Creek
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area Randolph Template:Convert ?
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area Union Template:Convert 1940s
Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area Woodford Template:Convert Illinois River, Upper Peoria Lake

State recreation areas

Name County Area (acres) Area (km2) Established Bodies of water Image Remarks
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area DeWitt Template:Convert 1978 Clinton Lake, Salt Creek, Old Creek
Eagle Creek State Recreation Area Shelby Template:Convert May 1963 Lake Shelbyville, Eagle Creek
Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area Clinton Template:Convert ? Carlyle Lake, Lake Shelbyville
Frank Holten State Recreation Area St. Clair Template:Convert 1964 Whispering Willow Lake, Grand Marais Lake
Golconda Marina State Recreation Area Pope Template:Convert ? Ohio River
Kickapoo State Recreation Area Vermilion Template:Convert 1939 Middle Fork
Moraine View State Recreation Area McLean Template:Convert 1959 Dawson Lake, Salt Creek
Prophetstown State Recreation Area Whiteside Template:Convert 1947 Coon Creek, Rock River
Pyramid State Recreation Area Perry Template:Convert 1968 Super Lake
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area Fayette Template:Convert ? Ramsey Lake, Ramsey Creek
Randolph County State Recreation Area Randolph Template:Convert 1958 Randolph County Lake
Sangchris Lake State Recreation Area Christian, Sangamon Template:Convert 1964 Sangchris Lake
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area Marion Template:Convert 1959
Washington County State Recreation Area Washington Template:Convert 1959
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area Franklin, Jefferson Template:Convert 1975 Rend Lake, Big Muddy River
Weldon Springs State Recreation Area DeWitt Template:Convert 1948 Salt Creek

State natural areas

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.”<ref name="SPDA"/>

Name County Area (acres) Area (km2) Established Bodies of water Image Remarks
Cache River State Natural Area Johnson Template:Convert 1970 Cache River
Franklin Creek State Natural Area Lee Template:Convert 1982 Franklin Creek
Fults Hill Prairie State Natural Area Monroe Template:Convert 1970 Kidd Lake
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area Grundy Template:Convert 1969 Goose Lake, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River, Illinois River
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area Vermilion Template:Convert ? Little Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) Managed as an outlying unit of Kickapoo State Recreation Area
Illinois Caverns State Natural Area Monroe Template:Convert 1985 None 9.6 km of the park are passages underground.
Mitchell's Grove Nature Preserve LaSalle Template:Convert 1997 Little Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area Jackson, Randolph Template:Convert 1972 Piney Creek
Prairie Ridge State Natural Area Jasper, Marion Template:Convert
Revis Hill Prairie Mason Template:Convert 1973 Managed as an outlying unit of Sand Ridge State Forest
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak Nature Preserve Mason Template:Convert 1970 Managed as an outlying unit of Sand Ridge State Forest
Sielbeck Forest Natural Area Johnson Template:Convert 1998
Spitler Woods State Natural Area Macon Template:Convert 1937 Squirrel Creek
Volo Bog State Natural Area Lake Template:Convert 1970 Volo Bog

Other state protected areas

Name County Area (acres) Area (km2) Established Bodies of water Image Remarks
Big River State Forest Henderson Template:Convert 1925 Mississippi River
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Hidden Springs State Forest Shelby Template:Convert 1960 Richland Creek, Possum Creek
Lewis and Clark State Historic Site Madison 2002 None
North Point Marina Lake Template:Convert ? Lake Michigan
Sand Ridge State Forest Mason Template:Convert 1939 None
Trail of Tears State Forest Union Template:Convert 1929 Mississippi River, Clear Creek
Tunnel Hill State Trail Johnson, Pulaski, Saline, Williamson None Template:Convert Trail.
Wildlife Prairie Park Peoria Template:Convert 2000 Deep Lake, Caboose Lake, Beaver Lake, Horseshoe Lake

Federally protected areas

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

U.S. Wilderness Areas

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

National Park Service

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

Internationally recognized protected areas

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:<ref name="list">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Local level parks

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 Template:Convert 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:

References

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