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Alphabetical list - Recreation Areas in Illinois

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Anderson Lake Conservation Area
Apple River Canyon State Park
Argyle Lake State Park
Baldwin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Banner Marsh State Fish & Wildlife Area
Beall Woods State Park
Beaver Dam State Park
Big Bend State Fish & Wildlife Area
Big River State Forest
Buffalo Rock State Park & Effigy Tumuli
Burnham Park
Cache River State Natural Area
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Carlyle Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Castle Rock State Park
Cave-In-Rock State Park
Chain O'Lakes State Park
Channahon State Park
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
Chicago Portage National Historic Site
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area
Coffeen Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Crawford County State Fish & Wildlife Area
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Delabar State Park
Des Plaines State Fish & Wildlife Area
Dixon Springs State Park
Donnelley-DePue State Fish & Wildlife Areas
Eagle Creek State Recreation Area
Edward R. Madigan State Fish & Wildlife Area
Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Fort Massac State Park
Fox Ridge State Park
Frank Holten State Recreation Area
Franklin Creek State Natural Area
Fults Hill Prairie & Kidd Lake State Natural Areas
Gebhard Woods State Park
Giant City State Park
Golconda Marina State Recreation Area
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
Green River State Wildlife Area
Hamilton County State Fish & Wildlife Area
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area
Heidecke Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Henderson County Conservation Area
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
Hidden Springs State Forest
Horseshoe Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area (Alexander County)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County)
Illini State Park
Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail
Illinois Beach State Park
Illinois Caverns State Natural Area
Iroquois County State Wildlife Area
Jackson Park
James 'Pate' Philip State Park
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park
Jubilee College State Park
Kankakee River State Park
Kaskaskia River State Fish & Wildlife Area
Kickapoo State Recreation Area
Kinkaid Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Recreation Area
Lake Murphysboro State Park
LaSalle Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln Park
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial
Lincoln Trail State Park
Lowden State Park
Lowden-Miller State Forest
Mackinaw River State Fish & Wildlife Area
Marseilles State Fish & Wildlife Area
Marshall State Fish & Wildlife Area
Matthiessen State Park
Mautino State Fish & Wildlife Area
Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish & Wildlife Areas
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
Mermet Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Middle Fork State Fish & Wildlife Area
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Mississippi River State Fish & Wildlife Area
Moraine Hills State Park
Moraine View State Recreation Area
Morrison-Rockwood State Park
Nauvoo State Park
Newton Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Peabody River King State Fish & Wildlife Area
Pere Marquette State Park
Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area
Powerton Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Prophetstown State Recreation Area
Pyramid State Recreation Area
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area
Randolph County State Recreation Area
Ray Norbut State Fish & Wildlife Area
Red Hills State Park
Rend Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Rice Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Rock Cut State Park
Rock Island Trail State Park
Saline County State Fish & Wildlife Area
Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area
Sam Parr State Fish & Wildlife Area
Sand Ridge State Forest
Sanganois State Fish & Wildlife Area
Sangchris Lake State Park
Shabbona Lake State Park
Shawnee National Forest
Shelbyville State Fish & Wildlife Area
Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area
Siloam Springs State Park
Silver Springs State Fish & Wildlife Area
Snakeden Hollow State Fish & Wildlife Area
South Shore State Park
Spitler Woods State Natural Area
Spring Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Starved Rock State Park
Stephen A. Forbes State Park
Ten Mile Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area
Trail of Tears State Forest
Tunnel Hill State Trail
Turkey Bluffs State Fish & Wildlife Area
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge
Union County State Fish & Wildlife Area
Volo Bog State Natural Area
Walnut Point State Park
Washington County State Recreation Area
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area
Weinberg-King State Park
Weldon Springs State Park
White Pines Forest State Park
Wildlife Prairie State Park
William G. Stratton State Park
William W. Powers State Recreation Area
Wolf Creek State Park
Woodford State Fish & Wildlife Area