Just 7 miles from Macomb, Argyle Lake also offers picnicking, camping, hiking and boating facilities in a scenic, natural setting.

In Macoupin County 7 miles southwest of Carlinville and situated in an oak/hickory woodland, this park offers a variety of recreational opportunities on its 750 acres.

The park is along Salt Creek in Logan County on the south edge of Lincoln. Popular activities are fishing, boating, hiking, and hunting.

This park on Carlyle Lake offers great fishing, hiking, and hunting opportunities including a controlled pheasant hunt.

An urban park almost entirely surrounded by East St. Louis. The 1,125-acre park features an 18-hole golf course and facilities for fishing, picnicking, and other outdoor recreational activities.

New Salem was the home of Lincoln when he was a young man. This is one of Illinois finest State Parks.

The 148-acre park, on the south edge of Nauvoo along Illinois Route 96, includes a 13-acre lake with a mile-long shoreline. It offers fishing, boating, camping, hiking, and an annual grape festival.

Famous for the exceptional beauty of its fall colors, and for its bald eagles during the winter. This park in Grafton along the Mississippi River offers a variety of year-round recreational opportunities, including horseback riding, camping, fishing, boating, and hiking.

This 3,323 acre site just minutes east of Quincy is an ideal setting for outdoor visits, whether your interest is hunting, fishing, camping, boating, picnicking, hiking or bird watching.

The 772-acre park, including a 4-acre pond, is in Schuyler County 3 miles east of Augusta north of Route 101. Recreational opportunities include bird watching, fishing, hiking, hunting, and picnicking.