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Adventureland was an amusement park located in Addison, Illinois, which operated from 1961 to 1977. The land where the park is located was originally a restaurant and tavern known as Paul's Picnic Grove and, from 1958 to 1961, was a family attraction site known as Storybook Park. From 1967 to 1976, it was the largest amusement park in Illinois. [1]
Wolf Lake in Illinois has a storied history that somehow has lost track of the origins of the name that goes back over 150 years. Part of this history includes visits by Abraham Lincoln in which Mary Todd Lincoln nearly drowned. [3] In 1947, the state acquired a 160 acres (65 ha) parcel known as the Wolf Lake State Recreation Area.
The Illinois state park system began in 1908 with what is now Fort Massac State Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois, becoming the first park in a system encompassing over 60 parks and about the same number of recreational and wildlife areas.
Today, Kickapoo State Park has 221 acres (89 ha) of ponds and lakes with nearly 35 miles (56 km) of hiking trails for many types of recreational activities including camping, canoeing, hunting, mountain biking, and fishing. [1] In the winter season, ice fishing and cross-country skiing are popular pastimes for visitors to the park.
Adventureland and Adventure Bay will be kicking off their 50 th celebration in May. The Altoona theme park opens May 18. Adventure Bay water park opens one week later on Saturday, May 25.
Castle Rock State Park (Illinois) Cave-in-Rock State Park; Cave-In-Rock, Illinois; Chain O'Lakes State Park (Illinois) Channahon State Park; Clinton Lake State Recreation Area; Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area; Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area
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The law also mandated a system of state park's, [2] under the Illinois Department of Conservation, later renamed the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. [5] Per the 1925 mandate three of the parks included in the Multiple Property Submission became state parks in 1927, Black Hawk State Historic Site, Giant City State Park and White Pines ...