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Spitler Woods State Natural Area is a 202.5-acre (81.9 ha) state park located adjacent to Mount Zion, Illinois. The state park is located within the Decatur, Illinois metropolitan area. The eastern two-thirds of the state park is a listed Illinois Nature Preserve noted for its old-growth forest grove of white oak and hickory.
The Friends Creek Conservation Area is a 616-acre (2.5 km 2) natural area in the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Friends Creek Township near Cisco in northeastern Macon County. The conservation area, located 18 miles (29 km) north of Decatur, preserves creek woodlands and has regrown some tallgrass prairie and oak–hickory forest. It serves ...
The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522. [4] It is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois. [5] Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production.
Rock Springs Conservation Area is a 1,300 acre (5 km 2) park located 4 miles (6.5 km) southwest of Decatur, Illinois.Centering on the Rock Spring Nature Center, a small environmental-education museum and community center, it is the largest parcel of parkland, in terms of surface area, in Macon County.
Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 103,998. [1] Its county seat and most populous city is Decatur. [2] Macon County comprises the Decatur, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
For example, DeKalb County contains a 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) forest preserve system [citation needed] and a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) state park (Shabbona Lake State Park); within DeKalb County, the DeKalb Park District in the City of DeKalb has a 700-acre (2.8 km 2) park system.
The state memorial, created in 1938 on the Whitley site, now serves as a park and picnic area for the greater Decatur, Illinois metropolitan area. The park contains mature second-growth bottomland timber, including black walnut trees; the Whitleys' pioneer cemetery; and the remains of the flour mill and dam on the Sangamon River. The park was ...
This is a list of state forests in Illinois. [1] Illinois state forests. Name Location Big River State Forest: Henderson County: Hidden Springs State Forest: Shelby ...