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Between Harlem Ave. and Des Plaines River with 2 extensions N of Chicago Ave. and 2 extensions S of Lake St., River Forest, Illinois Coordinates 41°53′31″N 87°49′09″W / 41.89194°N 87.81917°W / 41.89194; -87
In 1965, the Illinois General Assembly named the area after William W. Powers. [1] Powers had been a Chicago alderman on the Chicago City Council and Illinois General Assembly legislator in the 1920s, and used the site for picnics to feed the needy during the Great Depression. [3] The park also has a military history.
The Riverside district includes the streets, parkways, parklands, and historic gas street lighting in the area bounded by 26th St., Harlem and Ogden Aves., the Des Plaines River, and Forbes Rd. [3] Also included are the many homes and estates designed by architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, William Le Baron ...
The site began as a religious campground and local cemetery for the area's Presbyterian congregation; a church was added to the site in 1906. In 1838–39, when the Trail of Tears passed through Illinois, Cherokee who were removed from their homeland used the site as a campground. The campground included two springs, which were used as a source ...
The park has a museum, gift shop, pavilions, RV park and campground, playground, and hiking and biking trails. [23] [26] Five miles of biking trails were cleared by the Peoria Area Mountain Biking Association in 2021. [27] The trail offers views of bluff hardwood woodlands, the Illinois River, and the Peoria skyline. [27]
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.
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is a 2,537-acre (1,027 ha) state park in Illinois. More than half of the state park is a tallgrass prairie maintained as an Illinois Nature Preserve. It is located in Grundy County near the town of Morris approximately 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Chicago. [1]
South end of IL 2 / Rock River Trail overlap: 89.2: 143.6: IL 2 south / Lincoln Highway west / Rock River Trail south (Everett Street) – Sterling: North end of IL 2 / Lincoln Highway / Rock River Trail overlap: 90.3: 145.3: CR 38 north (4th Avenue / Lowell Park Road) / Ronald Reagan Trail north – Lowell Park, White Pines Forest State Park