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  2. Shabbona Lake State Park - Wikipedia

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    Shabbona Lake State Park. /  41.73944°N 88.85222°W  / 41.73944; -88.85222. Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 1,550 acres (630 ha) in Shabbona Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Shabbona Lake is a man-made lake created in 1975 by damming the (Big) Indian Creek, a tributary of the Fox River.

  3. Illinois Beach State Park - Wikipedia

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    Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park, part of the Illinois state park system, is located along Lake Michigan in northern Lake County in northeast Illinois. Together with lands to the north, including Chiwaukee Prairie, it forms the Chiwaukee Prairie Illinois Beach Lake Plain, an internationally recognized wet-land of importance under ...

  4. Mississippi Palisades State Park - Wikipedia

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    1972. Mississippi Palisades State Park is a National Natural Landmark located in Carroll County, Illinois, just north of the town of Savanna. It is a partially conserved section of the Mississippi Palisades. The area contains many caves and large cliffs along the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Apple River in the Driftless Area of far ...

  5. Retired Chicago teacher returns to work to keep a roof over ...

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    According to a recent survey of U.S. seniors between the ages of 62-85 by Indeed Flex, almost one in three retirees are considering temporary work and un-retirement, primarily due to inflation’s ...

  6. Chicago Ridge, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Ridge is located at 41°42′9″N 87°46′43″W (41.702482, -87.778690). [6] According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Chicago Ridge has a total area of 2.27 square miles (5.88 km 2), all land. [7] Located in Cook County, the village is 18 miles (29 km) southwest of the Loop.

  7. Fox Ridge State Park - Wikipedia

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    Fox Ridge State Park. /  39.40333°N 88.15306°W  / 39.40333; -88.15306. Fox Ridge State Park is an Illinois state park on 2,064 acres (835 ha) in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The State of Illinois took over ownership of the park sometime in the 1930s.

  8. Starved Rock State Park - Wikipedia

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    Starved Rock State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by the many canyons within its 2,630 acres (1,064 ha).Located just southeast of the village of Utica, in Deer Park Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, along the south bank of the Illinois River, the park hosts over two million visitors annually, the most for any Illinois state park.

  9. Homewood, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Homewood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 19,463 at the 2020 census. [3]The village sits just a few miles south of Chicago proper. It is bordered by Chicago Heights and Flossmoor to the south, Hazel Crest to the west, East Hazel Crest and Harvey to the north, Glenwood to the east, and South Holland to the northeast.