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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.
The Plum Island Eagle Sanctuary (Plum Island) is a 52-acre island in the Illinois River owned by the Illinois Audubon Society. [1] It was purchased March 24, 2004, to act as a wildlife sanctuary [1] and to protect foraging habitat for wintering bald eagles. [2] It is close to Matthiessen State Park and adjacent to Starved Rock State Park.
The Illinois River, as seen from Starved Rock State Park. The dam (upper-left center) is part of the infrastructure of the Illinois Waterway. From 1905 to 1915, more freshwater fish were harvested from the Illinois River than from any other river in the United States except for the Columbia River. The Illinois River was once a major source of ...
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Starved Rock Lock and Dam in 1936. The Starved Rock Lock and Dam was constructed between 1926 and 1933 as an element of the Illinois Waterway. [1] The Waterway was a project designed to provide a navigable channel from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River. [4]
Rock Island Trail State Park: Stark, Peoria: 1989: ... Starved Rock State Park: LaSalle: 2,630 10.6 ... Chiwaukee Prairie Illinois Beach Lake Plain ...
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The following is a list of attractions on Long Island, New York State.The list includes museums, parks, and beaches as well as many other types of attractions. In this list, "Long Island" is defined as the geographical entity, and thus the list includes attractions in Kings County, New York, a.k.a. Brooklyn, as well as Queens County, New York, a.k.a. Queens, which are both parts of New York City.