ILLINOIS

National Parks With Hiking

There are no national parks with hiking in Illinois.

Links to National Forests With Hiking

Shawnee National Forest

Midewin National Grassland

State Parks With Hiking
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/

Dogs are welcome in most Illinois state parks except in campground cabins. Dogs are not permitted on the trails in Beall Woods State Park.

Apple River Canyon State Park APPLE.HTM	Argyle Lake State Park ARGYLE.HTM		Beaver Dam State Park beaver.htm
Big River State Forest BIGRIVER.HTM	Castle Rock State Park CASTLE.HTM	Cave-in-Rock State Park CAVEROCK.HTM	Chain O'Lakes State Park CHAINO.HTM
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area	Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area COFFEEN.HTM	Crawford County Conservation Area CRAWFORD.HTM	Dixon Springs State Park DIXON.HTM
Donnelley/Depue State Fish and Wildlife Area Don.htm	Eagle Creek State Park	Edward R. Madigan State Park EDMAD.HTM	Eldon HazletState Park ELDON.HTM
Ferne Clyffe State Park FERNE.HTM	Fort Massac State Park frmindex.htm	Fox Ridge State Park	Franklin Creek State Park FRANKLIN.HTM
Giant City State Park GC.HTM	Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area home.htm	Hamilton County Conservation Area HAMILTON.HTM	Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park HENNPIN.HTM
Hidden Springs State Forest	Horseshoe Lake State Park HORSESP.HTM	Illini State Park park.htm	Illinois and Michigan Canal main.htm
Illinois Beach State Park ILBEACH.HTM	Iroquois County State Fish and Wildlife Area	Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park JOHNSON.HTM	Jubilee College State Park JUBILEE.HTM
Kankakee River State Park KANKAKEE.HTM	Kaskaskia River State Fish & Wildlife Area kaskas.htm	Kickapoo State Park	Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park LEAQUANA.HTM
Lake Murphysboro State Park MURPHYSB.HTM	Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial	Lincoln Trail State Park	Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area MARSHALL.HTM
Matthiessen State Park mttindex.htm	Mermet Lake Conservation Area MERMET.HTM	Mississippi Palisades State Park PALISADE.HTM	Moraine Hills State Park MORHILLS.HTM
Moraine View State Park	Morrison-Rockwood State Park MORRISON.HTM	Nauvoo State Park NAUVOO.HTM	Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area NEWTON.HTM
Pere Marquette State Park PEREMARQ.HTM	Pyramid State Park PYRAMID.HTM	Randolph County State Fish and Wildlife Area RAND.HTM	Red Hills State Park REDHLS.HTM
Rock Cut State Park ROCKCUT.HTM	Rock Island Trail State Park ROCKISLE.HTM	Saline County State Fish & Wildlife Area SALINE.HTM	Sam Dale Lake Conservation Area SAMDALE.HTM
Sam Parr State Park SAMPARR.HTM	Sand Ridge State Forest SAND.HTM	Sangchris Lake State Park SANGCH.HTM	Shabbona Lake State Park SHABBONA.HTM
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area SHELBY.HTM	Siloam Springs State Park SILOAMSP.HTM	Silver Springs State Park SILVERSP.HTM	Spitler Woods State Natural Area SPITLER.HTM
Spring Lake Fish & Wildlife Area SPL.HTM	Starved Rock State Park park.htm	Stephen A. Forbes State Park STEPHEN.HTM	Trail of Tears State Forest TRLTEARS.HTM
	Walnut Point State Park WALNUTPT.HTM	Washington County Conservation Area WASHCO.HTM	Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park WAYNE.HTM
Weinberg-King State Park WEINBERG.HTM	Weldon Springs State Park WELDONRA.HTM	White Pines Forest State Park WHITEPNS.HTM

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Your Dog's Favorite Hikes In Illinois

Submitted by Heather
While it may not be the ocean, Lake Michigan is a beautiful. My Lab, Wyatt, enjoys going to the beach in Evanston, IL, (first suburb north of Chicago) that is exclusively for dogs. It is well maintained, extremely large, and is full of friendly canines and their friendly owners. I highly recommend it!

Submitted by Marta
Just a note to let you know that the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
(not Grassland) now has about 13 miles of interim trails and is currently
allowing dogs on leash on the trails. We do have a lot of habitat for
sensitive species of grassland birds, who nest on the ground, so dogs are
more restricted here than elsewhere, but are still welcome. Our website is
www.fs.fed.us/mntp/

Also, I take my own dog to the Hammel Woods dog park operated by the Forest
Preserve District of Will County -- he can run free with other dogs and he
loves it!

Submitted by?
A picnic area with tables and an outdoor privy is conveniently located adjacent to the visitor center parking lot. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own grill for cooking or use one of two near the picnic shelter. Ground fires and alcohol are strictly prohibited anywhere in the park. All park visitors are asked to do their part in safeguarding our environment by utilizing the available aluminum recycling containers. Pets are allowed in this area only. All other areas of Volo Bog State Natural Area are restricted from pets.

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