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Bird Watching in Illinois

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Illinois State Parks with Bird Watching

Argyle Lake State Park Illinois

Argyle Lake State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Banner Marsh State Park Illinois

Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area

+4 Bird Watching Hunting Kayaking Paddling
Beall Woods State Park Illinois

Beall Woods State Park

+4 Bird Watching Hunting Canoeing Biking
Black Hawk State Historic Site (Illinois)

Black Hawk State Historic Site

Bohm Woods Nature Preserve
Buffalo Rock State Park (Illinois)

Buffalo Rock State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Cache River SNA (Illinois)

Cache River SNA

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (Illinois)

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

+2 Bird Watching Biking

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Carlyle Lake (Illinois)

Carlyle Lake (Illinois)

+8 Wildlife Watching Bird Watching Ice Fishing Hunting Sailing Water Skiing RV Biking
Carlyle Lake boat marina

Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

+3 Hunting Sailing Canoeing
viewing platform at the top of Castle Rock State Park

Castle Rock State Park (Illinois)

+5 Bird Watching Scenic Overlooks Kayaking Canoeing RV
Channahon State Park (Illinois)

Channahon State Park

+4 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Canoeing Biking
sun lighting the shore at a state park near champaign illinois

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area

+2 Bird Watching Biking

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area

+3 Bird Watching Hunting Canoeing

Delabar State Park

+1 Bird Watching
Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area (Illinois)

Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area

Devils Island Wildlife Management Area
Dixon Springs State Park (Illinois)

Dixon Springs State Park

+3 Bird Watching Biking Nature

Donnelley DePue (Illinois)

+2 Ice Fishing Hunting

Double T State Fish and Wildlife Area

+1 Hunting

Eagle Creek State Park

+5 Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Hunting Biking

Edward R. Madigan State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
the pond at Lewis and Clark State Park

Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area

+7 Picnicking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Sailing Water Skiing Canoeing Biking

Fall Creek Scenic Overlook
Fort Defiance State Park (Illinois)

Fort Defiance State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Fort Massac State Park

Fort Massac State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Fox Ridge State Park (Illinois)

Fox Ridge State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking

Frank Holten State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Franklin Creek State Natural Area (Illinois)

Franklin Creek State Natural Area

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking
waterfall at Matthiessen State Park

Gebhard Woods State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking

Heidecke Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area

+1 Biking
Hennepin Canal State Park (Illinois)

Hennepin Canal State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Illinois)

Horseshoe Lake State Park

+3 Bird Watching Hunting Biking
Illini State Park (Illinois)

Illini State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park

Illinois Beach State Park

+5 Bird Watching Kayaking Paddling RV Biking

Iroquois County State Wildlife Area

James Pate Philip State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Jubilee College State Park (Illinois)

Jubilee College State Park

+9 Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Hunting Kayaking Sightseeing Cave Tours Biking

Kaskaskia River State Fish & Wildlife Area
boat landing at a state recreation area near champaign illinois

Kickapoo State Recreation Area

+8 Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Scuba Diving Kayaking Paddling Canoeing Biking

Kidd Lake Marsh (Illinois)
Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Illinois)

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area

+3 Kayaking Paddling Canoeing
Lake Murphysboro State Park (Illinois)

Lake Murphysboro State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking

LaSalle Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Carlyle Lake boat marina

Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking
New Salem State Historic Site (Illinois)

Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site

+3 Bird Watching Canoeing Biking
Lowden State Park (Illinois)

Lowden State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking

Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area

Marshall State Fish & Wildlife Area

+5 Picnicking Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Hunting Canoeing

Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area

Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking
Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Illinois)

Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Mississippi Palisades State Park (Illinois)

Mississippi Palisades State Park

+5 Bird Watching Sledding Waterfall Viewing RV Biking
Moraine Hills State Park (Illinois)

Moraine Hills State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking
Moraine View State Recreation Area (Illinois)

Moraine View State Recreation Area

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Nauvoo State Park (Illinois)

Nauvoo State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

Peabody River State Fish and Wildlife Area

Piney Creek Ravine (Illinois)
Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Illinois)

Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

Pyramid State Park

+8 Picnicking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Hunting Kayaking Canoeing RV Biking
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area (Illinois)

Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area

+3 Bird Watching Canoeing Biking

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area
Rockwood State Park (Illinois)

Rockwood State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking

Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Sand Ridge State Forest (Illinois)

Sand Ridge State Forest

+3 Bird Watching Hunting Biking

Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area

+6 Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Hunting Kayaking Canoeing
Sangchris Lake State Park (Illinois)

Sangchris Lake State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking
Shabbona Lake State Park (Illinois)

Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking

Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Bird Watching Hunting Biking

Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area

+6 Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Hunting Kayaking Canoeing

Siloam Springs State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (Illinois)

Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area

Spitler Woods (Illinois)

+1 Canoeing
Autumn view of Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area near Manito, Illinois

Spring Lake Fish and Wildlife Area

Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area

+2 Bird Watching Biking

Ten Mile Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area

+1 Hunting
Tunnel Hill State Trail (Illinois)

Tunnel Hill State Trail

+2 Bird Watching Biking

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Volo Bog State Natural Area (Illinois)

Volo Bog State Natural Area

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking
Walnut Point State Park (Illinois)

Walnut Point State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area

+2 Bird Watching Biking

Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area

+2 Hunting Biking
Weldon Springs State Recreation Area (Illinois)

Weldon Springs State Recreation Area

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking
trail through the forest in a state park near galena illinois

White Pines Forest State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking
Wildlife Prairie Park (Illinois)

Wildlife Prairie Park

+5 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Hunting Biking Nature
William G. Stratton State Park (Illinois)

William G. Stratton State Park

+2 Bird Watching Biking
William W. Powers State Recreation Area (Illinois)

William W. Powers State Recreation Area

+3 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking
Aerial view of Lake Shelbyville at Wolf Creek State Park, Illinois

Wolf Creek State Park

+4 Bird Watching Hunting Rafting Biking

Other Places with Bird Watching in Illinois (Not State Parks)

These places are run by a county, city, federal agency, another state agency, a tribe or a private owner, not by Illinois’s state park system. State park passes, rules and reservations may not apply, so check with the operator before you go.

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (Illinois)

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area

Run by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources

+2 Hunting Biking
Walkway leading to the lake at a state park near rochester mn

Rice Lake State Park

Run by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources as a fish and wildlife area

+2 Bird Watching Biking

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