Roadtrip Adventure, Part 2 - Starved Rock State Park: Wildcat Canyon
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- We explored a few trails at Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby, Illinois in the middle of June. In Part 1 of this series, we started off with hiking from the Lodge to the French Canyon. Several of the trails in the woods interconnect between the lodge and the visitor’s center, so you can reach these from various starting points.
After we saw the French Canyon, we continued on down the trail and toured the Pontiac Canyon and Wildcat Canyon. There’s two lookout points for Wildcat Canyon, which is featured in Part 2 of this series. The trail we were on looped back through a series of boardwalks until it teed into the original trail that heads back to the lodge.
The next morning, we toured the visitor’s center and explored the Illinois River, Starved Rock trail (Part 3), and went down the road to get a shorter hike to the St. Louis Canyon (Part 4).
Starved Rock State Park is Illinois’ most visited state park. A big reason for that is its location relative to Chicago, as it’s only about 90 minutes from downtown. The park features a campground, kayaking, hiking trails, and a lodge where you can stay overnight.
The topography of the region is flat farmland for as far as the eye can see, and then a bunch of deep rocky canyons near the Illinois river region. This unique landscape attracted native Americans to the region, as well as settlers who built Fort St Louis atop the bluff of Starved Rock.
I hope you enjoy the videos in this series. This was a destination on my bucket list for several years, and I’m glad I finally got to see some of what the park has to offer. There’s plenty more trails to explore and those will come another day.
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Links:
Starved Rock State Park:
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Trail Map:
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Lodging:
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Campground:
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French Canyon Trail:
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Pontiac Canyon, Wildcat Canyon, & Beehive Overlook:
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Starved Rock Trail (we started from the Visitor’s Center):
www.alltrails....
Saint Louis Canyon (we parked at the lot off Rte 178):
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You find the most outstanding hiking spots
Thanks. I've got a long bucket list of places I want to visit as long as I'm alive and kicking. I really want to go out West again.
Nice bluffage!!
That's what she said. lol
Nice. Ever go to the Indian caves? Worth a bile water hike.
not yet. whereabouts were they?
The only small caves I was around were at nearby Matthiessen park. There's still a lot of trails left for me to explore at Starved Rock.
@@MikeycatOutdoors Starved Rock is always a great time. The Indian Caves is in Burobonnais Illinois right behind Perry farms park. It is a really nice, short, but cool water hike. Bring water shoes and trekking poles.