Castle Rock State Park

Great park along the Rock River for a day trip. Could also be combined with a camping trip to White Pines State Park. Starved Rock is great, but a lot more crowded. If you've been there before,...

Pretty trails. I highly recommend downloading the all trails app when hiking here. The trails were not marked that well. Plenty of parking and various picnic tables around as well.

Growing up not far from the Starved Rock State Park I'm a bit spoiled when it comes to gorgeous parks but Castle Rock is nice if you are in the area. The lookout portion is on the side closer to...

We drove West on the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway past Dixon, Reagan's boyhood home, to Rock Falls. The highway appropriately is a toll road with a lot of tolls. At Rock Falls we turned north on...

This is a quiet state park with usually only a few people having a picnic or walking around. The facilities are limited: out toilets with no running water, water pumps at the picnic areas, picnic...