12 state parks with swimming in Illinois

12 of Illinois’s 106 state parks list swimming. See these parks on a map

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Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State ParkIllinois' only surviving beach-ridge shoreline runs 6.5 miles along Lake Michigan here, with dunes, swales…FreeCampsites · electric & waterLodgeBook a campsite
Clinton Lake State Recreation AreaA 4,900-acre lake draws anglers after crappie, catfish, bass and walleye, with boat launches, a fishing pier…FreeCampsites · electric & waterNot allowedBook a campsite
Dixon Springs State ParkThe park sits on a block of 315-million-year-old sandstone dropped 500 feet along a Pope County fault…FreeCampsites · electric & waterBook a campsite
Eldon Hazlet State Recreation AreaOne of the largest campgrounds in the Illinois park system sits on the western shore of Carlyle Lake, the…FreeCampsites · electric & waterLodgeBook a campsite
Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Recreation AreaA 40-acre lake anchors 715 acres six miles south of the Wisconsin line, with multi-use trails and separate…FreeCampsites · electric & waterNot allowedBook a campsite
Moraine View State ParkThe Bloomington Moraine, one of the four largest in Illinois, rolls through this 1,687-acre park around a…FreeCampsites · electric & waterBook a campsite
North Point Marina State Recreation AreaThe largest marina on the Great Lakes, with 1,500 floating slips from 30 to 60 feet, built in 1989 midway…FreeDay use only
Prophetstown State ParkFifty-three acres on the south bank of the Rock River, on the site of a Native American village and named for…FreeCampsites · electric & waterBook a campsite
Rock Cut State ParkTwo lakes — 162-acre Pierce and 50-acre Olson — sit in 3,254 acres of rolling plain in Winnebago County…FreeCampsites · electric & waterCabinsBook a campsite
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation AreaA large lake with 18 miles of shoreline sits in 3,103 acres of oak and hickory, with swimming off sandy Rocky…FreeCampsites · electric & waterBook a campsite
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation AreaThe park overlooks Rend Lake, a 19,000-acre Corps of Engineers reservoir known for white and black crappie in…FreeCampsites · electric & waterBook a campsite
Wolf Creek State ParkFacing Eagle Creek across Lake Shelbyville, the park shares 11,100 acres of water and 250 miles of shoreline…FreeCampsites · electric & waterCabinsNot allowedBook a campsite

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