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...

We didn't do any hiking but instead took advantage of the camping which was only accessible by kayak or canoe. On the way to the site from the boat launch there are cliff swallows nesting in the...