Illinois National Parks, National Monuments and More in Illinois

National Park Service

Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
The Illinois and Michigan Canal, completed in 1848, connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River watershed along a longstanding Indian portage route. It rapidly transformed Chicago from a small settlement to a critical transportation hub between the East and the developing Midwest.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Abraham and Mary Lincoln lived here from 1844 until Mr. Lincoln's election to the Presidency in 1861.

Department of Transportation

Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route

Ohio River Scenic Byway - Illinois

USDA Forest Service

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Shawnee National Forest

Fish and Wildlife Service

Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge

Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge

Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge

Mark Twain NWR

Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge

Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge

Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge

US Army Corps of Engineers

Carlyle Lake

Ohio River - Pool 52

Ohio River - Pool 53

Ohio River - Smithland Pool

Rend Lake

Shelbyville Lake