Description: Have an amazing winter day at Starved Rock State Park while celebrating our nation’s symbol the bald eagle! Binoculars will be available for use with a driver’s license. Date: Saturday, January 28, 2023 Time: 9:15 a.m. Bald Eagle, Children’s Program-Starved Rock Saplings Storytime. 10 a.m. Guided Eagle Watching Hikes led by Park Naturalists/birders/Master Naturalists. 11 a.m.
Description: Join us for an educational and informative presentation by Logan Pappenfort, Curator of Anthropology from Dickson Mounds Museum. A confederation of Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankashaw, and Wea Indians which united into a single tribe, the Confederated Peoria, as they then were called, originated in the lands bordering the Great Lakes and the mighty Mississippi. They are Illinois
Description: Starved Rock State Park would like to invite you to participate in the Annual Starved Rock Photography Show held at the Starved Rock Visitor Center each year. Photographers should download the attached Entry Form and read through the show’s regulations before submitting photographs to the Starved Rock Visitor Center (in-person, by mail not accepted). Photographs
Description: Everyone loves animals! Please make sure to register ahead of time for this one of a kind program from Big Wolf Run Ranch as they give a presentation on wildlife and visitors will get the chance to meet some of their animal ambassadors like a lynx! This will be a popular program meaning seats will
Description: Join park naturalists at the Starved Rock Visitor Center for another fun and educational children’s program! Where do all of the animals go in winter? Some fly south, some go underground, and some stay active! Come out and enjoy a fun storybook, craft, and outside activity! Adult chaperones are required to stay with their children,
Description: Join Conservation Education Representatives at the Starved Rock Visitor Center for another fun and educational children’s program! This month we will have fun learning all about the foxes that call Starved Rock State Park home. Come out and enjoy a fun storybook, craft, and outside activity! Adult chaperones are required to stay with their children,
Description: Join Conservation Education Representatives at the Starved Rock Visitor Center for another fun and educational children’s program! This month we will have fun learning all about fall, leaves, and trees through a storybook, craft, and outside activity! Adult chaperones are required to stay with their children, please. Suitable for children 3 years of age to
Description: Experience history come to life along the lantern lit trails as spirits from Starved Rock’s past reveal their haunted tales and memories of times gone by. Hikes are approximately 30-45 minutes in length and there are at least 8 stops (spirits) along the way to the top of Starved Rock our sandstone butte that stands
Description: A Park and Volunteer Naturalist guided tour to view the canopies of gold, yellow, orange, and red leaves along the woodland trails and canyons at Starved Rock State Park. Naturalists will help visitors discover tree species and their historical human and wildlife uses at the park as well and Native American legends of fall
Date: October 2, 2022 Time: 1:30pm Location: Starved Rock Visitor’s Center Registration required: No