Moraine Hills State Park
Moraine Hills State Park
Location:3 miles south of McHenry in the northeast corner of the state.
Facilities:Picnic areas with drinking water and rustic toilet facilities, picnicshelters, concession building with restrooms, multi-use trails (10miles), fishing piers (é), boat rentals (private watercraftprohibited), interpretive center, playground, restrooms.
Activities:Boating (electric motors only), canoeing, fishing, hunting,hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing, wildlife viewing.
Special Features:Park derives its name from a geological formation known as a moraine,which is an accumulation of boulders, stones, and other debrisdeposited by a glacier. As glacial ice melted here following theWisconsin glaciation period, it left gravel-rich deposits called kamesthat make up the park's wooded hills and ridges. The 48-acre LakeDefiance near the center of the park was formed when a large portion ofice broke away from the main glacier and melted. This lake, which isgradually filling in with peat from its unstable shoreline, is one ofthe few glacial lakes in Illinois that has remained largelyundeveloped, maintaining a near-natural condition.
Address:914 S River Rd
McHenry, IL 60051
Phone:815-385-1624
Web: dnr.state.il.us/Lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R2/MORHILLS.HTM
Size: 2,200 acres.
See other parks in Illinois.