Moraine View State Recreation Area
Moraine View State Recreation Area
Location:Near LeRoy, just east of Bloomington/Normal, off I-74.
Facilities:137 Class A trailer campsites with water and electricity, 32 primitiveClass D campsites, 2 group camping areas, and 30 Class A horsemen'scampsites with water, electricity, and hitching racks; 8 picnic areas,5 picnic shelters, 4 playgrounds; swimming beach, fishing pier (é),boat ramp, dock, boat rentals; restaurant and concession stand; hikingtrails, bridle trails (10 miles), ski trails (7 miles), snowmobiletrails, horse rentals for trail rides.
Activities:Camping, boating (10 HP limit), canoeing, fishing, swimming,hiking, horseback riding, hunting, cross-country skiing,snowmobiling, ice fishing, ice skating.
Special Features:When the glaciers of the last Ice Age moved through central Illinois15,000 years ago, they pushed massive amounts of rock and earth beforethem, leaving in their wake long and expansive ridges across thelandscape called moraines. Moraine View is located in the middle of oneof the largest moraines in the state of Illinois.
Address:27374 Moraine View Park Rd
LeRoy, IL 61752
Phone:309-724-8032
Web: dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R3/MORAINE.HTM
Size: 1,687 acres.
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