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Argyle Lake State Park is an Illinois state park located in Colchester, Illinois. The 1,700 acre (6.88 km²) park is home to the 93 acre (0.38 km²) Argyle Lake and 5 miles (8 km) of hiking trails and wooded campsites. The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
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Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
McDonough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
Colchester is a city located in McDonough County, Illinois. ...
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1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is a cabinet-level department of the state government of Illinois. ...
Illinois has over 54 state parks, along with many other wildlife areas and state forests. ...
Colchester is a city located in McDonough County, Illinois. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
Two hikers in the Mount Hood National Forest Eagle Creek hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ...
Campsites are often situated in or near forests. ...
Once the home of "Argyle Hollow," a location on the stagecoach route between Galesburg and Beardstown, the land was purchased by the state in 1948 from local farmers and the state park was founded. Argyle Lake, an artificial lake, was later created by damming a nearby water source. Fljótsdalur in East Iceland, a rather flat valley A valley or a low area between two hills dale (in Scotland, a glen) is a landform, which can range from a few square kilometres to hundreds or even thousands of square kilometres in area. ...
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Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. ...
Beardstown is a city located in Cass County, Illinois. ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...
A reservoir (French: réservoir) is an artificial lake created by flooding land behind a dam. ...
Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ...
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ...
Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves President Abraham Lincolns Springfield, Illinois home and four-block historic district surrounding the home. ...
U.S. National Forests are protected forests and woodland areas in the United States. ...
The Shawnee National Forest, located in the Ozark and Shawnee hills of Southern Illinois, consists of approximately 270,000 acres of federally managed lands. ...
Apple River Canyon State Park is an Illinois state park on in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA. The land for the park was purchased by the state in 1932 and preserves the canyon on the Apple River. ...
Beall Woods State Park is a 635-acre (2. ...
For the similarly-named state park in Indiana, see Chain OLakes State Park (Indiana). ...
Dixon Springs State Park is one of several state parks in the Illinois Shawnee Hills. ...
Shoreline along the Northern Unit of Illinois Beach State Park Main beach in the Southern Unit of Illinois Beach State Park Illinois Beach State Park is part of the Illinois state park system and is located along Lake Michigan in northeast Illinois in the city of Zion and the Village...
Jubilee College State Park is an Illinois state park located a few miles west of Peoria, Illinois. ...
Moraine Hills State Park is an Illinois state park on in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. ...
Pere Marquette State Park is an 8,050-acre (32 km²) protected area in the U.S. state of Illinois. ...
The Rock Island Trail State Park is a 26-mile-long (42-km) public trail in the west-central region of the U.S. state of Illinois. ...
French Canyon Waterfall Sandstone cliff Starved Rock State Park is an Illinois state park located in Utica, Illinois, in rural LaSalle County, Illinois, about 75 miles (120 km) west-southwest of downtown Chicago. ...
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The Mormon Trail was the overland route the Mormon emigrants followed west from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah beginning in 1846. ...
The Trail of Tears refers to the forced removal of the Cherokee American Indian tribe by the U.S. federal government, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of Cherokee Indians. ...
A bicycle trail running from Harrisburg, Illinois to Karmak, Illinois. ...
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