Email Article to Friends

“A tourism industry study says that if you have three things— history, water and woods—you have a site that can become an important tourism asset,” remarked Terry Cross, president of the Starved Rock Lodge and Conference Center. “We have that and so much more here at Starved Rock State Park. Besides the lodge, we have a wonderful visitors center and museum, great fishing, beautiful canyons, scenic hiking trails and much more.” Located along the south shore of the Illinois River in LaSalle County, the park owes its existence to the glaciers that formed the land, and the torrent of flooding that shaped the river and adjoining canyons as the ice melted.   more...