🎣 Fishing on public land in Illinois

266 public places in Illinois are listed for fishing (260 state & public land, 4 state forests, 1 open-access private land, 1 state parks). 2 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

A Illinois hunting or fishing license is required, seasons and bag limits apply, and individual units add their own rules. Check the managing agency before you go.

The places

🗺️ Blue Star Memorial Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frank Bobrytzke ForestUnknown — check official site
🤝 Illinois IRAP (Recreational Access Program)free
🗺️ Jon J. Duerr Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ La Framboise Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Robinson Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Singing Woods Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Starved Rock State Parkfree
🗺️ 26th Street WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ 63rd St. Beach DunesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Algonquin Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Alice L. Kibbe Life Science Research StationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Allison Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Altorfer TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Amôwa Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Andersen Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Arie Crown ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Aurora West Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baker Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baker's LakeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baker's Lake Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bald Knob WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Banner MarshUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barbara Brown Nature ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barnes Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaubien WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bemis Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Bend Lake Preserve;Big Bend LakeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Bend State Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Island River ConservancyUnknown — check official site
🌲 Big River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Hawk Forest Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bobolink MeadowUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bradford State Habitat AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brezina WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brighton Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buehler PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buffalo WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Burlington Park Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Burlington Prairie Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Burnham Nature SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cache River State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cahokia Flatwoods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cahokia Mounds State Historic SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Caldwell PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Callahan Grove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Calumet WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Camp Pine Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Campground Road Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Campton Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canal Origins Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cap Sauers Holding Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Catherine Chevalier Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Glen State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chilicothe BottomsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chinquapin Bluffs Land and Water ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Churchill Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Clear Springs WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cooper ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coral Woods Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crooked Creek WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cuba Marsh Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dam Number 1 Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dam Number 2 WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dam Number 4 North PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dam Number 4 South PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dan Ryan Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Danada Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dick Young Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Douglass Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Branch Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Edward L Ryerson Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eggermann Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elizabeth A. Conkey ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eugene Field Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fabyan Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fiddyment Creek PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Glen County PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Glen Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Park SouthUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fort Sheridan Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forty Acre WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Foster Beach DunesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fourth Lake Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River Bluff Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River Bluff West Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River BluffsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River Shores Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frazer WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Freeman Kame - Meagher Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Freeman Kame - Meagher Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fullerton Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ G.A.R. Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Garden of the Gods Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Geneseo Prairie ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Geode Glen ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ George B. Fell Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Goodrich Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grant Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Greenbelt Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Greene Valley Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hadley Valley PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hanley SavannaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hanover Bluff State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harlem Hills Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harms Woods Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harms Woods PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harry Semrow PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Heron Creek Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Heron Pond – Little Black Slough Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Herrick Lake Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hickory Creek PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hickory Hills WoodsUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hidden Springs State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Higginbotham WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ High Point Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Homer Lake Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hoover Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horner Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horseshoe Lake Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Humboldt Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Illinois State Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Boundary PrairiesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Hill WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Iroquois Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jane Addams Memorial Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jardine Bird SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jerome Huppert Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kankakee Sands in IllinoisUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kathy Osterman Beach Dunes Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kathy Osterman Beach Dunes Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Keepataw ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kickapoo WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kinsey ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ LaBagh Woods and Sauganash Prairie PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Avenue Woods PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake of the Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lakewood Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lansing WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Legion Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Leroy Oakes East Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Leroy Oaks Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Leslie Rutherford ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lincoln Marsh Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Linne Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lions Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lowden-Miller State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lusk Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lyndon PrairieUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Maple Grove Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marengo Ridge Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McGinnis SloughUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McKinley Wood Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McMahon Woods & Fen Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Meissner Prairie-Corron Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Messenger Woods Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Middle Fork River Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Midewin National Tallgrass PrairieUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Midlothian MeadowsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Millbrook South Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miller Meadow PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miller-Anderson Woods State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Moeller Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nachusa GrasslandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ National Grove Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ned Brown Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Northwestern Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nyman Farm Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oak Forest Heritage PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oak Ridge Marsh Nature ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oakdale Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oldfield Oaks Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Openlands Lakeshore PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Openlands Lakeshore PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Palmisano Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Park No. 597Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Paul Douglas Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Paw Paw Woods Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pecatonica Wetlands Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Perdueville Pheasant Habitat AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pingree Grove Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Plum Creek Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Plum Valley PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Portwine PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Possum Hollow WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Potawatomi WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Potawatomi Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Prairie Hills Wetland PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Prairie Wolf Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ray Lake Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Redwing Slough State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Reed Turner WoodlandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ River Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Robinson Park SouthUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rock Springs Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Roman Pucinski PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ronan Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rubio WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ryders Wood ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sag Valley Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sagawau Canyon Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Sand Ridge State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sandy Ford State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sangamon ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sangamon River Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sauk Trail Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schiller Woods North PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schiller Woods South PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schurmeier Teaching ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schuth's Grove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sedge Meadow Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Singing Hills Forest PreseveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Skokie Lagoons CentralUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Skokie Lagoons NorthUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Skokie Lagoons SouthUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Skokie River Prairie Land and Water ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Smiths ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Somme WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sparks Pond State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spencer Conservation UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spring Creek PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spring Lake Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site

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